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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

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British Mining Trouble. Crisis Discussed in Commons

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 2

In the House of Commons, both the Labor and Liberal leaders urged the Prime Minister to take decisive action to end the coal deadlock Mr…

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Coal Reserves Tapped

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 June 1926 · page 8

The large reserve stocks of coal which have been lying in the loco, yards at Taree during the past two years, aggregating about a thousand…

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Goldfields Murders. the Two Detectives. Two Men Arrested

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 7

Sensational developments occurred at Kalgoorlie on Sunday regarding the deaths of Inspector Walsh and Detective Sergeant Pitman when detectives…

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Hidden Gold

The Northern Champion · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 7

Gold for various reasons disappears rapidly in all countries, but nowhere else does it pass out of sight so rapidly as in India and China. So rapidly does the precious…

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Where It Is Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 8

On the hottest day In summer a Hying man may be in the Arctic regions in ten minutes by mounting to & height of 10,000ft., Just as the…

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Coal Strike Settlement Likely

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 2

A basis of settlement of the coal strike, which has been paralysing industry throughout the Commonwealth was reached yesterday afternoon at…

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King's Evidence. Goldfields Murder. Startling Rumor Perth

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 2

Startling rumors as to the Goldfields murder are in circulation; and the most sensational is that one of the accused has turned "King's evidence."…

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Coal Strike Over. Agreement Reached

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 2

The compulsory conference convened by Mr. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Tribunal, on Monday, arrived at a virtual settlement of the…

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The Coal Trouble

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 4

A settlement has been arrived at in the Coal Strike which has, for the past six weeks, kept about 20,000 men idle, the loss in wages being…

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N.sw. Coal Strike

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 7

A basis of settlement of the coal strike, which has been parclysing industry throughout the Commonwealth, was reached on…

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Another Arrest Goldfields Murders. Kalgoorlie Excitement

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 4

There was another sensation in Kalgoorlie on Friday last in connection with the murder of Inspector Walsh and Detective Sergeant…

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Goldfields Murder

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 6

The Kalgoorlie Police Court was crowded on Saturday when Will Coulter (the wealthy investor) appeared to answer the charge of having, in…

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Curious Places of Worship. a Chapel in a Coal Pit

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 8

The miners' chapel in Mynnd Meniggd Colliery at Swansea, where for a period extending over half a century the tollers of the mine have…

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Miners and Marriage

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 July 1926 · page 2

A party of men travelling on the Blyth and Tyne railways were discussing the strange manner in which a Gateshend man had forbidden the banns of his son…

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Toughened Gold. Electrolytic Co. as Buyer

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 2

As the Sydney Mint ceased on June 30 to receive gold, and as the Bank of New South Wales has decided to discontinue…

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Wheat Growing Replaces Mining

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 2

No State in Australia is making more rapid agricultural advancement at present than Western Australia, where an enormous wheat belt is being developed. Only a few years ago…

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Murder—jury's Verdict in Goldfields CASE—Two M en Committed—Third for trial as Accessory. KALGOORLIE

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 4

The inquest into what has become known as the Goldfields murder case was concluded to-day. The jury returned a verdict that…

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'Shot Them." Startling Story of W.a. Goldfields Murder Request for Knife Hotel-keeper's Wife in the Box

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 4

Sensational evidence was given by Fiorrio Jean Clarke, wife of one of the accused, at the resumed Inquest on Wednesday, into the deaths of…

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Copeland. Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 4

Rumors of the revival of goldmining here are brought a step nearer realisation by the attempt to float a company with the object of…

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Gold Pass Gifts!

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

In accordance with a decision reached at the last meeting of the A.L.P. executive, Mr. Carey, General Secretary, called for nominations from…

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