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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

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Extraction of Oil Vast New Market For Coal

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 August 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday--The Coal Utilisation Council states that a new market for coal as large and valuable as that represented by the entire British…

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Miners Display Astonishing Hostility to Lang "We Have Had Enough" Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 7

Astonishing hostility to-wards the leader of the Labour Party (Mr. Lang) was displayed in a series of…

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"Political Outlaw" Miners' Hostility to Mr. Lang

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday:--Astonishing hostility towards the Leader of the State Labor Party, Mr. J. T. Lang, was displayed in a…

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Southern Miners Against Lang Vote in Favour of Breakaway Great Setback Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 7

Although tie ballot being conducted on the northern coalfields to determine whether the Miners Federation will break away from…

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Lang Labor Party Serious Blow Southern Miners Withdraw

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 August 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday:-- Notwithstanding Mr. J. T. Lang's extensive tour amongst the southern miners during the Bulli by-election…

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Miners' Strike

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--General Johnson admits a major defeat. "I stuck my nose in where I had no right and got what was coming to me," he…

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General Stoppage? Southern Miners' Restive Mood

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 August 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday:--The southern miners at aggregate meetings at Woonoona and Heensburg to-day carried resolutions…

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Truce Reached American Coal Strike WASHINGTON

Northern Star · Monday 7 August 1933 · page 5

Administration officials announced that a truce has been reached in the bituminous coal srike. The men will return to work and have been granted…

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Miners' President No Desire to Become Politician NEWCASTLE

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 August 1933 · page 3

Explaining his remarks made at a meeting of miners at Woonona yesterday, that he was "after Jack Baddeley's scalp," the president of the…

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"After Baddeley's Scalp" Mr. "Bondy" Hoare Fiery Address to Southern Miners

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 August 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:-- In a fiery speech at Woonona aggregate meeting of South Coast miners yesterday, Mr. "Bondy" Hoare,…

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Electricity Generation Coal v. HYDRO

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1933 · page 3

No fewer than 83,000,000,000 kilo-watthours of electricity were produced for public use in the United States in 19321 Of this total 41 per cent, was produced…

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Romantic Figures Gold Rush Days

Northern Star · Saturday 12 August 1933 · page 4

Some of the romantic characters in the history of the gold rush days or the early west, are in the First National picture "The Silver Dollar,"…

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Elaborate Fittings "Blue and Gold Car"

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 2

Behind the blue-curtained windows of one oi the cars attached to the Kyogle mail train which left South Brisbane on Sunday lay a miniature…

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Cabinet May Becide Gold Pass Issue Discarded Legislative Councillors

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday:--A meeting of the parliamentary supporters of the state Government was held to-day. It was announced that the…

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Gold Mining in New Guinea an Interesting Letter

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 6

Mr. Don McRae, of Barrington, recently received the following interesting letter from Mr. Joe Bryan, of Surprise Creek, via Wau, New…

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Gold Passes

Northern Star · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 6

ELECTORS are watching with interest the efforts being made in Sydney to retain for members of the Legislative Council who will…

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Beach Mining

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 2

A letter from the Department of Mines, Sydney, asked Tweed Shire Council if it had any objection to the granting of special leases to Metal…

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Gold Nugget in Creek Bed

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 6

A gold nugget, weighing 22½ ounces was found by a local prospector, near Basalt Hill, in the Daylesford (Vic.) district. William and Gordon…

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Local Government Murwillumbah Municipal Council Freight on Coal Burdensome

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 4

Comment on the landed cost of coal at Murwillumbah for use at the Municipal Power House was made at Wednesday night's…

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PREMATURE Explosion Three Men Dead Mining Tragedy in West Australia

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 3

PERTH, Thursday--Three miners were killed when a premature explosion occurred on the 600 feet level of the Edward shaft in the…

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