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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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British Coal Dispute (Reuter)

Northern Star · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.—The coal owners and miners separately conferred with Mr. E. Shinwell, Secretary to the Department of Mines, at the Board of Trade last night, but…

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Ballina Beach Mining

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 2

Operations on an extensive seak are likely to be commenced at an early date by the Cumberland Mineral Company, Ltd., in connection…

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Gold Reef Rediscovered

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 2

DUBBO, Saturday.—It is claimed that a lost reef on the old Bondangora gold fields, [?]0 miles from Dubbo, has been discovered. When closed £1,500,000 worth of gold…

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Lonely Road Country of Infinite Solitude Lost Glory of Tin Mines Acacia to Tenterfield

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 4

The road from Acacia Creek to Tenterfield is a good one and is evidently a Government road. The formation work in places is heavy, the track being cut out of the rocky…

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Militant Labour Forcing Government's Hand Crisis Over Mining Dispute (Reuter)

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The miners' delegate conference rejected the mineowners' terms by 502,000 votes to 271,000. According to the "Daily Herald," the…

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Ardlethan Gold

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Mining Warden's bailiff at Ardlethan, in a report to the Minister on the recent find of gold at Ardlethan, said there was nothing to…

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Ardlethan Gold Find

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--The mining warden's bailiff at Ardlethan, in a report to the Minister for Mines on the recent find of gold at Ardlethan, says that there…

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Device for Saving Gold

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 4

An interesting device for saving goldform pot holes in rivers and creeks h[?] inented by a Richmond River res[?] is now being tested on the Tooloom[?] ear…

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Theft at Mine Fortnightly Pay Recovered

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 April 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A report from Collic, Western Australia, states that the fortnightly wages at the Westralia coal mine, amounting to £2462, disappeared from the…

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Mine Pay Stolen

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 2

A report from Collie, Western Australia, states that the fortnightly wages at the Westralia coal mine amounting to £2462, disappeared from…

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Six Coal Pits Idle

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Shortland mine was thrown idle yesterday owing to a dispute. This; makes six idle pits…

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Welsh Coal Reasons for Recent Imports Questions in Federal House Many Subjects Dealt with

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Speaker took the chair in the House of Representatives to-day at 3 p.m. The Speaker told Mr. Mahony that, on…

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Drake Costly Freight Cripples Industry Great Storehouse of Wealth District Seamed with Minerals Gold Bearing Macadam

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 5

A natural storehouse of wealth untold, Drake is to-day a deserted district and a decaying monument to inept administration…

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Colliery Meghanics Demands

Northern Star · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND Thursday.—The Golliery Mechanics Association has not yet received a reply from the south Coast and western owners to the union's demand…

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Alleged Theft From Mine

Northern Star · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 6

PERTH. Thursday.—Leonard Hoddel (21), a fitter employed by the Westralia mine at Collie, has been arrested on a charge of stealing £2400 from the mine on Friday…

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The Range Coal Deposits

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 2

The syndicate exploiting the range coal deposits is still actively engaged in carrying out a thorough test of the extent of the seams. Several…

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Sweden Resumes Gold Payments

Northern Star · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Consul-General for Sweden has been advised by his Government that in accordance with the Swedish Parliament's decision, the Bank of Sweden…

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Sweden's Effort Restoring the Gold Standard

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Cons?l General for Sweden has been advised by his Government that, in accordance with the Parliamentary decision, the Bank…

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Gold Find Wealth in Tooloom River Lismore Engineer's Patent

Northern Star · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 5

TENTERFIELD, Friday.—A Lismore syndicate has tested the Tooloom River near Tooloom for gold with a new patent appliance invented by an engineer at Lismore…

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A Romance of Millions. Lawyer's Deals in Gold and Oil

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 6

Like a chapter in a romance read the career of William Knox D'Arcy the patron saint of the Anglo-Saxon Oil Company, and one of the…

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