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Mining & the mines, 1914

383 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 20

Mines Always on Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 40

How would you like to work in a coal mine that is always on fire? The public cry out and ask what are the authorities doing every time a mine catches…

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As a Warning to Miners

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 2

[?] inventions for warning [?] has been shown to [?] it is a kind of whistle [?] automatically affects…

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Storyteller. Richard Ashleigh; or, a Son of the Mine. Chapter I. the King's Patent

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 8

The manager oil the Harfield Colliery pushed back his chair and rose from the desk, a frown upon his face. Crossing the room he took down the receiver of the…

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Complaint Common to Miners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 32

Giving evidence before the South Coast Miners' Wages Board on mystagmus, Dr. John Kerr stated that about 25 per cent. of his practice consisted of persons…

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Two Thousand Miners Idle. Another N.S.W. Industrial Trouble. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

The Hopburn and Pelaw Main collieries were idle to-day, and nearly 2000 men were thrown out of work. The cause is believed to be Judge Heydon's decision…

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Despairing Miners Find Big Diamonds

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 3

After working a diamond claim in South Africa with scant success for seven months, reward came to Mr. Bowler by the discovery of a fine…

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Hoarded Treasure. ladies Greed of Gold

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 1

A steady stream of gold has been bowing for centuries into India, says the "New York Tribune" Hardly say of this gold returns. It is…

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Expect Gold Panic in Three Years

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 3

Mr. Moreton Frewen anticipates a financial panic in England within the next two or three years, because of the great drain of British gold…

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Cablegrams. the National Gallery Outrage Damage £10,000 TO £15,000 Suffragette in Court. "Mine Is the Victory." London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 2

Velasquez's beautiful picture "Venus and Cupid," in the National Gallery, was seriously damaged by a Suffragette, armed with a hatchet, yesterday…

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Coal-mine K.c. Spent a Year Underground

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 4

Mr Leslie Scott, K.C., M.P., has often surprised both his colieagues at: theCar and litigants in coal-mine disputes with his "inside knowledge."…

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Storyteller. Richard Ashleigh; or, a Son of the Mine. Chapter Iv .—(Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 8

"I wor walking wi' George when I heard th' gun fired," he said, "an' on lookin' across th' fields I could see a man run into th' woods. I did[?] see th'…

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Unhinged by the Ice Solitudes Wireless Expert Goes to Asylum. Tragedy of Antarctic Told in Stawell. Wanders Six Days in the Bush Without Food. Drinking Stagnant Water and Carrying Gold. Stawell

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 5

Declaring that the ice solitudes of the Antarctic had got on his nerves," and pleading to be allowed to go back into the bush nd die in the silence of the ranges…

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Yorkshire Miners' Trouble. 70,000 Men Affected. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 3

A fortnight's notice has been given on behalf of 170,000 Yorkshire miners in connection with the minimum wages. The conciliation [?] has discussed the…

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Miner Killed at Maitland. Fall of Coal Crushes Head, Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

A well-known northern miner, named James E. Goodwin, was killed this morning in the Aberdalre, Colliery at Multland. The unfortunate man had fired one shot…

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When the Sun Grows Gold

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 1

The sun is a gaseous body, and when it loses heat by radia[?] the pressure beneath the supe[?] layer of the gas will decresse writer…

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Mining Revival at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 33

The Currajong and Keep-It-Dnrk, and also several adjoining partially—tasted mining properties (which latter .have for a number years been unworked) have…

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Alleged Larceny of a Gold Bracelet

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 2

William McKinney was charged that on the 30th October, 1913, at Hay, he did steal one bracelet, the property of Alexandria Margaret Jessie Consett…

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Storyteller. Richard Ashleigh; or, a Son of the Mine. Chapter V.—(Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 8

"Good evening," he said. "I thought at first you were Miss Denwood." Clara Cookham lifted her bold, sparkling eyes to his. The eagerness with which…

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The Romance of a Mine. the Queen of Molybdenite. Ore One Time Discarded As Valueless Now Worth £525 Per Ton

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 4
Also in The Corowa Free Press

How many regrets lay among the past endeavors of the man who has been lured by the call of mining speculation? How many abandoned shafts to-day…

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