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Mining & the mines, 1926

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Notes for Gold

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 23 June 1926 · page 2

Coming ashore on Monday from the steamer large Bay on its arrival at Melbourne, John Higgins, laborer, was accosted by an affable stranger at the…

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Riverina Coal Deposits

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 3

Whilst boring for water within a few miles of the Coorabin Coal[?] Oaklands, Mr. Hatcher ran into a seam of coal 40 feet wide. There is…

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"The Gold Rush."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 45

The management of the Theatre Royal, Albury (sole proprietors, Messrs. Lee Tet Bros.), announce to the people of Albury and district that…

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Coal Crisis Feared

The Independent · Saturday 3 July 1926 · page 3

Unless the coal lumpers' dispute [?] before the week-end it is [?] that there will be a complete stoppage of work on the collers at…

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Charlie Chaplin in "The Gold Rush."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 7

During the past week Albury theatre-goers were thrilled by the presentation at the Theatre Boyal of the inimitable Charlie Chaplin in "The Gold Bush."…

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Rich Gold Find. Report From New Guinea Sydney

The Independent · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 2

A report from New Guinea to the effect that a rich gold [?] made at Edie Creek, [?] caused a veritable [?] that…

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Gold-bearing Reef

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 11

What may prove to be a valuable find, in the form of a discovery, of a reef, about 2ft. wide, in which gold shows freely, has been made at…

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Gold Find Near Cowra

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 2

A good gold find is reported from Woodstock, where two prospectors haw opened up a reef two miles from the town. Gold is showing very…

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New Guinea Gold Disco[?] Melbourne, Frid[?]

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 2

The Administrator of New [?] reports that the gold disco[?] Edie Creek, New Guinea, is no[?] luring as published, and that [?]…

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The Gold Rush Chaplin's Greatest Picture. There is one Charlie Chaplin

The Independent · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 3

Of screen comedians there is no end some of them clever too, but even the brightest seems dull when compared with Charlie Chaplin, whose latest…

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Most Popular Player Gold Medal for Winner

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 2

Football enthusiasts are invited to select the most popular player in the Balranald-Touleybuc and District Competition. Votes, which must be…

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British Coal Strike Clergy Urge Subsi[?]y by Government

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 2

A London cable states that the industrial Christian Fellowship Association, together with members of the Clergy, interviewed Prime Minister…

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Children's Story the Vengeance of Jan Morgo. Chapter I. Sacked From the Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 13

"Speak out and tell me the truth!" Richard Scarton spoke angrily as he confronted the shrinking headman in the compound of the Mpanezi mica…

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British Coal Strike. Hopes of Settlement. Lower Wages Indicated. London, July 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 20

An important development in the coal strike, which has lasted cloven weeks, states the form of a statement to the "Daily Express" by the…

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Collieries and Insurance. Workeks' Health

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 2

Mr. Baddeley, Minister for Labour and Industry, said that, the requirements of the colliery companies that their injured workers should undergo a…

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British Miners. Farm Work in Australia. London, July 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 7

The "Morning Post" has formed a migration committee to work in co-operation "with the Australian Government to assist 200 British miners to…

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British Coal[?] Settlement [?] London

The Independent · Tuesday 3 August 1926 · page 2

Mr. Cook, the Miners a speach during the that if the miners ot representations were [?]…

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Gold Medal for Most Improved Player

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 August 1926 · page 3

Mr. K. W. Stewart has presented handsome gold medal for the most improved player at the football matches during the season…

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Gold-mining. Industry Languishng

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 35

"The gold-mining industry, which, in Victoria alone, has produced more than £300,000,000 worth of gold, and which was tho foundation upon which…

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Mining Revival at Eldorado

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 2

A special meeting of shareholders of Cock's Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines, Eldorado, was held in Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon, when…

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