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

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Mount Morgan Mine Closed Down Finally

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 3

One of the most important obituaries of the year was written on New Year's Eve. At midnight, Mr. Morgan, which was once A[?]ralia's…

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Lithgow Miners. Lithgow

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 2

The miners a Lithgow have rejected the plan of Hoskins Ltd, to employ three shifts of men daily, despite the fact that miners are unemployed…

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Queensland Gold Yield

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 2

The gold yield in Queensland for the first two months of the year amounted to 4792 fine ounces, valued at £20,354, compared with 766 tine ounces,…

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Romance of Kimberley Mines £200,000,000 Worth of Diamonds

Manilla Express · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 6

"More than £200,000,000 worth of diamonds have been taken out of the Kimberley mines during the last 58 years." That…

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Explosion in Coal Mine. Three Mtn Entombed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 8

No hope is held out for the three mine officials who were burled by a fall of earth at the Redbank colliery, Queensland, on Monday. The men are…

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Coal Strike Miners Out.. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 1

Three hundred, and thirty-eight miners were fined in sums aggregating £159,. at West Port (New Zealand) for having taken part in an…

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Coal Contracts. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 2

All [?]gations were made in [?]mon circles last night that the Civic Commissioners had given all the coal contracts to the Vend and that it had…

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Mine Exposion SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 1

A message from Mather, Pennsylvania, says that 182 men are entombed in a mine there, following on explosion. So for only…

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Mine Disaster. Mather

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 7

The authorities have abandoned all hope of rescuing any more of the entombed miners alive. The dead number 197. Of these the bodies of 163…

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Mine Disaster Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 1

Mather authorities abandoned all hope of rescuing any more entombed miners alive. There are 197 dead, of these 163 recovered and 33 are…

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Gold Cup Meeting

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 May 1928 · page 2

The Moree Race Club's Gold Cup Meeting will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 26, 27 and 28. The programme is an…

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Mine Explosion. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 1

As a result of a premature explosion at Moss Vale-Port Kembla construction works, ten men were buried in debris, but only one was…

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Miners Protest

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 June 1928 · page 1

Aggregate meetings of miners, held in various parti of the Northern coal fields yesterday, carried resolutions protesting against the Commonwealth…

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Sporting Moree Gold Cup

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 June 1928 · page 2

Horscowners and trainers are reminded that nominations for all events at the Moree Race Club's Gold Cup meeting, which will held on…

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Moree Gold Cup Meeting Record Entries

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 2

The Moree Race Club's Gold Cup meeting promises to be the most successful meeting ever hold by the Club. Nominations for all events closed last…

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Gold Cup Meeting. Improvements to Course

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 2

All preparations Cor the holding of the big Gold Cup meeting which is to commence next Tuesday, have now been completed, and a huge…

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Moree Gold Cup Meeting Abandoned

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1928 · page 2

During the post fortnight rain has dogged the racing fixtures in this district, with the result that one meeting had to be postponed, whilst two others…

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The Coal Industry. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 2

The Government is continuing its efforts to find a solution of the problem affecting the coal industry. It is stated that a conference called some…

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Memories of Old Gold Fields

Manilla Express · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 4

Mention was made in our correspondence column the other day (says the Richmond River Herald) of the old and almost…

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Mount Morgan Mine. Syndicate Takes Over

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 6

It was announced at Rockhampton that a souhern group or financiers and mining men had secured an option over tile Mount Morgan gold mine,…

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