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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

189 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 10

Gold Output Expands Figures For Four Months

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 5

The continued expansion of goldmining production throughout Australia is indicated by statistics made available by the Commonwealth…

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Man Fatally Injured at Leeton Run Over by Coal Truck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 33

William Lane, an employe of Yanco power house, was shockingly injured when a truck loaded with coal ran over him on Monday morning, and he died…

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Electrical Machinery. Objected to in Colliery NEWCASTLE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 5

The miners employed at the Aberdare Central Colliery last night decided to cease work until the electric coal cutting machinery recently…

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Gold From New Guinea

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 2

In the report on the administration of New Guinea to be presented to the Council of the League of Nations, it is shown that during the…

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Ryder Gold Cup London, June 30

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 5

America retained the Ryder Gold Golf Cup when the English open title-holder Padgham. was defeated by the American, Guidhui…

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Explosion at Colliery Shed. The Third in a Year. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 5

A shed used as an explosives magazine at CWM-DU Colliery, near Branxton, was wrecked last night, a large quantity of gelignite having…

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America's Finances Checking of Gold Influx Washington, June 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 33

Treasury officials are considering the introduction of legislation to block some forms of tax evasion and also to discourage the flow of unwanted gold…

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Gold Images Worth £20,000,000

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 1

Two well-known Daylesford men Messrs E. Richards and J. McFldrew are searching for £20000,000 worth of treasure believed to have been hidden…

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France Off Gold First Time Since 1928

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 18

France, for the first time since 1928, is officially off gold. The low rate reached by the franc caused some uneasiness in financial circles The Bourse…

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30 Killed in Colliery Disaster Rescue Parties Blown to Death London, July 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 11

Thirty men were killed and a number critically injured in two explosions in the Grymco colliery, near Stoke-on-Trent, to-day…

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Position on Coal Fields Averting Direct Action Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 5

Miners officials, reviewing reports of aggregate meetings on the various coal fields of New South Wales, expressed the opinion that every…

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Warden's Court Tuesday, July 6, 1937 (Before Mr. I. Beavers, Mining Warden)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 1

Applications for authority to enter, under the Mining on Private Property Act, were granted to A. C. Leslie and J. A. Prescott, in respect to…

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The Threatened Coal Strike Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 4

A representative of the large coal-owning interests declares that if a general strike occurs in the industry it will encourage the mechanisation…

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Fall Down Mine. Two Men Killed. KALGOORLIE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 2

Falling 150 feet down a shaft at the Great Boulder mine. Frank J. P. Gill (32) single, was dashed to pieces. In his fall he struck Umberto Zinnani…

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School May Close Gold Weaker Brings Colds Carabost, via Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 21

Dear Uncle,—it is very cold hero in the frosty mornings. All the school flower gardens are being altered just now. The teacher and the children…

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Miners "Edged On" Other Unions Promise Support If Strike Decided on Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 3

According to the official central executive statement, all interstate branches of the Miners' Federation have now agreed to give…

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Blue and Gold Ball C.W.A. Annual Function More Popular Each Year

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 2

The growing popularity of the annual ball organised by the Henty branch of the Country Women's Association was exemplified on Friday…

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Streamlined Train Sydney Express Painted Royal Blue & Gold

The Independent · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 2

The color scheme selected for the new all-steel Sydney express is to be royal blue, with two bars of gold leaf along each side…

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Riverina Collieries Plant. Etc [?]

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 4

The industrial [?] the Coorabie [?] gave such [?] launched. [?]…

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Remarkable Mine Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 32

Falling 150 foot clown a winze on the Groat Boulder mine (W.A.), Frank Gill, aged 32 years, a single man, was dashed pieces. In…

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