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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

241 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 13

The Coal Crisis. Another Hitch Arises. NEWCASTLE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 1

A last-minute hitch occurred and work at the mines will not be resumed to-day, as arranged. A number of lodges claim misconceptions have…

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Gypsum Mining Leases Application for Suspension of Labour Conditions

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 2

The P.M., sitting as Mining Warden at Hay, yesterday, dealt with an application by Frederick Winchester Grant, lessee of amalgamated…

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The Coal Conflict Partial Resumption of Work Trouble at Aberdare. CESSNOCK

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 2

Six of the associated collieries on the South Maitland coalfield, employing about 2,000 men, resumed work this morning. The resumption…

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Coal Miners' Wages Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 5

A conference will be held at an early date to discuss the claims of colliery proprietors for a redaction of wages of employees on the southern and…

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The Coal Situation. Aberdare Mine Again idle. CESSNOCK

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 2

One of the largest mines on the northern field, Aberdare, is idle this morning, the men having ceased work till the agreements are settled…

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Coal Mines 20 Fields Resume Work for 6200 Men

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 9

A number of associated collieries in South Maitland field resumed work on Monday. The resumption, however, was not general. Of thirty-four idle…

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Two Miners Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 33

Two men were killed as the result of a fall of earth in the Great Boulder mine near Kalgoorlie (W.A.). The victims wore John Lynch, 56 years,…

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Miners' Levy to End

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 5

The central council of the Miners' Federation decided that till levies to assist the men on the northern coalfields should cease at once…

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Gold Discovered Near Bendigo

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 16

A gold discovery in alluvial ground has been made at Myer's Flat, near Eaglehawk, in the Bendigo (Vic.) district. The prospectors, Jackson and…

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Cheaper Coal to Revive Trade

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 26

Definite help by the State Government is now assured in the bid to re-establish tho local coal industry and recapture the lost export trade. Freight…

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Coal Export Hopeful Sign Order From the East

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 3

The fact that an order has been placed for 14,000 tons of Newcastle coal by Eastern buyers is regarded as a hopeful sign for Australia regaining…

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Mining Accident in W.A. Two Men Killed. PERTH

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 1

John Lynch (56), and Frank Lapsley (24) were killed by a fall of earth from a slope of the 1260 feet level of the Great Boulder Mine, West…

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Gold in New Guinea. Mining Manager's Forecast. BRISBANE, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 1

J. Edwards, manager of the New Guinea Goldfields Ltd., interviewed on his arrival by the Montoro, said that twenty million pounds worth of gold…

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Gold Bonus Delegation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 4

With the object of obtaining assistance in other States in requesting the Federal Minister to grant a gold bonus, of £1 an…

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Mines Department Policy Prospecting Proposals

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 11

The scheme is subdivided into:—(1). Organised parties under the supervision of an officer of the department, (2) assistance to syndicates sending out…

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Gold Discovered Near Orange

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 35

Daniel O'Neill, a prospector, who has been working around Forest Reef, at Orange, for 12 months, states that he has located traces of gold near a field…

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Gold, Wool and Wheat Helping the Gold Winner a Voice in Opposition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 6

THE Government of the day is assisting gold miners financially in their prospecting, and a further 300 applications are under…

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Hoyts Regent, Albury "Gold Diggers of Broadway"

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 8

Gloria Swanson stars in "The Trespasser," an all talking drama, at Hoyts Regent Friday and Saturday this week, June 13 and 14. In…

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Cheaper Coal Railways Get 13 Per Cent. Reduction

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have accepted tenders for the supply of coal from Western and South Coast mines which show a fall in the price of coal…

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"Gold Diggers of Broadway" at Hoyts Regent, Albury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 5

Hoyts Regent Theatre, Albury, announces by advertisement in this issue, the magnificent all week special "Gold Diggers of…

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