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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

364 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 19

On the Green Angel Trophy Games Gold Buttons Challenge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 2

Two games in the Angel trophy were decided on Saturday, when there was a splendid attendance of bowlers…

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Football Minor Premiers in Gates Gold Cup Glen Innes Defeat Guyra SCORES 24—13 in Uninspiring Game

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 2

Defeating Guyra by 24 points to 13, Glen Innes on Sunday won their way to the position of minor premiers in the Gates Gold Cup competition. The game was uninspiring and neither team can be…

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Pillars of Coal

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 3

The city of Newcastle may one day stand on pillars -of poal. Its council has agreed to allow Ihe Elswick Coal Company to work coal under its…

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"Not Particular" Gold Lease Application Grandfather and Grandson Lodged Claims

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 8

A statement was made in the Warden's Court to Mr. F. T. Seroope, warden, yesterday, that a grandfather and his grandson,…

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Blacks, Armed with Stone Age Tools, Attack and Ransack Mining Camp Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

Prospector J. Stevens, who arrived in Sydney yesterday, told a story of a night attack by wild Myall natives on a mining camp in Central Australia. He said that the attack was made…

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German Miners Revolt Over Long Hours Ca' Canny Methods

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 8

German miners arc in revolt against the recent increase of their hours by 45 minutes a shift, according to a report which has…

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Mine Fatality Five Men Trapped Only One Rescued Broken Hill

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 1

Five men were trapped in South Mine yesterday afternoon by a fall of a great quantity of earth. After…

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Mines Report Safety of Miners Many Regulations SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 1

The report of the Royal Commission on health and safety in coal mines has been completed. [?] that it recommends…

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Yesterday's News Federal Metiers—G[?]ba Flight—Miners Tra[?]—Minister Killed—Gold i Sele[?] Defences—French [?]arine lost—Miners

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 8

The Federal Parliamentary session ended on Friday night. Contrary to expectations both the House of Representatives and the Senate were able to…

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Entombed Miners All Hope Abandoned Broken Hill

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 1

A message frum Broken Hill states that all hope of finding the four men who were buried under the fall of earth [?] been abandoned and…

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Hope Abandoned Men Buried in Mine Bodies Not Yet Recovered Broken Hill

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 4

All hope of finding alive the four men buried under a fall of earth has been abandoned. It is not known when their…

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Safety Lamps in All Mines Commission's Report Covering Disease From Silica Dust SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 1

The report of the Royal Commission on health and safety in coal mines has been completed. It is understood that the report…

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Mine Tragedy One Body Recovered Broken Hill

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 1

The body of one of the four men who were killed in a fall of earth in South Mine on Friday was recovered last night and brought to…

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Importing Miners New Zealand Proposal Dominion Position Unsatisfactory SVDNEV

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 1

It is reported that the New Zealand Coalmine Owners' Association and the Minister for Mines are considering seriously the…

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Miners' Institute The Committee Meets

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Vegetable Creek Miners' Institute was held in the library on Tuesday of last week. The President (Mr. J. H…

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New Guinea Gold Fields Flooded

The Uralla Times · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

A disastrous rainstorm swept over the New Guinea goldfields. Two cloudbursts caused flooding. Twelve natives were drowned and pasta of…

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Search for Gold in the Solomons

The Uralla Times · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 2

Leading Australian mining engineers who returned to Sydney last week, after investigating the prospects of gold on the large island of…

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Mendana's Efforts to Find Pacific Gold

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 8

There is probably as much gold lying in the rotting strongrooms of ships lost in the Pacific and Indian Oceans…

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U.K. Coal Exports Rising Germany's Foreign Trade Still Falling

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 3

Coal production in the United Kingdom is being maintained above 5.000,000 tons a Week after a tendency to drop early in the…

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