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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

282 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 15

Rise in Coal Helps Miners

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 4

The coal owners of England have received an urgent request to make immediate advances in the price of all domestic and industrial coal and have…

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Rise in Coal Helps Miners

The Inverell Times · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 4

The cool-owners of England have received an urgent request to make immediate advances in the price of all domestic and industrial coal, and have…

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Colliery Tragedy Five Men Buried LONDON

The Inverell Times · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 1

The bodies of all five men who were buried alive in Bardyke's colliery at Blantyre, near Glasgow, last night, have now been…

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Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh Old Custom Observed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 7

Gifts of gold, trant[?]cense, and myrrh were laid before' the Infant Christ by the Three Wise Men more than 1900 years ago…

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Colliery Disaster—abyssiniam Advance—late German News Australia Behind Social Conditions Sir F. Stewart Emphatic SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 1

Sir Frederick Stewart, in an address on "The Moral Aspect of Industrial Problems" said many people may have been mystified and…

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Buried Alive Five Miners Near Glasgow Distressing Scenes at Pit Top London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 1

The bodies of all five men, who were buried alive in Bardykes Colliery at Btantyre, near Glasgow, last night, have been recovered…

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Tennant Creek a Place of Desert Gold

The Inverell Times · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 10

Gold to the value of tens of thousands of pounds has come out of the Tennant Creek field in the last three years, and thousands of pounds worth…

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Papua's Year Big Gold Shipments

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 1

The largest amount of gold exported from Papua since 1921 was shipped last year, when 21,732[?]oz., valued at £66,922, were despatched, states the…

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320 Millions Bank of England's Gold

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 3

A new record was added to the many others created last year, when the Bank of England announced the purchase of £515,557 of bar gold in…

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Workers' Compensation Privy Council Derision Large Sum Involved Mining Companies Must Pay Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 1

An estimated payment of £100,000 under the Workers' Compensation Act by mining companies to miners will…

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320 Millions Bank of England's Gold

Guyra Argus · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 4

A new record was added to the many others created last year, when the Bank of England announced the purchase of £515,557 of bar gold in…

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Train Murder £20,000 Worth of Gold Temptation to Murderers BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 1

It has transpired that gold from Cracow, valued at £30,000, was part of the consignment in the railway carriage in which Harold Speering and…

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Gold From Cracow Haul of £20,000 Planned By Train Murderers Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 4

It transpires that gold from Cracow, valued at £20,000, was part of a con- signment in a railway. carriage in which Harold Spearing and Frank…

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White Gold Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 1

In the nine months from July to March, 2,393,591 bales of greasy wool and 109,848 bales of scoured wool…

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Warden's Court Mining Matters Adjusted Authorities to Enter Cancelled

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

Several matters were before the Mining Warden (Mr. C G Carr-Boyd, P.M.), in the Warden's Court yesterday morning…

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Luck Was In Prospector Buried in Old Mine Shaft

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 4

Many tragedies and accidents occur in Central Australia, stories of which seldom, if ever, find their way into civilisation…

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A.J.C. Autumn Racing Carnival Gold Rod Scares Sires Produce Stakes Candidates Regular Bachelor Fancied for the Doncaster Peter Pan is Good Enough to Win the Plate

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 4

The Australian Jockey Club's Autumn racing carnival will oepn at Randwick on Saturday, whoa seven events, including the richly-endowed Doncaster Handicap, will be decided…

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Injury to Forehead During Mining Operations Mate's Lucky Escape

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 1

An accident which might have ended in serious injuries, was avoided through great presence of mind during mining operations at…

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£800 Gold Nugget

The Uralla Times · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 7

Unexpected wealth came to Stuart Hurnell, 19, while he was ploughing at Armstrong, near Ararat (Vic.) on Tuesday. The plough came in…

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Tungsten News MINING

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 3

Crushing at Johnson's battery has been considerably delayed owing to the big dividing wheel breaking. E. Thomas has been taking up some…

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