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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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BOWLS Gold Buttons Retained

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 4

Favorable conditions prevailed on the bowling green on Saturday last, after the week's rain, the surface being far from slow…

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1000 Feet Down Mine Explosion Pennsylvania

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 7

Ten anthracite coal miners were killed by an explosion 1000 feet under the ground, apparently the result of the accumulation of mine gases…

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£150 Damages for Miner Wrongful Imprisonment By Mines Director MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 12

John Langdon Lane, a miner, was to-day awarded £150 with costs in his claim against the Director of Mines (Dr. Ward) for £2000 damages for…

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Oil Fuel From Coal Hunter River Deposits Canberra

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 10

Government officials are observing with interest the operation of a plant for the extraction of fuel from coal, which it is understood Is working at…

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Oil From Coal Great Headway in Britain. From Moonem Some Day?

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

People now living in this district may yet see oil being extracted from the enormous low grade seams at Moonem. It is being done…

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Steelworks to Close Sequel to Miners' Strike

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:--Owing to a strike at the Wonga Willi mine and a shortage of coke supplies, the Australian Iron and Steel Co.,…

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Bright Future Painted Mt. Isa Mines Will be at Zenith When Others are Exhausted

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday:--Stating that, with the completion of its new programme, the company would be in a position to produce…

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Fortune In Gold Fell Into Sea? Wild Weather in Britain

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: - Furious gales, described in some districts' as the worst in living memory, reaching 75 miles an hour…

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Kalgoorlie Mines Dispute No Agreement Yet

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 5

PERTH, Monday:--The Acting Premier (Mr. A. McCallum) stated last night that the leaders of the mine management had informed the Cabinet…

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Disappearance of Gold Witnessed by Passenger

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday:--The "Sketch" says that a passenger, Mr. E. Turtle, declares that while fierce winds were tossing the Hillman aeroplane, bumping…

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In Mementoes Clarence Gold Used BONALBO

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 13

Sleeve links made by a Lismore jeweller from gold obtained in the Clarence valley were presented by Mr. N. Johnston to the Minister for…

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Treasure Hunt Gold Lost From Air Liner

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday:--The police are treasure hunting in Essex, Kent, and Sussex, for the gold lost in a storm from the Hillman Airways…

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Old Man Missing Search for Gold Milton

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 4

Search parties of police, relatives and friends are searching the bush here for James Claydon (80), who has not been seen since he left a…

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Sunk in Mining Race Glen Innes

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 3

Keith William Ryan (7). son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ryan, of Emmaville, was drowned yesterday morning. The child, in company with two playmates, left…

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Where Are They Now? Gold-Diggers of 1933-34

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 7

Where are the "gold-diggers" in yesterday--1933-34, for instance? The answer is not easy for the girls who appeared in the ensembles of the old…

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Search for Missing Gold Kent Landowner Hoaxed

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 6

LONDON, Monday:-- A landowner in Kent to-day informed Hillman Airways that the bar gold valued at £6,000 which fell from…

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Gold That Fell From 'Plane Search Goes on London

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 7

Although a Kentish landowner informed Hillman Airways to-day that the gold which fell from one of the company's 'planes during the fierce…

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Found in France Gold Lost From Plane

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

PARIS, Tuesday:--A woman when crossing a field in the Department of Oise, in Northern France, saw wooden…

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Gold That Fell From 'Plane Found in France Paris

Northern Star · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 7

A woman crossing a field at Oisement yesterday saw wooden debris, examination of which led to the discovery of some of the £6000 worth of…

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World's Biggest Zink Mine Big Programme Ahead

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 3

Stating that, with the completion of its new programme, the company would be in a position to produce 100,000 tons of zinc concentrates annually, in addition…

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