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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

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The Coal Industry. Cause of the Trouble

Northern Star · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Willis, secretary of the Coal Miners' Federation, said the trouble in the coal industry was due largely to the fact that while some coal…

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A Dental Freak. Gold and Diamond Teeth

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 3

In the Sydney Hospital is a patient whose mouth is probably the most valuable in the State. Every tooth in his top jaw is gold, and in the centre of…

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The Goal Mines Why There Is Trouble. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 3

Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, said that the trouble in the coal industry was largely due to the fact that there were…

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Strike or Lockout ' Coal Mines in U.S.A. Demand for Nationalisation. WASHINGTON

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 April 1922 · page 5

Before the Labor Committee of the House of Representatives to-day . Mr. Lewis, President of the Mine Workers'. Union, urged that Congress consider the…

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Holocaust in Germany Sixteen Men Dead. 383 in Burning Mine. BERLIN

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 April 1922 · page 5

Owing to a fire in a mine in the Ratisbon district 16 men are dead and 36 others who were rescued are in the gravest condition and 383 men are still in the…

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Pirate Gold

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 4

An enormous amount of hidden treasure has just been discovered near Cuxhaven, in Germany. It is valued at 20,000,000 marks (nom[?]nally £1,000,000) and…

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Hidden Gold

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 4

For centuries it has been the habit of the Moors to hide gold, consisting generally of Spanish doubloons, French louis, and native gold tokens. No moor ever…

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Nero's House. Wall of Gold and Gems

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 5

The wicked Roman Emperor Nero, noted for his extravagance, his cruel treatment of the early Christians, and, among other things, the murder of his…

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Meeting at Genoa Way Open for Germany. Nations Favor Gold Standard. GENOA

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 3

Dr. Wirth, the German Chancellor, and Herr Rathenau, the leader of the financial experts attending the Genoa conference, obtained an interview with Mr…

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Coal Mining. Compulsory Conference Fails Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 4

A conference ordered by Mr. Justice McCawley regarding the dispute at the Redbank Colliery which occurred in respect to the question of employment of…

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Coal Discovery

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 3

It has been reported that two very rich seams of coal, each measuring over 17 feet, have been found on mining leases at " Gyarran," situated about six miles…

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Telegraphic News. Coal Strike Threatened. Preparations for Upheaval

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--The coal miners according to their officials, are not likely to agree to the owners demands for a reduction of wages by 33 per cent…

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Old Mining Town

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 2

The end is at hand of the once-flour-ishing and busy mining town of Can-belego. Over [?] worth of gold has been taken from the Mount Boppy…

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The Coal Industry Output Too Big. Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 4

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Jones, referring to-day to the coal industry Said that what wail wrong with the industry in Queensland and Australia was that…

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THE U.S.A. Coal Strike. New York

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 3

Violence among the striking coal miners is becoming more frequent. Three non-union miners were killed when a bomb was thrown at a bunk…

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A Gold Find

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 2

A syndicate of si[?] miners including Mr. C. Buckland, claim to have discovered payable gold in the Billinudgel distract. They refuse to disclose the exact…

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The Mining Industry

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Mr. F[?]zpatrick, Minister for Mines, is calling a conference of mining men to discuss the possible revival of the mining industry in…

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Local and General. Gold at 'Nudgel

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 2

Billiaudgel is mildly excited just now over the prospects of a gold rush in that centre. Quartz streaked with gold has been found by Mr. C…

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Six Ounces to the Ton Gold Mine in Victoria. Discovery by Prospectors. DELEGATE

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 3

A report has reached Delegate that a rich gold reef has been discovered at Bonang, 20 miles on the Victorian side of the border…

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Rivertree Silver Mines to Re-open

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 1

Rivertree, which has been in the public eye off and on for nearly 40 years, is to boom again--permanmanently, let us hope, this time, for…

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