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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1946

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Tin Mining Efforts to Stabilise the Industry

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 4

The Minister for Supply and Shipping (Senator Ashley) advised the deputation which waited on him last week and…

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Australia's Gold And the Dollar Pool

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 7

In his speech during the debate on International Affairs, Mr. J. P. Abbott, Member for New England said:…

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German Machinery for Australia New Industry Likely On Coalfields Production of Oil From Coal CANBERRA,Friday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 2

The special scientific mission sent to Germany by the Australian Government has reported to the Minister for…

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Ruhr Coal Tragic Effects of Low Output

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 1

LONDON. Saturday.--British taxpayers would have to bear the burden of reparations unless the critical…

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German Coal Production May Drop If Farther Cats In Food Marked Decline After Recent Reduction ESSEN

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 1

A further reduction m the output of Ruhr coal and the allocation of receiving countries is likely unless the world…

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Ashford Coal Cancellation of Leases

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 4

At the Warden's Court on Monday afternoon before Mr. K. M. Dash Mining Warden, the North West County Council complained that…

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Miners Prefer Beauty to Coal

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 2

London.—South Yorkshire mines are prepared to go on strike to save the grounds of Wentworth Woodhouse, the largest mansion in…

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Spanish Galleon With Aztec Gold Found Off Florida

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 1

New York, April 14.—Divers yesterday re-located off Key West, Florida, the sunken Spanish galloon Santa Rosa, which, according to legend,…

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Large Measure Op Public Ownership. Britain's Coal and Steel Industry

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--The Government has reached the conclusion that the position cf the iron and steel industry and…

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Bombs Would Cause Riot The Cessnock Mine Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--It is almost certain that a plan to seal off the fire which has been raging in Cessnock No. 2…

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Coal Famine Likely

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 15

Australia is faced wth a coal famine, according to coal, power, and light authorities. Fire and flood yesterday laid 13 mines idle in the…

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Inverell Discovered Gold

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 2

Major E. Schwehke. of Inverell, N.S.W., is said to be the A.I.F. exofficer who made a rich gold find about 60 miles from Darwin…

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Colliery Still Ablaze Extra Manpower Summoned CESSNOGK

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 16

Additional manpower has been summoned to blast in the edges of burning craters caused by a subterranean fire in Cessnock No. 2…

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Gold Find North Australia

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 4

Ex-Major E. Schwenke, of Inverell, has made a rich gold find about 60 miles from Darwin. Within a week of his discharge…

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Lord Mayor As Coal Sampler

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 15

Hard toy Ludgate Circus, London, there is a short thoroughfare, connecting Farrington Street and the Old Bailey, named Sea Coal Lane…

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Reported Gold Find

The Uralla Times · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 2

A rich gold find is reported between Batchelor and the Adelaide River, Northern Territory. It is said to have been located on…

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Ashford Coal Application for Cancellation of Leases

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 6

At the Inverell Warden's Court on Monday afternoon before Mr. K. M. Dash, Mining Warden, the North West County Council…

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Gold Strike Near Darwin Inverell Ex-Soldier's Luck

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 3

Major E. Schwenke, of Inverell (N.S.W.), is said to be the A.I.F. ex-officer who made a rich gold find about 60 miles…

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Gold Find Further Particulars

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 4

Major E. Schwenke, of Inverell, has applied for three more 20-acre leases of an area in the Northern Territory where he made a secret gold find during…

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Sole Survivor Trawler Strikes Mine LONDON. Friday

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 1

A ship’s trimmer, who yesterday was found clinging exhausted to a raft was the sole survivor of a crew of eleven of a Grimsby trawler which struck a…

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