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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

314 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 16

Glenreagh Coal Used at Maclean. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 December 1939 · page 4

Local blacksmiths, after trials in their furnaces, have purchased their supply of coal from the coal mines opened at Glenreagh by Messrs. Bradley Bros…

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Mine Owner Shot Death at Tennant's Creek. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 December 1939 · page 5

Michael Tutty, 35, owner of the Dollypot mine at Tennant's Creek, died from a bullet wound in the chest, Received in a shooting affray on…

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Gold Tax To Supersede Excise Hardships Removed. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 December 1939 · page 6

The excise of 50 per cent, on the price of gold in excess of' £A9 a fine ounce will be replaced by a gold' tax of a similar amount, under legislation…

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40-Hour Week Coal Workers' Dispute Conference on Tuesday. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 December 1939 · page 5

Union circles expressed the opinion to-day that peace on the coalfields in the immediate future would depend on the outcome of the negotiations between…

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Sea Warfare New Mine Field Another U-boat Sunk British Warships Damaged. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 December 1939 · page 5

The Norwegian Admiralty announced to-day that two British cruisers and a British submarine were damaged, and put into Mostaroey, near Stavanger,…

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Magnetic Mine Menace Nearly Over. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 5

The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, in a broadcast, after paying a tribute to the superiority of British and French…

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Five U-boats Sunk Churchill Gives Last Week's Figures Review of War on Sea Nazi Submarines and Mines Under Control London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 December 1939 · page 5

Revealing that five German U-boats were sunk last week by naval and air operations, independently of the French navy, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, informed the House of Commons to-day that the destruction of U-boats was continuing normally at the rate of two to four…

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Coal Industry Mine At Nymboida "Payable Seam of Good Quality."

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 December 1939 · page 7

As reported in a recent issue of the "Daily Examiner," Lower Clarence blacksmiths are making purchases or coal supplies from the Nymboida mine…

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Watch on Mine-layers. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 December 1939 · page 5

The Air Ministry announces that R.A.F. security patrols were continuously maintained overnight over the mine-laying aircraft bases in the…

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Towns Ablaze Finns Retreating Biggest Battle Of War Norwegians Mine Frontier London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 December 1939 · page 5

Soviet troops reached the Norwegian frontier when they occupied blazing Salmijarvi to-day. The Norwegians mined the frontier…

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Mining Disputes Request For Special Tribunal Rejected by Fed. Cabinet. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1939 · page 5

Following the rejection to-night by the Federal Cabinet of the request by the comoned mining unions for a special tribunal to deal with disputes…

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ARBITRATION Miners To Withdraw Round Table and Strike Preferred. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 December 1939 · page 1

The combined mining unions decided to-day to withdraw from arbitration unless special industrial machinery be created to deal with the Question of…

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Gold Buying To Be Controlled Checking Exploitation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 December 1939 · page 6

The exploitation of prospectors and owners of small quantities of gold will be prevented by amendments to the monetary control regulations announced…

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Are Mines Magnetic? Yes, Says Captain n Sunk Liner Had 5 Lookouts. London, November 25

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 3

Some of the naval experts in Britain are sceptical about the claim that the mines used by the Germans are magnetic. Captain Maiukura, of the…

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Gold Tax Refunds for Prospectors. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 5

The Commissioner of Taxation stated to-day that regulations under the Gold Tax Collection Act had been approved. The Act provides for a refund to a…

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