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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Gold Near Mount Isa Bush by Lorry and Car. Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 3

Gold has been discovered 40 miles from Mount Isa, on May Downs, and a rush has set in. Many business men and mine officials…

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BLUE and Gold Fair. Organised by Dungog C.W.A. Takings About £120

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 5

On Wednesday last the Blue and Gold Fair, organised by the Dungog Branch of the Country Women's Association was held in the Picture…

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Mysterious Gold Find Cannot Be Found

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1932 · page 1

Mystery, surrounds the reported rich gold find near Mt. Isa, Queensland. Numbers of persons visited the scene of the reported field on Sunday, but the…

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Brown Coal Vic's Immense Supply Latrobe Valley

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1932 · page 6

Twenty-seven thousand million tons is the estimate of the quantity of brown coal in the Latrobe Valley (Vic.), and the…

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Northern Mines Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 7

In Sydney yesterday afternoon, representatives of the Colliery Employees' Federation in the Northern district, the President (Mr. T. J…

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Blue and Gold Fair

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1932 · page 2

In our report of the recent Blue and Gold Fair the name of Mrs. C. E. Tydeman as a helper at the Refreshment stall was inadvertently omitted…

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Coal Trade Slump. Significant Figures

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 August 1932 · page 5

Dr. F. R. E. Mauldon, of Melbourne University, is at present supplying a series of informative and interesting articles to the "Newcastle Herald"…

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GRETA Municipal Council Coal Contracts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 August 1932 · page 6

The regular meeting of the Greta Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. The Mayor,…

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Mysterious Gold Find Cannot Be Found

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 August 1932 · page 6

Mystery surrounds the reported rich gold find near Mount Isa (Q.). Numbers of persons visited the scene of the reported field on Sunday, but the man…

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Oil From Coal "Proved Industry" Work in Britain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 August 1932 · page 3

In the February issue of a London magazine, Ian Coster has an interesting article on "The White Magic of Industry," in the course…

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Killed by Railway Engine Man Gathering Coal on Line. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 August 1932 · page 2

Herbert Arnold Block, aged 55, was knocked down and killed by a railway engine near Wentworthville railway station this morning…

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Coal Export Shipments at Newcastle NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1932 · page 4

Shipments of coal at Newcastle last week totalled 32,110 tons, compared with 46,271 tons for the same period last year…

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Blind Man's Death Poison Obtained at Mine

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 1

Detective-Sergeant M'Rac, who is investigating the death of Christopher Robert Hepburn, aged 32, from cyanido. poisoning at Forbes on August 2, has…

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Gold Yield Rich Bendigo Finds SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 8

It is reported from Melbourne that the richest gold yield at Bendigo for many years was obtained last week, when 166 tons of quartz from the…

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Re-opening To-morrow Rothbury Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 3

Arrangements have now been completed for the re-opening of Rothbury colliery to-morrow. The miners will be employed on first-class shiftmen's…

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Opens To-morrow Rothbury Colliery BRANXTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 2

To-morrow Rothbury Colliery will be reopened after having been closed down since February last. Operations were susponded at the…

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Hillend Subsidences Mines Department Moves

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 3

For some time past residents of East End have complained regarding smoke and gases arising from subsidences near Hillend Colliery. The…

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State Mine Likely to Continue SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 5

It is expected that Cabinet to-day will allow the State coal mine at Lithgow to continue operations. There is likely to be a reduction in…

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Search for Gold Steamer Boarded SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 1

Detectives this morning boarded the liner Maunganal, on arrival from New Zealand, and questioned two men and a woman who they believed…

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Railway Coal Tenders. To be Opened To-morrow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 August 1932 · page 1

The Railway Department announced on Saturday that the tenders for a 12 months' supply of large and small…

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