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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Still Maintained. British Coal Exports. World's Oil Supply Limited

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.—Giving evidence before the coal commission, Sir Richard Redmayne said he could see no striking change on the world's basis…

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Shipping Hold-up Movements of Vessels. Coal Being Loaded on Mahia. Cargo of Meat Leaves Townsville

Tweed Daily · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.-- The mail steamer Oronsay arrived in Sydney this morning and berthed at Woolloomooloo. The public were not admitted…

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British Coal Maintains Place on World's Markets. World's Oil Supply Petering Out

Tweed Daily · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Hiving evidence before the Coal Commission, Sir. Richard Redmayne said he could see no striking change, on a world basis,…

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Fire-damp Explodes. 17 Miners Killed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 3

BERLIN, Sunday, Seventeen miners were killed and several injured in an explosion of a firedamp in the Holland pit of the Phoenix Company at…

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Mount Isa Mines. Worth Hundred Million

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 3

A Bill has been introduced into the Queensland Assembly authorising the Railway Commissioner to enter into an agreement with the Mount Isa Mines…

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New South Wales Gold Yield

Northern Star · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 5

The gold yield for the State of New South Wales for the month of September amounts to 1842oz. crude, equal to 1622oz. fine, valued at £6891. The yield for the first…

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Excitement at Bowen. Farmers Assemble in Strength. Failed to Coal the Porthardy

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

BRISBANE, Monday.—An attempt to coal the British steamer Porthardy at Bowen was frustrated on Saturday. Farmers to the number of 250 arrived…

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Miners Killed

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 2

BERLIN, Sunday.--Seventeen miners were killed and several injured as the result of an explosion of firedamp in the Holland pit of the Phocnio…

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German Mine Explosion (Reuter). BERLIN

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 5

Seventeen miners were killed and several injured by an explosion of firedamp in a pit at the Phoenix Company's mines at Gelsenkirchen…

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Gold at Drake Tenterfield

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 5

Twenty ounces of gold were won at Lunatic Gully, Drake, last week. The gold was won by dollying…

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McAulay's Lead. Erection of Mining Plant

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 3

It is now only a mutter of days before the machinery "hum" will be heard in full force on the Esk River, where a valuable mining plant has been…

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Ugly Situation Farmers at Bowen Determined to Coal Vessel. Government Refuses Use of Jetty Railway. Sugar Held Up

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--The latest news from Bowen states that an ugly situation has arisen. There are 500 farmers at the port who are…

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Drake Mining

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 3

The Mount Carrington sulphide plant is expected to be in full operation by the 16th inst., when an official demonstration will be given…

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Coal to Be Shipped

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The chairman of the transport strike committee: (Mr. Rymer) stated last night that the committee had agreed to coal being…

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Coal Industry Faced with Grim Winter in Britain. Too Many Miners, says Mr. Churchill

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. Winston Churchill (Chancellor of the Exchequer), at Sheffield, referred to the coming grim winter on the coal…

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Miners Killed

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday five miners were killed and one in [?] by a fall of earth in a colliery [?] Pendleton, Lancashire…

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Oil From Coal. German Factories Amalgamate

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 7

Two of the biggest German dye works are shortly to amalgamate, and in future will operate under one name. It is believed that this amalgamation…

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Coal Strike. New York Feels the Pinch. Profiteering by Retailer's

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 9 November 1925 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday.—The New York real strike, referred to in cabins on July 7, which has nw waked through the va[?] and [?]…

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Drake Mining Revival

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 3

The Mount Carrington sulphide plant is expected to be in full operation by the 10th inst. when an official demonstration will be given, says the…

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German Coal for Belgium. Reparation Deliveries Refused

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 3

BRUSSELS, Tuesday. According to the newspapers, the Belgian Government has suspended the German reparation deliveries of coal to Belgium…

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