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Mining & the mines, 1933

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Miners' Ballot Counting the Figures Small Vote

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 6

Four-fifths of the primary votes have been received from lodges by the returning officer of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. Walker) in…

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Gold Reef Found Quartz Turned Up by Plough. Chance Discovery Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 1

The search for a spanner on a farm at Gordon, about 20 miles from Ballarat, led to the discovery of a reef containing gold…

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Oil from Coal. 170 Gallons From a Ton Reported Result of Test Lithgow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 5

The proprietors of the E. and E. low temperature carbonisation process state that a yield of 170 gallons of crude oil has been obtained from a ton…

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Gold Find

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1933 · page 4

Some excitement was caused at Black Hill, in the Ballarat district (Vic.), when a report was circulated that…

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Fifteen Miners Killed English Pit Disaster

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 November 1933 · page 1

London, Monday. Heroism marked the rescues of the victims of the explosion of fire-damp at the Grassmoor colliery, Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, when…

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Miners' Federation Progress Count Against Convention of Unions. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 November 1933 · page 2

The progress count in the plebiscite, to decide whether the Miners Federation should hold an Australian-wide convention of the unions shows that…

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Charge Fails Gold Buyer Acquitted Ex-policeman Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 November 1933 · page 7

Charles Allen Rose, of Abermain, was charged before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri Court, with having, at Kurri…

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Abermain Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 8

Owing to slackness of trade the No: 9 section of Abermain No: 1 colliery will work only three days this week. The employees will have night…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 7

Pelaw Main and Stanford Main Collieries wore workring to-day. Richmond Main continued idle…

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Dust in Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 4

Dr. F. G. Banting, winner of. the Nobel Prize for the discovery of insulin, has de vised a scheme to prevent…

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Gold Strike OfFers Refused

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 4

The group of gold prospectors who unearthed 200 on, of gold on their claim since received big offers, but…

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Charge of Stealing Against Gold-Buyer Information Dismissed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 4

"I don't think I should convict the defendant on the evidence before me said Mr.Mohany P.M. at the conclusion of evidence at the Kurri…

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Coal Oil "Assist Industry" Mr. James' Plea Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 8

"Let Australia be courageous, and go in for largo-scale production of oil from our own coal and shale," said Mr. R. James…

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Aberdare Extended Colliery to Re-open Resumption of Work Next Monday. Almost Unanimous Acceptance of Terms

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 3

The announcement that Aberdare Extended Colliery it to resume work next Monday is indeed good news…

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Oil From Coal Large-scale Production Urged. Mr. James's Advocacy "Let Australia be Courageous."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 3

"Let Australia be courageous and go in for large-scale production or oil from our own coal and shale,'said Mr. R. James (State Lab.,…

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Discovery of Gold Pocket

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 8

Considerable excitement was caused at Black Hll, in Ballarat district, when word was circulated that a party of prospectors had unearthed a pocket of…

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"Gold Diggers" at Newcastle Civic

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 2

"Gold Diggers of 1933," Warner Bros.' dramatic musical screen special, is the feature commencing at the Civic Theatre, Newcastle, on Saturday next…

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New Musical Drama Tops Everything Yet Produced. "Gold Diggers" at the Civic

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 4

"Gold Diggers of 1933" Warner Bros, dramatic musical screen special, and the most lavishly produced motion picture of the decade, is the…

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Oil From Coal. 170 Gallons From a Ton. Reported Result of Test Lithgow

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 1

The proprietors of the E. And E. low temperature carbonisation process state that a yield of 170 gallons of crude oil has been obtained from a ton…

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The Mines Work for Fortnight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1933 · page 8

Two mines on the Northern field had full time for the fortnight, One of thorn was Stockton Borehole, which, in the previous fortnight, had…

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