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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

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Two Miners Killed Bendigo Mine Tragedy

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Two miners were killed when an explosion occurred at the bottom of the shaft of a mine in the New…

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Two Miners Killed BENDIGO

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 10

Two miners, John Wilson (34) and Leonard Stenlake (30), both of Eaglehawk, were killed this afternoon when an explosion occurred 1000 feet below…

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M'bah. Gold Cup

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 8

The committee of the Murwillumbah Hospital Coursing Club has decided to conduct an ordinary meeting next Saturday night in lieu of the Kearney Cup…

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Davis Retains Snooker Gold Cup LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 10

Joe Davis, the holder, retained the snooker Gold Cup, defeating the Australian, Horace Lindrum, by 37 games to 34. Davis, in the concluding…

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10 Miners Perish Fire In British Colliery

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday:— While a snowstorm chilled hundreds awaiting tidings at the pithead, rescue brigades, after hours of fighting a…

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Scottish Colliery Disaster London

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 7

While a snowstorm chilled hundreds who waited at the pithead for tidings, rescue brigades, after fighting for hours a fire which…

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Gold Star Inquiry

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday:—The inquiry into the running of Gold Star in the Foundation Handicap, which was to have been continued to-day; has been…

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Working Profit of 26 MILLIONS Ten Months' Yield From Gold Mines

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 2

JOHANNESBURG.—A new all-time low grade record was established by the Transvaal gold mining industry in October, when ore of an average…

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Famous Mine to Be Re-opened Reconditioning Will Cost £300,000

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 2

JOHANNESBURG:— Mining operations at the old Jagersfontein diamond mine will recommence within the next eighteen months…

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Miners' Demand

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday:—The Interstate Council of the Miners' Federation, in the presence of a number of State Labor members of Parliament…

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Two Miners Killed by Explosion Jury's Rider At Inquest

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: — The jury at the inquest at Bendigo on two miners killed by an explosion in the New Chum Syncline gold mine last…

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Political Side of Labor Miners Urged To Take Greater Interest

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday:— The Central Executive, in its annual report to the Interstate Council of the Miners' Federation, stated that miners should take…

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J. T. Lang Miners Will Have None of Him

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 5

The central executive of the Miners' Federation, in its annual report to the inter-State Council of the Federation, urged miners to…

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Robeson Heads Cast in "King Solomon's Mines"

Northern Star · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 4

THERE are very few of the older generation who have not read one or two books by Rider Haggard. "She," "King…

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Gold Star Case Jockey Shipton Disqualified

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday: -- At the conclusion to-day of the inquiry into the running of Gold Star in the Foundation Handicap at Ascot on…

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Hoard of Gold in Heirloom German Widow Escapes Death Penalty

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: -- The Munich correspondent of the "Dally Telegraph" says that when a "treasure [?]nt squad" (which is a…

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Five Miners Killed, 12 Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 3

OTTAWA, Saturday:--At Sudbury (Ontario) five miners were killed and 12 injured when a hoist carrying 20 men in the…

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Amusements "King Solomon's Mines"

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 3

Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke Ronald Young and Anna Lse play the featured roles in "King Solomon's Mines," H. Rider Haggard's exciting…

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Gold Star Case Shipton Appeals To Q.T.C.

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday:--W. Shipton to-day lodged an appeal with the Q.T.C. against the 12 months' disqualification imposed on him by the…

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Returned Reward for Benefit of Poor Duke of Kent Finds Gold Cigarette Case

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday:--The "Daily Telegraphs" Vienna correspondent says that the Duke of Kent, accompanied by the Duchess, was…

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