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

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Mr. Jack Garry Entertained and Presented with a Gold Watch

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

SOME time ago a meeting of the supporters and friends of Ms, Jack Garry, who put up such a good fight for the Goulburn seat in the last State Election, decided to present Mr. Garry with some token of their appreciation of the [?] effort he made…

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650 Miners Dismissed. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 2

The Aberdare Central Colliery owners have served notices of dismissal on 650 employess, owing to slackness of trade…

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Gold Passes Area Commissioner Loses His

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 2

Members .of Parliament and other favoured citizens, should they lose their gold passes which frank them over the railways of Australia, have…

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His Ships His Coal; His Pastures. All John Brown's

The Young Chronicle · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 3

"That's John Brown's," was the unanimous pronouncement as big boat loomed up out of the hazy twilight and made its way…

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Russian Gold Used to Subsidise Crime British Minister's Charge LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 4

Major Kindersley, in the House of Commons, asked the Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson Hicks, if it was a fact that Irish…

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Colliery Fatality. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

When the three men who were entombed at the Redbank Colliery, near Ipswich, were brought to the surface life was found to be extinct…

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Bandit Rebel Raided American Mine New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

The notorious rebel Sandino is reported to have raided the Laluz mine in Nicaragua on April 12. He took all the gold, money, merchandise and…

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Russian Gold Payments to Gunmen LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

In the House of Commons the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, in answer to questions, said it would not be in the public interest to publish available…

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Miners Hurt in Explosion. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

A gas explosion occurred at Balmoral Colliery, a few miles from Emerald. (Q.) Three miners, Matthew Stewart, underground manager,…

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Why Coal Trade Is Slack. Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

Mr. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries Association, attributes the present depression in the coal trade to the numerous strikes…

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SPORTING (Continued) Wagga Gold Cup. Charlot's Second Win. Wagga

The Young Chronicle · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

CHARLOT (Daniels) 1 SAILING HOME (Scanion) 2 REONUI (McCarten) 3 Coming to the four furlong post…

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Complaint Dismissed Mine Near Breakfast Creek. Said to Have Been Idle for Months

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 5

Complaint that property near Breakfast Creek, to which Thomas Bellinger had the right of entry for mining purposes, was not being…

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General Cables Raiders Destroy Mines Vancouver

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 2

Bluefields, two American-owned goldmines in northern Nicaragua, were completely destroyed by a band of raiders who, using all the mine…

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Goulburn Band Contest Another Gold Cup Offered

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 2

Another gold cup has been offered for a band contest to be held in conjunction with next year's Goulburn Eisteddfod…

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Rush for Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 3

Gold rushes, similar to those in the early sixties, have occurred at Forbes. Two old miners have opened up the old Rising Shine claim on the famous…

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Mining Revival Activity at Cootamundra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 5

The Kootra mine, about seven miles from Cootamundra, was registered with a nominal capital of £20,000 in 200,000 shares of 2/ each, payable…

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W. A. Murder Case Furnace Found in Mine PERTH

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 3

An echo of the famous Kalgoorlic murder case was heard in the Supreme Court to-day, when Charles Egan appealed against a sentence of a…

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TREES! -- Hues of Light and Shade, and Green and Gold

The Young Chronicle · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 1

The late Mr. S. H. Hedworth was a horticulturist of note, his services as a judge and writer having been often availed of in Sydney, while his…

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Mine Explosion 182 Men Entombed MATHER (Penn., U.S.A.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 2

There were 182 men entombed here following an explosion in a mine. So far 32 bodies have been located. Nine men have been rescued alive, but the…

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Mine Disaster Hope for Entombed Men MATHER (Penn. U.S.A.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 2

The total known to be dead as a result of the mine explosion is now 92. Hope is now held out for some of the remaining 130 entombed men…

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