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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

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Police Search Mine Shaft Mystery SYDNEY

Northern Star · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 7

The police are still endeavouring to trace P. A. Greenaway, who is believed to be able to identify the man whose remains were found in a mine shaft…

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Big Spanish Order Turned Away South Australian Wool, Coal And Whisky

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday:--Attracted by a striking wool display at the South Australian Office, Senor Francisco Dalman, a Spanish…

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Mining Shaft Mystery New Development Search for Woman's Body

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday:--After two weeks of intensive investigation, detectives are still unable to identify the male…

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N.S.W. Police Assist Mine Murder Case SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 7

The latest developments in the mine murder at Wedderburn, Victoria, have lead the police to abandon the search for P. A. Greenaway, a…

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7 Miners Killed Explosion Underground LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 7

As the result of an explosion threequarters of a mile below the ground, seven miners were killed in Markham Colliery at Duckmanton, near…

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Skeleton in Mine Shaft Theory of Second Grave Discarded

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday:-- The police investigating the discovery of a man's skeleton in an old mine shaft, at Wedderburn have discarded the theory…

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Seven Miners Killed Explosion Three-quarters of Mile Below

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday: -- As the result of an explosion three- quarters of a mile below the surface, seven miners were killed at…

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16 KILLED; 201 INJURED Disaster in Chilean Mine

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

CHUQUICAMATA (Chile), Monday:--The premature explosion of 1500 tons of dynamite in the largest copper…

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Double Drowning Fatality Maoris Lose Lives in Mining Shaft

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Tuesday:-- A double drowning tragedy, the victims of which were two Maoris, Nuhua Toki (55), married, and Mrs. Tetu Nehua…

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Oil From Coal Development Likely MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 9

A hint of further development to industry in Australia by Imperial Chemical Industries was given to-day by Sir Harry Gowan, the chairman of…

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Rivers of Gold Wealth Awaits Miners Beneath the Deeps

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 3

Youth of the next fifty years will produce more millionaires from deep sea salvage than were produced during wildest days of the gold…

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Biggest Book in the World Title Page of Real Gold

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 6

The biggest book in the world is now being written at Johannesburg. There will be only the one copy, and it will never leave that city. It is to…

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Lucky Children Found 25oz. Gold

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

Two children of a relief worker in the Temora district recently found a lump of quartz containing 25 ozs. of gold, which…

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Mananui's Win Not Popular Anniversary Handicap Oro Was Unlucky Poor Showing by Gold Rod in Kurnell Handicap

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday:--Mananui failed to do better than finish third in the January Handicap on Saturday, but came out to-day in the Anniversary Handicap to score in most impressive fashion. The reception accorded to the Limond…

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Gold Rod

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday:—After Gold Rod's poor effort in the Kurnell Handicap at Randwick on Saturday, there is some doubt as to immediate future…

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30-Hour Week Demand Commonwealth Miners

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday:--Demands for a 30-hour week for miners throughout the Commonwealth and a 35-hour week for workers on the surface were…

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Biggest Book in the World Title Page Of Real Gold

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

The biggest book in the world is now being written at Johannesburg. There will be only the one copy, and it will never leave that city. It is…

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Biggest Book in the World. Title Page of Real Gold

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

The biggest book in the world is now being written at Johannesburg. There will be only the one copy, and it will never leave that city. It is to be…

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Adventurous Gold Quest Two Englishmen Trip Into Fever-Haunted jungle

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 6

No tale of Rider Haggard's could rival for sheer romance and thrills the adventurous quest for gold of two Englishmen who left…

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Heroina Has Advantage in Weights Should Win St. George Handicap Gold Standard and Sally Sana

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 10

AN attractive programme of eight events will be decided at Moorefield this afternoon and the first race, in which Imbiber must be conceded an excellent chance, will start at 2 p.m. The lightweight,…

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