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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

123 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 7

End of the Coal Tyranny

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 26

The various sections of the community which have suffered through the dominating position occupied by coal in the past will recognise with pleasure the…

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Riverina Collieries, Ltd

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 3

Progress reports of the representatives of the above company in the mater of placing shares in an around Corowa are eminently satisfactory. While…

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Boring for Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 2

In the Legislative Council of Victoria last week the Hon. R. H. S. Abbott asked the Attorhey General if the attention of the Government bad been…

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Coorabin Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 3

The representatives of the Riverine Collieries, Ltd., are still actively engaged on a systematic canvass of the town and district and report excellent…

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Boring for Coal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 23

In the Legislative Council of Victoria the Hon. R. H. S. Abbott asked the Attorney-General if the attention of the Government had been drawn to the…

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Price of Coal Cripples Industry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 39

The application for the variation in the award of the Broken Hill steel works at Newcastle, was again before Judge Rolin in the Industrial Court recently, when Mr…

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Testing Newcastle and Coorabin Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 August 1922 · page 2

Mr. J. Wanko, of Walla Walla, who has, for some time been supplying that town with electric light from his private plant, has made arrangements to…

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Cheap Coal=Cheap Power. The Life-Blood of Industries

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 August 1922 · page 2

"The price of coal to-day is a scandal and menaced to the industrial life of the country.--Mr. W. M. Hughes in Saturday's "Argus."…

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Riverina Collieries, Ltd

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 3

Three proming[?]t residents of Rutherglen visited Coorahia on Sunday last, and have since become shareholders in the company. They were greatly…

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Money in the Making. Where Streams of Gold and Silver Flow

The Independent · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 4

Because the depreciation of the world's coins exceeds one ton and a quarter of gold and eighty-eight tons of silver annually the minting of new…

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Riverina Coal Deposits. the New Township—carberry. Elaborate Plans Prepared

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 19

Mr. W. H. Drew, of Sydney, who has been primarily responsible for the extensive research work on the Coorabin coalfield, lias had prepared an elaborate plan…

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Mother O' Mine

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 7 September 1922 · page 4

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o Mine I know [?] love would follow…

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Serious Colliery Disaster. Forty Men Entombed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 2

Twenty-four bodies have been recovered from the Whitehaven mining disaster. Some of the victims were unrecognisable. The officials are…

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Latest Telegrams. Unrest on the Coal Fields. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 2

Five stop-work meetings were held in the Newcastle and South Maitland coal fields, and the feeling expressed was that the miners were solid for…

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“Mother O' Mine.”

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 4

In “Mother o' Mine” the people of Berrigan have a rare opportunity of seeing undoubtedly the most successful film of its kind…

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Gold in Britain

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 1

The recent discovery of a "fine streak" of gold in the Mcrionethshire mountains by an Australian recalls many interesting facts regarding…

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Oaklands Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 October 1922 · page 1

At the Wangaratta Show last week an [?] of Oaklands coal, burning to a white ash in a white grate attracted public attention (says the…

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Latest Telegrams. the Coal Crisis. Sydney, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 October 1922 · page 2

Mr Weyland, secretary of the Southern Coal Proprietors Association, has received no reply from the Miners' Union, consequently the owners'…

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Coal Mines Close Down

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 23

The fight between the coalminers and the coal mine owners has started. On Tuesday morning the mines in the southern district were closed. At a majority…

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Coal Crisis

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 1

The southern coal mines with two exception were idle on Tuesday. The secretary to the miners, Mr. Sweeney, says whether the owners have received…

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