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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

132 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 7

Opening the Bellbird Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

At Bellbird colliery, having completed the four stoppings, the men were engaged in erecting a stopping some little distance below the fan…

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Riverina Coal. Developments at Coorabin

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 18

The first truck of coal from Coorabin mine to come to Victoria was despatched from the mine on Thursday morning for Wangaratta Woollen Mills…

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Complete Cessation of the Coal Industry Threatened

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 26

Miners at Pelaw Main, Richmond Main and Stanford Mcrthyr collieries at a combined meeting this week resolved that unless they received…

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Notes For Gold. Confidence Man on a Coastal Run

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

The story of how a Sydney man named Hedley Frank Brock fell a victim to the wiles of a confidence man with the notes for gold trick was told…

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News by Cable. Nationalisation of British Mines. Commons Rejects Bill. Liberals Split Vote. London, May 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 20

Mr. George Hall (Labour) moved the second reading of the Nationalisation of Mines Bill in the House of Commons to-day. The bill provided…

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[?] Coal for [?] First Truck Despatched

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 4

The first truck of coal from the Coorabin mine for Victoria was despatceed from the mine recently in the order of tho Wangaratta…

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Coorabin Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 2

There is a big demand through the Riverins and North-Eastern Victoria for cheap fuel, and from present indications Coorabin can supply that…

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Liquid Gold

The Independent · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 4

Few people realise, when they see the familiar road , task wagons and kerbside petrol pumps of our big companies, how the contents of these…

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The Bellbird Mine. The First Body Recovered. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

The body discovered in the Bellbird mine last Tuesday was brought out at 7 o'clock last night. Contrary to expectation it proved to be that…

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Opening Bellbird Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 41

The men engaged in re-opening operations at the Bellbird mine, recovered one body, believed to be that of Malcolm Bailey. The body was found…

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Coal and Kaolin in the North

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 28

Mr. A. E. Thompson, who has contracted to investigate the extent and value of the coal scam on Mr. King's property at Tyalgum, near…

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Coorabin Coal. Placing It on the Market. Fair Selling Price

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 22

A meeting of the board of directors of Riverina Collieries Limited, was held at the registered office of the company on Monday, when various matters…

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Colliery Troubles Threatened

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 32

Serious trouble is threatened at the Oakey Park Colliery, Lithgow, owing to the refusal of the management' to reinstate David Kerr, secretary of the…

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Riverina Collieries Ltd. Continued Progress

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 4

A meeting of directors was held at the registered office of the company, 682 Dean-street, Albury, at which the company's mine manager (Mr. D. C…

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Mining Scrip Stolen

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 2

Mining scrip valued at a £1000 was taken from a house in Kew. Detective White, while inquiring among the share-brokers found a man trying to sell it…

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Harassed Coal Trade

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 11

In a letter to the Miners' Federation, Mr. M'Donald, chairman of the Northern Colliery Owners' Association, says: "The position is becoming…

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Pirate Gold

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 4

An enormous amount of hidden treasure has lately been discovered near Cu[?]haven, in Germany. It is valued at 20,000,000 marks…

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The Welsh Coal Miners. Strike Threatened

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 1

The Rhonda District (South Wales) Miners Federation have decided to serve strike notices on all collieries as from July 12th, to compel…

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A Colliery Accident. Twenty-Two Men Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 1

A serious accident occurred at the Stanford-Merthyr colliery, Kurri Kurri yesterday afternoon. While forty nine miners were being hauled to the…

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TRANSFERRING 100 Tons of Gold. a Melbourne Incident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 1

The Melbourne Treasury has successfully transferred 14 Trillions sterling, in sovereigns to the vault of the new Commonwealth Bank. The last…

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