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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

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Mining Camp Flooded. Many Persons Killed. London, Wednesday Evg

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 3

A raining camp at Gatice, Chill, has been flooded and 40 persons were killed or injured by the rush of the waters…

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Mining Camp Flooded. Many Persons Killed. London, Wednesday Evg

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 25 May 1912 · page 3

A mining camp at Gatice, Chili, has been flooded and 40 persons were killed or injured by the rush of the waters…

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Arming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, patent attorneys, of 163 King-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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Arming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 29 May 1912 · page 4

Messrss. Griffith and Hassel, patent attorneys, of 163 Klng-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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Strike of Miners. a Difference with the Management. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 2

Gold miners at Kigurangi Mine, Now Zealand, struck work as the outcome of a difference with the management respecting the weighing of 61 tons of stone taken from…

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Strike of Miners. a Difference with the Management. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 2

Gold miners at Kigurnngi Mine, New Zealand, struck work as the outcome of a difference with the management respecting the weighing of 51 tons of stone taken from…

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From The "Gazatte," Mining, Land News, Etc

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 4

Dr. Matthew Harris, M.B., Bac, Surg, Univ. Aberdeen, has been appointed to the position of Government Medical Officer and Vaccinator at Moree, vice Dr. M. Magill…

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From The "Gazette," Mining, Land News, Etc

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 4

Dr. Matthew Harris, M.B., Bac, Surg. Univ. Aberdeen, has been appointed to the position of Government Medical Officer and Vaccinator at Morce, vice Dr. M. Magill…

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A Ton of Coal

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 7

From one ton of ordinary gas coal may be produced 1500 pounds of coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water and 140 pounds of coal tar. By distillation…

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Lithgow Coal Trouble. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

The agreement drawn up between the representatives of the Lithgow Coal Association and the Western Miners, was turned down by ballot by a majority of 43…

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Lithgow Coal Trouble. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

The agreement drawn up between the representatives of the Lithgow Coal Assoclation and the Western Minors, was turned down by ballot by a majority of 43…

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The Ashford Coal Mine. Big Thing for Northern Part of State. Railway Connection Between Inverell and Ashford Foreshadowed. Inverell

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 4

The Hon. the Minister for Mines, accompanied by Mr. Thomas Jones and Mr. Millar, members of the State Parliament, also Mr. Humble, Inspector of Mines, returned to…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent. Attorneys, of 163 King Street, Sydney, and 9 Queen Street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King Street, Sydney, and 9 Queen Street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents…

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The Ashford Goal Mine. Big Thing for Northern Part of State. Railway Connection Between Inverell and Ashford Foreshadowed. Inverell

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 4

The Hon. the Minister for Mines, accompanied by Mr. Thomas Jones and Mr. Millar members of the State Parliament, also Mr. Humble, Inspector of Mines, returned to…

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Buried Alive Beneath Forty Tons of Coal. Coal Lumper's Marvellous Escape From Death. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 2

John Case, 22, a coal-lumper, was buried for 25 minutes beneath forty tons of coal, which was being unloaded from a collier at Darling Island…

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Buried Alive Beneath Forty Tons of Coal, Coal Lumper's Marvellous Escape From Death. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 2

John Case, 22, a coal-lumper, was buried for 25 minutes beneath forty tons of coal, which was being unloaded from a collier at Darling Island…

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British Coal Miners. Conciliation Board Awards. London, Thursday Evg

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 2

The awards of three neutral chairmen of conciliation boards have been issued at Glasgow. Each fixes the minimum rate for hewers at 5/10 a day…

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British Goal Miners. Conciliation Board Awards. London, Thursday Evg

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 2

The awards of three neutral chairmen of conciliation boards have been issued at Glasgow. Each fixes the minimum rate for hewers at 5/10 a day…

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Another Mining Crisis. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 2

A mining crisis is threatened in the New castle district as the result of the widespread breakaway from the Miners' Federation…

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