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Mining & the mines, 1935

572 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 29

Gold Standard Restoration is Britain’s Aim Chancellor’s Speech London, October 1

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 October 1935 · page 2

Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in welcoming the delegates from 31 nations to the International Parliamentary…

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Abyssinia the Land of King Solomon's Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 47

Just now the eyes of the world are all anxiously turned towards Abyssinia, the little wide-flung African empire of…

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Northern Miners. Resistance to Further Machinery. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 1

The Northern Miners' Committee of Management, representing all lodges on the field, carried a motion pledging resistance to the…

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The Races Gold Cup to Normason Gate Receipts Over £100

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 4

Under most favorable weather conditions the “Back-to-Deniliquin” race meeting held yesterday was a great success. All doubts about the financial result of the meeting were removed when it was announced that the gate taking’s amounted to…

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Want Higher Wages Gold Miners to Strike Auckland (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 1

Miners at Waihi have given notice of their intention to cease work on Monday. They demand wages based on the 1931 standard, considering…

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Mining Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 October 1935 · page 3

Following upon the winding up of the Wahgunyah and Ruthergien Gold Mining Company, the area embracing the lead of the Little Wahgunyah…

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Gold Up Noth Fields Still Being Found Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 6

According to a report by Sir Herbert Gepp, director of the Northern Australia survey, gold discoveries are still being made at the Marble Bar,…

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Mining Tragedy. Man Falls 3400 Feet. Perth

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 5

Whilst ascending a cage at Chaffer’s shaft, Lake View Star mine Boulder, to-day, William John Reed, 47, platman, was killed. Reed was knocked…

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Bendigo Mining Fatality. Two Men Killed. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 3

Two miners were crushed to death when a truck overturned in the shaft of the Napoleon Mine at Bendigo, to-day. They were R. P. McGrath (34)…

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Two Miners Killed Cage Overturns Dead When Hauled to Surface MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 3

When a truck overturned in the cage of the Napoleon gold mine at Golden Square, Bendigo, to-day, Robert P. McGrath, 34, Golden…

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Miners’ Death Threat Will Not Leave Mine Want Non-unionists Dismissed LONDON, October 13

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 October 1935 · page 4

“We will not leave the mine and we will not eat until the “blackleg’s have been dismissed,” was the message sent to the management with an…

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Colliery Strike In South Wales. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 2

In sympathy with hunger strikers, w[?]refuse to leave their pit at Nine-mile Point Colliery, South Wales, an additional 75 miners in West Pitt…

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Gold at Tennants Creek Sir Herbert Gepp’s Hopes Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 1

After a 10,000 mile survey of Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia milling fields, the director of Commonwealth…

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Hunger Strikers Dispute Extends Four Other Collieries Involved LONDON, October 15

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 5

The Nine Miles point colliery strike has spread to four other Monmountinshire pits, involving nearby a thousand men who descended the pits,…

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Riverina Coal Its Use for Briquettes

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 2

Yesterday in the Albury Mining Warden’s Court Riverina Collarless Ltd. applied for a suspension of labor condition in…

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Items of News Landowners to Prospect for Gold

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 4

In the Albury Mining Warden’s Court yesterday applications for authority to enter and prospect for gold on their own properties were…

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In the Assembly Unemployment Problem Beating the Mine Labor Member’s Suggestions Other Business Done in House SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 5

The Minister (for Agriculture (Mr. Main) stated in the Legislative Assembly to-day that none of the Australian…

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Welsh Coal Mines Development of Stokes. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 2

A climax was reached in the Welsh "stay-down" coal strikes today, when non-unionists at Trelewis, Glamorganshire, descended a pit to eject…

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Tragedy in Mine Two Carpenters Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 31

A remarkable accident occurred in the shaft of the Napoleon mine at Bendigo (Vic.), when two shaft carpenters, Gordon Taylor, aged 27…

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Abyssinia the Land of King Solomon's Mines

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 5

Just now the eyes of the world are nil anxiously turned towards Abyssinia, the little wide-flung African empire of thorny-deserts and…

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