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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

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Rugby League [?]Ng Gold Cup Albur Defeats Henty 7-0

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 6

Henty travelled to Albury last Sunday in an endeavor to "lift" the Wayling Gold Cup held by that club, but after a scrappy,…

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That’s Mine Against the Wall

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 6

Ronald Beith, a pupil at the Albury High School, is faced with a problem that the curriculum will not help him to solve. His problem is to extricate his machine from the heap that ha conditions. Soon his troubles will be over, for the neat bicycle shed, shown in the lower picture, is being constructed in the school grounds by the Education Department, and is nearing completion…

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C.w.a. Blue and Gold Ball

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 3

An energetic committee of C.W.A members is organizing the Blue and Gold Bali at the Palais Royal on Wednesday night, June . 21. proceeds are…

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Deaths in Mine Heroic Rescue Efforts Jury Commends Gallantry Daylesford

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 1

Heroic efforts to rescue Denis Francis Maher, aged 25, boileramaker, of Wendouree st., Ballarat, and Noel Jenkinson, aged 25, single, mechanic, of…

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Believed Dead Four Entombed Miners Bodies Not Found Broken Hill

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 1

Hope has been abandoned of finding alive four miners who were entombed in the South mine on Friday afternoon. Their bodies were still…

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Salvage of Gold From Sunken Ship Brest, June 16

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 1

The Italian salvage ship Artiglio today recovered gold and silver valued at £7300 from the wreck of the Egypt, off Ushant. The total treasure so far…

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Use of Naked Lights "Should be Prohibited" Coal Mine Commission's Recommendations SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 2

The report of the Royal Commission into the health and safety of mine workers, which was released to-night, recommends that…

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Sympathy with Relatives of Dead Miners Broken Hill

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 6

The Miners' Federation has received many messages expressing sympathy with the relatives of the four men who lost their lives at the South Mine on…

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Hope Abandoned Four Miners Entombed Disaster at Broken Hill SYDNEY--Monday

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 3

A message from Broken Hill states that although no hope is held out for rescuing their entombed mates alive miners in…

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The Discovery of Rutherglen Goldfields Interesting Early History

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 3

To Mr. R. Tumor, of Lake Moodemere, must always attach the honour of the origin of the thriving town of Rutherglen, for, had it not been for…

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Happenings in the District Beechworth Gold Mine in Apple Orchard

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 2

Some years ago Messrs. D. Christensen and Sons discovered a gold bearing reef in their apple orchard at Three Mile (3 miles out of…

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Revival of Gold Mining at West Wyalong West Wyalong

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 4

Following the revival of gold mining in the district, a deputation will urge upon the Minister for Mines (Mr. Vincent) when he visits West…

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Miners Abased Not to Fili in Register Forms Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 7

The board of management of the Northern Miners' Federation advised its members not to fill in the national register forms…

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Two Bodies Recovered Broken Hill Mine Tragedy Sole Survivor's Story Broken Hill

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 4

Men engaged in seeking the bodies of the men killed in the South Mine have now recovered two of them…

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Gold Pan Gets Chance to Score Should Win at the Park Windbird and Stalin Each May Be to the Fore This Afternoon

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 7

Vestal ran away with the Rojsehill June Handicap on Saturday. At her previous start Vestal had just failed to reach Gold Pan in the Wittier Plate at Randwick. Whilst it is highly probable that Vestal should have beaten Gold Pan at Randwick the form displayed by this mare at…

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N Z. a Paradise for Coal Miners Wellington (N.z

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 1

The Coal Mine Owners Association and the Minister for Mines are considering the question of seeking coal miners from Australia…

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Last Body Recovered From Mine Broken Hill

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 6

The last of the bodies of the fonr victims of the South Mine disaster on Friday afternoon was recovered this afternoon. The body was that of…

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Combine in Coal Trade Alleged Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 4

Mention of a combine in the coal trade was made by Ald. Campbell at a meeting of the Metropolitan Water Board to-day when tenders for 41,600…

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Shots in Main Street Mining Town Sensation Man with a Military Rifle Kalgoorlie

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

Three shots were fired from a military rifle in the main street at Kalgoorlie to-day by a man who was later arrested and charged…

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Dancers Lounge at Ease at “Blue and Gold” Ball

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 9

Easy chairs provided comfortable places of rest for dancers at the C.W.A. and Younger Set’s “Blue and Gold” Ball in the Palais Royal on Wednesday evening. Here are some intimate photographs of groups:— Above: On the right are the Mayor and Mayoress (Ald. and Mrs. D. G. Padman), chatting with Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Smith…

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