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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

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Professor's Stories. How He Got His Wounds. Miners' First Tunnel

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 4

At the Millions Club Incheon to Professor David at Sydney the guest told some excellent stories of the war. There was, for instance, an…

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Rich Seam of Coal Found. in Dubbo District. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 5

Another rich seam of coal has been found and is being worked at Ballinmore, in the Dubbo district…

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Mine on Beach Near Newcastle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 4

A picnic party on the beach on the northern side of Morna Point, about 20 miles from Newcastle, and fairly close to the entrance to Port Stephens,…

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Coal Seeking in Ireland

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 7

Professor Grenville Coal is the Chairman of Geology at the Royal College of Science for Ireland, and his name—which, by the way, invites…

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Gold Values. 28s for Sovereign

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 5

IN the House of Commons to-day (May 30) Mr. Macquistin (Co.-Unionist) suggested a standard mint price for gold. At present gold was…

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Lumps of Coal. a Black List Without Malice

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 7

Sir W. Ramsay says that our coal supplies will be exhausted in 175 years.The pre-war consumption of coal…

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Reported Discovery of Gold at Port Stephens

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 2

Mr. S. Wood, Pindimar, Port Stephens, informs us that he has discovered, gold in that district. He has secured a permit to enter and has…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Thursday. Floating Mine

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 4

A floating mine has been washed ashore and exploded at Cape Everard, Bass Strait. WATERSIDE WORKERS…

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Coal and Cancer

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 7

The view that cancer is most likely to occur where the fuel contains a high proportion of sulphur is expressed in a work on the cancer…

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The Dairying Industry The North Coast Gold Mine Phenomenal Progress

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 6

WHAT the gold mines have been to countries where the precious metal was obtainable in large quantities, so has…

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Late Telegrams. Coal. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 4

The Government has extended the term of-the Coal Commission by three months…

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Shortage of Coal. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 July 1919 · page 4

The position in Tasmania now is serious owing to the shortage of coat, and many factories will probably be compelled to close down…

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News of the World. Miners' Strike. Refuse Sankey Award. London

Macleay Argus · Thursday 17 July 1919 · page 5

150,000 miners struck work in West Yorkshire. The men refused the proposed re-arrangement of hours and piece rates finder the Sankey Award…

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Cabinet Members Confer with Coal Miners. Winding Men Strike. London

Macleay Argus · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd George and other members of the Cabinet had a long conference with coal owners. Soldiers, wearing trench helmets, are guarding the…

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10,000 Miners Resume. London

Macleay Argus · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 5

Ten thousand Monmouthshire minors have resumed…

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Welsh Miners. Agree to Continue Work. London

Macleay Argus · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 5

The Welsh Miners' Conference has agreed to continue work until the Government and the Miners' Federation have agreed to the new piece rates…

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Britain's Coal Difficulties. Serious Aspects of British Trouble. Pits Flooded. London

Macleay Argus · Thursday 24 July 1919 · page 5

The Miners' Federation in London holds aloof from the Yorkshire dispute. A serious aspect of the strike is the danger of explosions and fires in the dry…

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Gold Mining Lease Refused

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 2

The undermentioned application for lease of Crown lands for gold mining purposes has been refused: 25 acres parish of Mummel, county of…

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Overseas News Mines Flooded

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 2

Mr. Lloyd George, in the Commons, reported a very grave development in the Yorkshire mines dispute. Three mines had already been…

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Coal Strike in England

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 4

The miners in North Nottingham have struck as a protest against the increased price of coal. Two hundred thousand men are idle…

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