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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

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Aircraft Co-operation in Mining Exploration

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 3

A unique instance of the value on aircraft in co-operation with surface transport occurred recently when a mining syndicate, wishing to…

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Politicians Bow to Will of Miners’ Federation Control of the “Labor Daily” Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 7

Parliamentarians, representing mining constituencies, who were called into to conference by the Miners’ Federation to-day, agreed to support the…

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Mining Town Killing Evidence of Bloodstains Came From Fowl, Man Says Kalgoorlie

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 10

When police painted to bloodstains on his clothing, Josef Turell, 50, a [?] miner, told them he had killed a fowl according to evidence…

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Gold Price to Hold View of Insurance Manager. Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 1

Investigations of all aspects of national insurance were made abroad by the general manager in Australia of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance…

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Oaklands Colliery Ltd., No. 2

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 4

Oaklands Colliery Ltd., Lithgow have recently amalgamated with Gunabool Colliery, and mining operations were commenced on M. Lane’s…

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Man Crashes 100 Feet to His Death in Mine Shaft BENDIGO

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 4

Crashing through boards covering a disused mine shaft at Woodvale night, John David Priest, 31, Woodvale, fell 100 feet down the shaft and…

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Amusements Paul Robinson in “King Solomon’s Mines,” at Hoyts To-day

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 6

Sir Rider Haggard’s exciting story of adventure in Africa, which was one of the most widely read novels of its time, has been brought to the screen…

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Amusements King Solomon’s Mines” a Magnificent Spectacle

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 3

An absorbing story vividly told is “King Solomon’s Mines,” now at [?] Among the most impressive [?]are the trek across the desert…

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Killed in Old Mine Shaft Heroic Rescue Attempts

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 47

Falling 100ft. down an abandoned mine shaft at Woodvale near Bendigo (Vic); John David Priest, aged 31 years, married, of Woodvale, was…

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Two Miners Killed. Terrific Explosion at Bendigo. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 3

When thirteen charges of gelignite exploded in the New Chum Syndicate Mine at Bendigo to-day, two miners were killed when they were buried…

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Oil From Coal Krupps' Proposal London, January 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 14

The "Times" correspondent at Berlin says that Krupps' annual report records a sweeping expansion of the organisation to embrace 109,000…

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Amusements Last Night of “King Solomon’s Mines” at Hoyts

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 2

“King Solomon’s Mines,” which finishes at Hoyts to-night, is the story of the adventures that befell two hunters, an adventurer and his daughter,…

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Explosion Kills Two Miners Fuse Believed to Have “Run” BENDIGO

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 1

Two miners. John Wilson 34. of Eaglehawk and Leonard [?] 31 of Eaglehawk. were killed this afternoon when an explosion occurred 1000…

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Miners and the “Labor Daily” Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 1

The secretary of the Miners’ Federation (Mr. W. Orr) said last night that it was not correct as stated by Mr. Lang that the Miners’ Federation had…

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Gold Mining in Riverina Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 3

Riverlna (N.S.W) Gold Syndicate, liability, has been registered under the Companies Act, with a nominal capital of £1600, In 300 shares of…

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Colliery Disaster London. January 30

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 3

Ten men were trapped and suffocated during a fire in Dumreck colliery. Kilsyth, a miner, gave his life in a vain attempt to warn his mates…

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Nine Die in Colliery Fire Suffocated by Fumes Man Ran Back Into Certain Death LONDON, Jan. 30

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

When a Are broke out a mile from the bottom of the Dumbreck Colliery, Kilsyth, to-day, nine miners were trapped and suffocated by the…

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Raid on Chinese Bank Gang Steals [?] in Gold. Tokio, January 30

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

It has now been revealed that an international gang, [?] of two Americans, one British-born Jew, and eight others, led by a Russian,…

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Mining Tragedy Electric Firing Proposed Two Lost Their Lives Bendigo

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 1

A faulty running fuse was the cause of the explosion which caused the deaths of John Wilson and Leonard William Stenlake. in the New…

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Narrandera Club Our Gold Step Suspended Fob Two Weeks

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 7

At Narrandera Coursing Club's meeting last evening, Our Gold Step was suspended from racing until February for fighting in the 660 yds,…

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