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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

306 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 16

Attempt to Blow up Bridge. Near Whiturn Colliery

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 2

About 7.15 p.m. on Saturday, kind reports were heard from the direction of the Whitburn colliery Inspector Ramsay and Sergeant…

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Coal Trouble Mr. Willis' Views. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 4

Mr. Willis criticises the print system of mines control, which he says is unsatisfactory to the public. He asserts that the best coal mines are…

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Mining in North Queensland

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 2

Mr N. Low has received an interesting letter from his brother Arthur, dated May 6th, from Peterfield, Richmond (N.Q.), from which…

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HELLGROVE. Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 6

There is a further revival in the district, payable arsenic having been located at Tulloch about 14 miles from Hillgrove, by a Ballarat firm, which…

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Express Robbery How Gold Disappeared. Briquettes From Italy

The Inverell Times · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 6

Details published in connection with the arrest of Marius Algeri, who is charged with stealing 70 kilogrammes of gold from the Simplon-Orient…

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Cablegrams. [Through Beater.] German Payment to U.S.A. 30 Million Gold Marks. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 3

Reuter's Vancouver correspondent wires: In a New York message it is reported that the steamer Mountplay, from Hamburg, brought 30 million gold…

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National Wage British Miners Defer Discussion. (Renter's Cable). London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 4

The Miners' Conference at Blackpool, by a large majority, decided to adjourn discussions on the national wage agreement, pending the action of…

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Bowls Gold Leaves Change Hands

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 4

Messrs. Denshire and Harley, holders of the gold leaves, suffered defeat on Saturday afternoon at the hands of Messrs. McIlveen and Geo. Martin. The…

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Door of Death. Coal King's Fall

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 2

An open verdict was recorded at the inquest at Shrivenham railway station on Mr. William Walter Hood, the South Wales colliery owner, whose…

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Petrol From Coal

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 2

The discovery is reported of a process for producing petrol from coal. If the report of the discovery of a process for producing petrol from coal,…

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Express Robbery. How Gold Disappeared. Briquettes From Italy

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 3

Details published in connection with the arrest of Marius Algeri, who is charged with stealing 70 kilogrammes of gold from the Simplon-Orient…

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Wycliffe Mine

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 3

Owing to shortage at water and the inabiliy to store a sufficient quantity for extended working, Messrs. Potter and Johnson have removed…

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Mining Case. Claim for Commission

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 4

William John Glanville (junior) proceeded against John Robert Gardiner to recover £120, representing 10 per cent, on the sale of a dredging lease…

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Mining. The Reaction in Tin

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 2

The profit-taking operations to which the tin market has been subject in the past month or so are evidently more protracted…

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The First Goldfield Opening an Epoch. Projected Commemoration

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 8

Discussion as to the actual discoverer of gold at the Ophir is now of no moment (says the Orange "Advocate.") That matter is settled, and…

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Coal Shortage Commonwealth Stocks Utilised. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 4

It was announced yesterday that the Coal Distribution Board had allotted between 10,000 and 11,000 tons of coal from the Commonwealth stocks,…

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Support for Northern Miners

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 4

The A.L.P. Conference last night carried a resolution extending to Northern miners their full support in the coal tionbe…

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Mining. Tenterfield Tin Discovery

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 2

The recent find of tin in the Scrub district, a few miles from Tenterfieid, gives promise of a mining boom in the district…

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Alleged Threat to Shoot. Colliery Manager Charged

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 June 1923 · page 8

Richard Reginald M'Mullen, secretary of the South Greta, Miners' Lodge, proceeded against Robert Scott, manager of colliery "A," on a charge of…

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Coalfields Trouble Miners Prepared to Consider Proposals. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 June 1923 · page 4

The position on the Northern coalfields is unchanged. The miners are prepared. It is officially declared that they have always been ready to give…

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