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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

123 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 7

A Gold Pass

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 2

Told that a certain member of Parliament boasts that an election has never yet cost him more than £10. His gold pass carries him free to all…

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Price of Coal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 11

The Mining Department of the Australasian Workers' Union is angry because of a statement attributed to a firm of Sydney shareholders in the course of a…

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Miners and Wage Adjustment

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 2

Opinions are held in trades union circles that the next big industrial upheaval will centre around the coal mining industry, owing to the fact…

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Mining for Fish

The Independent · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 5

In certain parts of the world mining for fish is a very profitable occupation. Many thousands of years ago the…

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Coal Seam Found in Queensland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 11

What is described as a valuable discovery has been made on Bowen coalfields, railway line. A gang drilling holes for railway purposes encountered a 6ft…

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Coal to Sweeten Tea. Nature's Most Precious Gift

The Independent · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 5

In addition to what coal does Tori us by providing light and power, it gives from within itself vast numbers of things which are most useful…

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Items of Special Interest. Adelong Gold Estates Appeal Fails

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 2

An appeal by the Adelong Gold Estates No-Liability Company, a Victorian company operating at Adelong against the right of the Commissioner of Taxation to…

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Mining Notice

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 2

Gold lease 22 in the name of Addison Miller, parish of Corowa, County Hume, is to be cancelled on April 7…

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Countries Without Coal

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 4

Nearly every express train in Italy was cut off on August 1919. The reason is that the country is almost without coal…

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Riverina Collieries Limited

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

A meeting of directors of the above was held at the registered office, 'Albury, yesterday afternoon. It was reported that there was a steady and satisfactory…

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Coal Pool Suggested

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 11

Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary Coal Miners Federation, addressing a mass meeting at Lithgow, said the trouble in the coal industry was due largely to the fact that…

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The Broken Hill Miners

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 2

There are now 4192 men employed at Broken Hill mines, as against 7000 in normal times…

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Coorabin Coal Co

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 3

A meeting of directors of the above was held at the registered office, Albury, on Thursday afternoon. It was reported that there was a steady and…

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Coorabin Coal Mine

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 1

Some time before the elections a Mr Brodie, his secretary, and Mr Stead (manager of the mine) visited this town. In an interview with…

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Miners Hate White Mice

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 4

Miners, like sailors and fishermen, believe an omens. But the miners have many beliefs and fetishes that might seem meaningless to other people…

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Timber Mines. Where Wood in Found Deep Down in the Earth

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 4

Men emloyed in driving a new gallory in a gold-mine at Charlotte Plains in Victoria have made a most astonishing discovery. At a…

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German Ships Want Coal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 32

Inquiries are already being made in Sydney for coal supplies for ships of the German-Australian line when they re-enter the Australian trade, and it is a matter of…

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Gold and Silver Beetles

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 4

In these days of gold shortage it is interesting to know that there are insects in this world which are said to be gold-producing! The most…

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Gold From Hair

The Independent · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 4

An extraordinary method of [?]ing a fortune was adopted by Belke, an American berber with most incredible results…

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Excessive Price of Coal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 3

Discussing the effect of the price of coal on industry generally, Mr. J. M. Paxten, president of the Chamber of Commerce. who has an intimate knowledge of the…

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