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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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Too Many Stoppages Plain Truths for the Miners. All Concerned Suffer. Conference Proposed

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 June 1924 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--In a letter to the Miner's Federation in respect to the continual stoppages, of work, Mr. MacDonald (Chairman of the Northern…

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A Benzine Mine Invercargill Alarmed. Danger on the Water Front

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 3

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Monday.--An I alarming sequel to the fire at the British Imperial Oil-Co.'s store at Invercargill is the discovery that oil and benzine has…

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Bellbird Mine. Further Exploration

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Futher exploration of Bellbird mine shows extensive damage through fire and explosion…

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Mine Hero's Body Found

Northern Star · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Thursday. — Another body, that of Mr. J. Brown, late manager of the Aberdare colliery, who made a gallant attempt to rescue the miners in the Bellbird…

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The Bellbird Mine. Another Body Recovered

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday:—Another body— that of J. Brown,. late manager of the Aberdaro colliery, who made a gallant attempt to rescue the miners in the…

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A Hero's Body Discovery in Bellbird Mine. Gallant Effort to Rescue Entombed Men

Tweed Daily · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Thursday.--Another body that of J. Brown, late manager of the Aberdare colliery, who made a gallant attempt to rescue the miners in the…

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Miners' Respect for Hero

Northern Star · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday.—The Aberdare colliery, of which Mr. John Brown, whose body was recovered from the Bellbird yesterday, was the manager, did not work…

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Ascot Gold Cup London

Northern Star · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 2

The Ascot Gold Cup resulted.—Massine (Sharp) 7, Filibert de Savoie (Jennings) 2, Inkerman (Frank Bullock) 3. Betting: 100-8 Massine, 4 Filibert de Savoie, 5…

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The Turf Ascot Gold Cup. Won by Massine

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.--The Ascot Gold Cup, of 2½ miles, run at Ascot to-day, resulted: MASSINE, 10 to 8 (Sharpe), 1; Filibert de Savoie, 4 to 1 (Jennings)…

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Salvage Gold Bullion on the Ocean Bed Difficulties of the Divers London

Northern Star · Monday 23 June 1924 · page 6

Commander G. C. Damant tells a most interesting story in Lloyds List of his work in command of the salvage ship Rcer aan the recovery of 3000 bars of gold from the…

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£45,204,000 Australia's Wealth in Gold

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--It was officially stated to-day that private banks in Australia hold £21,000,000 in gold which, in addition to the Notes Board's…

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Accidnet at a Colliery. Several Men Injured

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An accident of a serious nature occurred at Stanford Merthyr collicy, Kurri Kurri, yesterday afternoon, about 40 mines being hurled…

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100 Tons of Gold

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—To-day £14,000,000 in sovereigns were successfully transferred to the vaults of the new Commonwealth Bank…

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Cheap Mine Travels in a Diamond Country Treasure-hunting Nation

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 12

Author of "The Yellow Dragon" We passed out from the dense jungle that liec like a clutching hand over the great part of Brazil and came into a country of…

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Colliery Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An accident of a serious nature occurred at the Stafford Merthyr colliery yesterday afternoon. About 40 miners were being hauled to the pit top…

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Welsh Miners' Threat (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 5

The Rhondda district of the South Wales Miners' Federation has decided that notices of intention to cease work will be tendered to all the collieries in the area on July 12…

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Mining Shares Application to Equity Court Transactions in Scrip

Northern Star · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the Equity Court to-day Mr. Justice Street was applied to on behalf of the Carter's Hill Gold Mines Company (No Liability) for rectification of the…

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America's Hoard of Gold

Northern Star · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 2

The United States net gold imports in 1923 were worth £60,000,000. "We already had, at the beginning of the year, vastly more gold than we had any use…

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Gold Lure Romance of Victorian Fields Tribulations of the Diggers Story of Eureka Field

Northern Star · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 13

To Hargreaves, a gold seeker who shortly before had returned from the Californian fields, the honour belongs of being the first person to demonstrate practically the…

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Reported Gold Find

Northern Star · Monday 30 June 1924 · page 4

LITHGOW, Sunday.—It is reported that excellent gold has been discovered at Porter's Retreat. It is stated that the reef is about four feet wide and that gold…

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