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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

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Local & General Australia's White Gold

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 17 November 1926 · page 2

Cecil B. de Mille, the well-known American producer, in[?] to him a picture White Gold next year. The picture will be woven about the…

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Local Governing Bodies and Proposed Increased Freight on Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 1

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., at the request of Mr. E. E. Collins, Mayor of Wagga, has taken up with the Premier the matter of the proposed…

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No Bettlement Yet of British Coal Strike. London

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 20 November 1926 · page 3

It is stated that the British Government's proposals for the settlement of the coal dispute was overwhelmingly defeated. Thousands of men continue…

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“Mining ”For Clay

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 November 1926 · page 2

Portion of Tocumwal common has been pegged out by Mr. Thompson under a, mining lease. It is intended to establish a Prick, kiln on the area…

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Three Miners Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 35

A double fatality occurred at the British, mine, Broken Hill, the victims being J. Pilatti, aged 34 years, and E. Varischetti, aged 36 years. The men…

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Coal Dispute. Districts to Resume. London. November 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 20

The miners' delegates met to consider district settlements, and adjourned until a date to be fixed. The "Daily Herald," the official Labour…

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Increased Charges to Local Governing Bodies for Freight on Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 2

Some time ago the Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., took up with the Premier the question of the proposed increased freight on coal as affecting public…

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New Zealand Colliery Disaster. Nine Men Entombed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 2

Dobson Colliery, near Greymouth (N.Z.) was the scene of a terrific double explosion early on Friday morning, when nine men employed…

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New Guinea Gold Sydney

The Independent · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 2

Six thousand ounces of gold, vained at £15,000, won on the New Guinea fields, has been landed in Sydney this week…

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Search for Gold. Hardships in New Guinea

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 43

An idea of the hardships suffered by prospectors who rushed to the New Guinea goldfields was given by men who returned to Sydney. The miners…

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Mine Disaster in N.z. Three Dead; Five Entombed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 38

All hope of rescuing the miners entombed by the terrific explosion at Dobson colliery, Weymouth (N.Z.), has been abandoned, according to latest…

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Lure of Gold. Fate of Three Friends Sydney

The Independent · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 2

Three months ago three friends decided to leave Townsville for the gold rush in New Guinea. News has been received that one has died, and a…

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Twenty Deaths Probable in American Mine Disaster Vancouver

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 11 December 1926 · page 2

A message from Princolown, Indlans states that the death roll in consequence of a mine explosion thi[?] morning will probably exceed a score…

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A New Gold Rush

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 4

The sanguine reports of gold discoveries at Red Lake Ontario, have created a mad rush for the district (says a "Daily Chronicle" message…

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Oil From Coal. Process Is Costly. London, December 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 20

Emphasising its intense importance to Australia, Mr. H. W. Gepp, the Australian Migration and Development Commissioner, has submitted to…

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Mine O'clock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 32

The visitor rang the studio bell. "'Is Mr. David Graham in?" "Yes, sir," replied the servant; "but he is engaged at present. Would…

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Recovering Sunken Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 30

According to a report in the "Daily Mail" Mr. J. C. C. Davidson, Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, announced in Parliament that the cost of…

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As Gold As Possible

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 8

The death at the ago of 73 years of Professor Kammorlingh Onnes, professor of physics at Leyden University, and the Nobel prize winner for physics…

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