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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

238 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 12

Mining Disaster. ABOUT 20 Bodies Recovered

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 4

Latest advices from Mount Mulligan Colliery, in the Chillagoe district of North Queensland, which was wrecked by explosions on Monday morning,…

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More Gold Passes?

Young Witness · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 2

That aldermen and shire councillors, being elected by franchise and carrying out local government work, be granted the same railway…

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Mine Disaster All Bodies Recovered BRISBANE

Young Witness · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 1

All the bodies have now been recovered from the Mount Mulligen mine It is ascertained that 75 men were underground at the time of…

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Coal Industry. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 2

The cloud of unemployment over-shadowed to-day's meeting of the executive of the Minors' Federation, London, whoso main business was the…

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North Wales Collieries. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 4

Joybells announced the decision to. re open the North Wales collieries forthwith…

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Notes for Gold. New Use for Halfpennies

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 2

Detectives Thompson and Alehin were standing near the Orient Steamship Company's office this morning when they saw two men accost a third, who had…

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South Wales Coal Trouble (United Service Message.) LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 October 1921 · page 2

The Coal crisis in South Wales has been settled in favour of the owners the award of arbitrator Sir Wm. Plender. The Mines Department contended…

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Nine Gold Rings Two Offenders Get Three Years Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 15 October 1921 · page 1

Charles Marshall and Arthur Harold Marshall were convicted to-day of receiving nine rings valued at £400 the property of Arthur A. Burgh, of…

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More Collieries Closing. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 October 1921 · page 4

In addition to pits permanently abandoned as the outcome of the strike it was announced to-day that sixteen collieries in Lanarkshire would be closed…

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Back Yard Mine a Washout

Young Witness · Saturday 22 October 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The disevery of opals in a backyard at a house in Regent st. has been cleared up. It appears that a recent visitor from White Cliffs opal…

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Coal Industry. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 October 1921 · page 2

In view of the serious position of the coal industry the Miners' Federation has submitted to the Government a new scheme for the revival of the…

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In the Palmy Days of the Goldfields. the Melbourne Cup

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 October 1921 · page 4

It was in the fifties when gold was first discovered in Australia, and the greatest finds were in Victoria. There are still living pioneers of those days…

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Mount Moegan Miners

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 November 1921 · page 1

The Mount Morgan miners have decided not to accept tho Arbitration Court's decision. They have declared the Co-Operative stores black, and…

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The Mines. (United Service Message.) LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 2

Mr. Lloyd George received the miners' executive at Downing-street and confirmed the Government's refusal to pay the miners a subsidy of £3,000,000, the…

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Broken Hill Mines Operations May Resume. Broken Hill

Young Witness · Saturday 12 November 1921 · page 1

Many directors of mining companies are expected here on Saturday, It is expected an attempt will be made to get a resumption of…

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Gold at Grenfell Mining Stir

Young Witness · Thursday 17 November 1921 · page 2

Another stir in gold mining has been caused lately by the reports of washings from the Star Gully, where the party—Messrs F. Fitch…

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English Derby. Won by Gold Cup. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 November 1921 · page 2

The Derby was won by Gold Cup, at 5 to 1, with Aymestry (40 to 1) second. and Willonya (40 to 1) third. Twenty-three started. The race was won by a…

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£2000 Missing Miners Union Fund Wellington

Young Witness · Thursday 24 November 1921 · page 1

A Warrantl was been issued for the arrest of an executive officer who resigned the secretaryship of the New Zealand Minors' Federation. A sum…

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£25,000 Stolen. Australian Gold on Sonoma. San Francisco

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 November 1921 · page 2

Australian gold worth £25,000 was stolen from the Sonoma. The burglar proof locks on the safe were filed oil, and five or fifteen boxes of bullion were…

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Mining at Broken Hill London

Young Witness · Saturday 26 November 1921 · page 1

One of the Broken Hill Mines, the British is to be roistarted under Judge Ed,imds' award to see if it can be made to pay its way…

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