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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

344 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 18

Declared Off Miners' Stay-In Strike Work Starts To-day. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 5

There was a development in the stay-in strike at Stockrington colliery to-day, when 150 miners, employed at Seaham No. 2 pit, ceased work in…

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Mining Claim Settled for £5000 Defendants To Pay Costs "Case Was Untenable" Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 5

The case in which the Central Blue Gold Mining Company claimed £20,000 damages from the Little 180 Gold Mining Company for alleged…

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General News Mine Hero Dead

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 October 1937 · page 9

The death occurred in South Africa recently of William' Dickson,who was awarded the Edward Medal, first class, for rescuing entombed miners after the…

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Stolen Gold Found by Trackers. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 November 1937 · page 7

Clever tracking by two aboriginal trackers led to the discovery to-day of £400 worth of gold amalgam, which was stolen from the Norseman State battery…

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Dog Lives After 13 Days in Mine Shaft

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 4

A 15-months-old dog was rescued alive from a disused mine shaft at West Wyalong 13 days after it was thought lost. The dog was brought to…

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Timber Cargo Burnt In Furnaces Steamer Ran Out of Coal. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 November 1937 · page 5

A race for port was staged by the steamer Helmspey, 8500 tons, which made an emergency call at Newcastle to-day, five weeks out from Vancouver…

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Land Mine Explosion at Dublin Castle. Dublin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 5

A land mine exploded at Dublin Castle, destroying the Royal coat' of arms in the doorway of the annexe, shortly after 6 a.m. People from…

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300 PERISH In Japanese Landslide 50 Children Buried Alive 300 Miners Burned to Death. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 5

It is believed that 300 people perished and 1400 are homeless as a result of a landslide on Komenashiyama Mountain, in the Nagato…

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Gold Tooth for Bendigo Pomeranian. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 5

Before yesterday Nip was just a Bendigo pomeranian. To-day he is the dog with the gold tooth, and all Bendigo knows it…

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Iron and Coal Deposits in Manchukuo. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 5

A reliable investigator, who has just returned from Manchukuo, states that the iron ore deposits that were recently discovered in East Manchukuo, near…

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Mining Shares No Sales on Stock Exchange. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 5

In the absence of information from overseas, buyers and sellers of mining shares were disinclined to transact business on the Stock Exchange to-day,…

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Move Against Lang By Miners' Leaders Inner Group Attacked. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 5

The miners' leaders to-day decided to call upon the coalfields Parliamentarians in New South Wales to declare themselves against Mr. Lang and the…

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Gold Find At Tennant Creek Nugget of 16 Ounces. Tennant Creek

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 November 1937 · page 5

The finding of a nugget containing over 16 ounces of smelted gold has led the Administration to proclaim as an alluvial field a big strip of country 45…

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Poisonous Gas In Q'sland Coal Mine Three Men in Hospital. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 5

Four men were affected by poisonous gas in Rhondda colliery to-day. Two struggled to the surface, but the others had to be brought out. Three were…

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Alluvial Gold Find in Street

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 4

Gold has been discovered in one of Gladstone's (Queensland) main thoroughfares. When an old miner, Jim Bennedict, was sinking a hole for…

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11 Weeks Idle Miners Decide to Resume. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 4

By ten to one majority, the John Darling and Burwood Miners' Lodges decided to-day to accept the recommendation of the executive of the Northern…

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In Darkness Plane Crashes At Cairns Gold Worth £5000 on Board. Cairns, Wednesday Night

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 December 1937 · page 4

Carrying three passengers and with gold valued at £5000, on a special flight from the Peninsula goldfield at Batavia, a North Queensland Airways…

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ULTIMATUM From Miners' Federation to Labor Members. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 4

The Miners' Federation delivered a short dated ultimatum to Labor Parliamentarians representing coalfields constituencies, giving them until…

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Chinese Miners Strike in Jap Iron Mines. Singapore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 5

Seven hundred Chinese employed in a Japanese-owned iron mine at Johore refused to work, declaring, the results of their labors were being used to…

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Lightning Flash Explodes Dynamite Charges Eight Miners Killed 4000 Feet Underground. Johannesburg

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 5

Lightning struck the bell wire on the copper head of the central shaft at the Rand mine and 11 dynamite charges were detonated four thousand feet…

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