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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Gold Sovereigns Reappearance in South Africa Johannesburg

Northern Star · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 5

After an absence of 10 years sovereigns reappeared all along the Reef to-day. Four hundred thousand were…

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Back to the Gold Standard

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 5

Sovereigns will Soon Circulate There is no reason to doubt that Australia will return to the gold standard. The only matter awaiting settlement…

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Living Wage British Miners' Agitation (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 5

Speaking at Bullwell, the miners' leader, Mr. Cook, said:—"We have now prepared the necessary machinery to establish by might what we have failed to secure by…

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Mining Disaster

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--The miners were trapped in the Montague pit at Scotswood, near Newcastle, owing to an inflow of water. Nearly 300 were in the…

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Miners Entombed Water Rushes Through Pit Wall (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 5

Many miners were trapped in Montague pit at Scotswood, near Newcastle, owing [?]o an inflow of water due to holing. Nearly 300 men were below when the…

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Facing Death Entombed British Miners Desperately Struggling for Their Lives

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.—A number of miners have been trapped in the Montague pit, at Scotswood, near Newcastle, to-day, owing to the inflow of water…

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Back to the Gold Standard Sovereigns Will Soon Circulate

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 1

There is now no reason to doubt that Australia will return to the gold standard. The only matter awaiting settlement by the…

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British and Foreign. Entombed Miners. Trapped in Flooded Pit. Hope Practically Abandoned

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.—A number of miners have been trapped in the Montague pit, at Scotswood, near Newcastle, owing to the inflow of water. There…

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Adventure with Bunyip. Near Palmer Goldfields

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 4

Mr. E. A. Brandon, of "Thornton," Wentworth Falls, faces unflinchingly the jeers and jibes of his fellow man. He breaks forth in the "Evening…

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[?] Flooded Mine [?]iners Missing. Little Hope of Rescue. Pathetic Scenes at Pit Head

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Forty miners [?] still missing as the result of being at off by an inrush of water in the Hontague pit, at Scotswood on Tyne,…

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The Gold Standard

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 2

On Monday next representatives of the Associated Banks will wait on the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) to submit to him the views of the bankers upon…

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Colliery Thrown Idle

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The South Bulli colliery is idle as n result of two wheelers, who refused, to pay fines imposed on them for having taken part in an illegal strike, being…

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A Railway Gold Brick

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 2

In a trenchant leader, the "Northern Daily Leader" describes the proposed Grafton-Killarney railway as a railway gold brick. After tolling how the strings…

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Triple Alliance Miners, Transport Workers and Railwaymen Again Talk Over Plans

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--In connection with the proposed revival of the Triple Alliance, the Miners' Executive has conferred with the Transport Workers'…

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A Railway Gold Brick Newspaper's Trenchant Criticism of Grafton-Killarney Scheme

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 3

In a trenchant leader, the "Northern Daily Leader" describes the proposed Grafton-Killarney railway as a railway gold brick. After telling how the strings…

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Return to Gold Standard

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Representatives of associated banks interviewed the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) to-day and advanced reasons why Australia should not restore…

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Gold Standard Associated Banks Oppose Restoration Until Britain Does So

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Representatives of the Associated Banks interviewed the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce), and advanced reasons why Australia should…

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Miners to Resume Work

Tweed Daily · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A meeting of Mt. Kembla miners carried a resolution in favor of resuming work forth-with. The militants were badly routed…

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Rand Miners Report Questioned (Reuter.) CAPETOWN

Northern Star · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

In the Assembly, asked if he intended to give effect to Mr. Justice Villiers mine wages report, Colonel Creswell, Minister for Labour said that the Government,…

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Adventure With Bunyip. Near Palmer Goldfields

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 4

Mr. E. A. Brandon, of "Thornton," Wentworth Falls, faces unflinchingly the jeers and jibes of his fellow men He breaks forth in the "Evening…

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