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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

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A Border Railway to Tap New Coal Field

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 4

Representations were [?] on Thursday last to the Victoraian Minister for Railways (Mr. Barnes) that the linking up of the rail ter…

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Toad in a Coal Seam

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 7

A toad has been found buried in a coal seam in Netherseal Colliery, near Burtonon-Trent. A collier was mining 600ft. below the surface and a mile from the pit…

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Object Lesson by White Miners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 2

Afternoon reports show that the strike position is easier. In the event of the natives not working on Monday, steps are being taken to keep agitators away…

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Tom Mix in "Fighting for Gold" at Melba Pictures To-morrow Night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 2

One of the greatest screen favorite in Albury is Tom Mix, and be will be seen at Melba Pictures to-morrow night in "Fighting for Gold." This is a Western…

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Oaklands Coal and Shepparton

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 3

The importance of the opening up of the Oaklands foal field in Riverine to Shepparton was discussed at the last meeting of the Shepparton Agricultural…

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Mining Revival at Rutherglen. Sale of the Great Southern Beef. Ballarat Syndicate Purchasers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 3

The first flutter that Bothergien has had in mining for some years look place on Tuesday last (says the "Sun") when it became known that Messrs…

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German Coal Supplies

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 47

The German Prime Minister (Herr Bauer) declares that owing to the housing difficulty in the Ruhr mining district, homes for 150,000 new men will be…

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Queensland State Iron Mines. Ore Bought in Western Australia. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 2

An important development in connection with the State iron and steel works occurred yesterday, when the Government completed arrangements for the…

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Demands of Coal Miners. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 March 1920 · page 3

Mr. John Fell, giving evidence before the Coal Commission to-day, referring to the coal trade, said: The outlook is not promising, as we are threatened with a…

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Midget Planes. Can Be Kept in Coal Sheds. London. Feb. 28

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 2

Mr. Frederick Handley Page, managing director of Handley Pago Limited, aeroplane manufacturers, states that the latest experiments prove the practicability…

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Profits on Coal-mining

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 20

The miners have adopted a new attitude regarding the profits of £8,000,000 from the coal-mining industries, which have accrued to the Coal Controller. The miners…

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More Trouble About Coal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 22

Giving evidence before the Coal Commission, John Fell, tainted a gloomy picture of the coal trade outlook. "It is not improving," he said, "as we are…

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Where the Gold Goes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 19

In 1846 the whole world produced. less than six million pounds worth of gold. Then the Californian goldfields were discovered, and in four years production had…

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Gold Coat Struck By,motor. Owner Secures £150 Damages Cootamundra

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 4

The racehorses Gold Coat and Grassy Plains, owned in the Young district, were being led to the Cootamundra races on the wrong side of the road where the…

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French Railway Strike. Situation Becoming More Serious. War Time Restrictions in Food and Coal Two Strike Leaders Arrested

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent says the strike situation hourly deepens in gravity. The leaders on both sides are sitting…

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Miners and Profiteers Maitland, Sat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 2

A conference of unionists on the land coal field bag decided to court aggregate meeting for Saturday next consider profiteering, when it is a…

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Indians' Gold Confiscated. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 4

Five Indians, who were proceeding to India by a Dutch steamer in February last were examined by a Customs officer and found to be in possession of 196½…

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Linking-up Proposal. "Coal Now Ready." Reference at Council Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 3

At the Municipal Council meeting on Tuesday evening last Alderman Thompson asked whether anything had yet come to hand in…

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Half a Ton of Gold and Silver. Made From Jewellery. London, March 6

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 1

Over half a ton of gold and silver bars alleged to have been made from coinage has been seized in a Whitechapel jeweller's shop. Two…

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Coal Miners' Wages. Large Increases Demanded. London, March 12

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 March 1920 · page 2

A conference of the Miners' Federation, by all overwhelming majority, decided to demand immediately an advance in wages of 3/ a shift for workers over 16 years of…

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