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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

189 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 10

The Coal Dispute. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 3

A settlement in the dispute between the colliery proprietors and the miners was reached last night. The agreement provides for…

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No Big Gold Areas. in Papua Search Abandoned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 13

After spending a year in the dangerous interior of Papua, conducting one of the most ambitious gold prospecting projects of modern times, the…

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A Gold Brick

The Independent · Monday 16 August 1937 · page 3

When he split a brick which came from a demolished, house, J. Donohue, foreman bricklayer, of Moonee Ponds, was amazed to find a sovereign…

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The Coal Strike. Miners Accept Agreement. NEWCASTLE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 August 1937 · page 2

Aggregate meetings of miners on the northern field to-day accepted the new agreement reached at the recent compulsory conference in the coal…

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Gold Production

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 August 1937 · page 3

Gold production in Australia for the year ended. June 30 (1.290.849 ounces, valied at £11,219,319) increased in value by more than £2,000,000,…

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All Miners Idle on Northern Coalfields Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 August 1937 · page 3

All miners on the Northern coalfields are idle to-day, while at a stop-work meeting the men discussed the new agreement reached at the…

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Probable Mining Boom

The Independent · Thursday 19 August 1937 · page 4

A vision of a new Broken Hill in New South Wales, sharing in the world's boom in metals, is conjured up by the New South Wales…

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Miners Endorse Agreement Northern Fields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 5

The new wages agreement reached between the New South Wales, coal-owners and the 'Miners' Federation leaders in Sydney last week is now in…

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Wayling Gold Cup Match

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 7

On Sunday Lockhart Rugby League footballers will visit Albury in an endeavor to wrest the Sid Wayling…

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More Gold Produced Last Year

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 31

Gold production in Australia for the year ended June 30 increased in value by more than £2,000,000, compared with the value of production for the…

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Obituary Mrs. Martha Lent Rutherglen Mine Fatality Recalled

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 5

The death occurred on Tuesday night last at her residence, 7 Parade Place, Corowa, of a very old identity of Corowa and Rutherglen districts, in…

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The Mining Industry. General Stoppage Possible. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 2

General stoppage in mining industry is threatened by the collapse of the conference between the colliery proprietors and the officials of the…

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Coal Award Cancelled Judge Beeby Acts

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 9

The coal-mining industry will in future be governed solely by State awards, as the Commonwealth Arbitration Court this week decided to vacate…

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Oil From Coal Progress in Germany

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 18

On his return to London from Germany, the Agent-General for Queensland (Mr. L. H. Pike) said that he had been favorably impressed by the…

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The Coal Industry. An Abortive Conference. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 1

Officials of the Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association forecast a major industrial upheaval when commenting upon the…

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From Riches to 25/ a Week Gold-mine Pioneer Dies in Tenement

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 18

AN amazing story of the rise and fall of a Rand plutocrat is brought to light by the death in a London suburb tenement of Mr…

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Stay-in Strike Ends. Colliery to Close Down. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 2

Thirty "stay-in" strikers at the Sunbeam Colliery, at Korumburra, left the pit yesterday afternoon, after having spent 50 hours underground. The…

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Lucky Discovery of Gold Passed Over Twice

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 30

After he had decided to leave the locality, but was detained by a car breakdown, a prospector named Alderson found gold at Black Hill, 90 miles…

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Burrangong Goldfields Birthplace of Wire Australia Policy Young's Origin

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 6

Every nation has a supreme ideal or idea, to which it is firmly attached. Most of these are based on selfishness, for no nation can form its idealism on…

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Turf Notes Chelmsford Stakes Might Be Made Easy for Mala by Side-stepping . Champions Hua, Ajax, and Gold Bod are not Engaged and Allunga Might Miss it. a Great Betting Coup on Newcastle Horse Dulcedo

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 3

Next Saturday brings us a step nearer the big racing of the Spring with the reopening of Randwick after five months' absence from headquarters…

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