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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

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Direct Action Urged Secure Removal of Mine Manager

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday:-- Union representatives, including Mr. W. Orr (Federal Secretary of the Federation) urged direct action to secure…

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Gold Smuggling in Car Tank Widespread Organisation?

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 3

A widespread organisation for the "draining" of gold from France into Germany is believed by the police to have been discovered at Lyons…

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Detection of Gas Wonthaggi Mine Evidence at Royal Commission

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday:-- Both small and large quantities of gas had been detected in shaft 20 of Wonthaggi [?] where the recent…

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Gold Mine to Close Down "Considerable Vicissitudes"

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday:--After very considerable vicissitudes and with, at times, very encouraging prospects, it has now been decided to close down…

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Coal Contract Withdrawn From North SYDNEY

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 3

After the chairman (Cr. McElhone) had stated that it would be in the best interests to spread the coal contracts over the west and north as if…

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Strange Tin-mining Venture Brisbane Waterfront On Old Smelting Works Area

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday:--A strange tin-mining venture is being pursued off the Bulimba waterfront of the Brisbane River. The…

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Threatened Coal Strike LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 12

The bitterness arising from the dispute between the rival unions and the management of Harworth. Colliery in Nottinghamshire has led to some…

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Maintain Equilibrium in Gold British Policy LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 11

In the House of Commons to-day the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Chamberlain) and the President of the Board of…

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Wonthaggi Mine Disaster Inspectors' Evidence

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday:--The view that the presence of gas in sufficient quantity to cause, the explosion which resulted in the death of 13 men at…

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Hand in Notices Proclamation to Miners

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday:--The executive of the Mine Workers' Federation to-day issued a proclamation pointing out that the…

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Miners' President Feared "Gunman" At Rothbury SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 12

An allegation that he could not get into Rothbury estate to find out how many men were employed in the five small…

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Due to Mine, Not Bombs Sinking of Rebel Cruiser Espana

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday:--A number of members sought information during question time in the House of Commons regarding the…

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Prime Minister Appeals for Settlement Threatened National Coal Strike LONDON

Northern Star · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 9

IN what he evidently regarded and the Press has signalised as his last big speech in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwing, intervening early in the debate on the threatened…

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Baldwin's Dramatic Appeal Peace in Coal Industry Strike Threat "World's Eyes on London"

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday:--In what he himself evidently regarded, and the Press has signalised, as his last big speech in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister (Mr. Stanley Baldwin), intervening early in the debate on the threatened…

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Appeal Heeded Miners' Offer LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 9

In response to the appeal of the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) in the House of Commons yesterday, the executive of the Miners' Federation…

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Coursing Hospital Club Coronation Gold Cup Meeting

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 2

To-night at Murwillumbah showground the Hospital Coursing Club will stage another of its excellent programmes of greyhound racing…

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Theft at Grafton Notes in Wallet and Gold Watch

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 5

GRAFTON, Sunday:-- A wallet, containing £15 in notes and a gold watch, with a railway pass attached to the chain, were stolen from the home of…

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Rich Gold Strike. in Victoria. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 3

Watson Brothers, two prospectors, have discovered a rich lode at Mount William, Victoria, Which yielded at the rate of 62 ounces of gold to the ton…

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Coronation Gold Cup

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 4

The Coronation gold cup, the trophy to be presented by Murwillumbah Hospital Coursing Club to the owner of the winning dog in the major…

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Wonthaggi Miners Decision to Resume Work

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: -- After five hours' deliberations, Wonthaggi miners to-day passed a resolution by 234 to 181 votes…

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