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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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Hebburn Colliery Resumes

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Hebburn No. 2 colliery resumed yesterday. Five others are still idle…

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Restless Miners. a Demand and Its Alternative

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Miners' Federation intends to demand the complete operation of the 1920 log This includes a six-hour day from bank to…

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Large Number of Men Idle. Effect on Miners

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.—The railway strike has caused 4000 men to be thrown out of work at South Wales collieries, and it is expected that unless means…

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Miners' Unrest Murmurs of General Strike

Northern Star · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Miners' Federation intends to demand the complete operation of the 1920 log. This includes a six-hour day bank to bank, a five-day week,…

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General Strike Disquieting Prediction. Miners to Ballot Next Week

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 3

A general strike of coal miners throughout Australia is the disquieting prediction made by a prominent official of the Miners' Federation…

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Another Colliery Closed

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—John Brown's colliery at Minmi was closed flown to-day, and 250 miners were thrown out of work,…

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A Nugget of Gold

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 3

Walking into a Perth pawnbroker's, a man of smart appearance, dressed in a dark suit, handed over to the manager (Mr. G. Norvell) a nugget of gold,…

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Told by Telegraph Latest News in Brief. Gathered From All Quarters. Colliery Closed Down

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Thursday.--John Brown's colliery at Minni was closed down to-day, and 250 miners are out of work…

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"Pirates Gold."

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 6

Captain Ned Low and George Roberts (who tens the story) took out the ship King Sagamore to St. Vincent in, the Azores, to retrieve board of pirats…

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Use in Mine Disasters

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 5

vested in the international officers of the INDIANAPOLIS, Saturday.—Power to investigate the possibilities of radio as a means of saving life in mine disasters has been…

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Uses of Radio Saving Life in Mine Disasters

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Powers to investigate the possibilities of radio as the means of saving life in time of mine disasters, have been vested in the United…

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Mining Disasters. England and America

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.—At Johnston City (Illinos) 37 miners are dead as the result of an explosion. Forty miners were entombed through…

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From Salt Water Gold to Pay for New Bridge

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A resident of Sutherland has offered to supply the local shire council with a plant to extract gold from salt water off the George's River to pay for…

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Mining Disasters 37 Dead in U.S.A. Forty Entombed in Lancashire

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Saturday.--At Johnston City (Illinos) 37 miners are dead as the result of an explosion. LONDON, Saturday.--Forty miners…

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Entombed Miners (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday.—A message front Shanktown (Pennysylvania) states that hope has been relinquished for the rescue of forty[?] miners entombed to-day in an explosion in the…

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Frightful Mine Explosion

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 12

JOHNSON CITY (Illinois), Sunday.—Thirty-seven miners have been killed as a result of an explosion…

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Coal Strike Settled

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Minister for Mines stated to-day that the strike at the State coal mine at Baralaba had been satisfactorily settled, and that work would be…

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Effect of Coal Strikes

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.—Mr. John Brown, the Newcastle coal king, interviewed here, drew a gloomy picture of the coal industry in the Newcastle district. He…

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Maitland Mines Serious Danger Alleged Miners Want Inquiry

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Mr. T. Hoare (President of the Miners' Federation) to-day submitted a report to the Minister of Mines in which serious…

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Mine Safety Risk of Inflammable Gas Dangerous Conditions Alleged Deputation to Minister

Northern Star · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. T. Hoare, president of the Miners' Federation, to-day submitted a report to the Minister for Mines in which serious allegations…

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