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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Wellington Times · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

A mass meeting of the Broken Hill Workers' Industrial Union rejected the proposal of the mining companies for a reduction of wages…

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Broken Hill Miners. Workers Refuse Conference Terms. Broken Hill

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 2

A mass meeting of the Broken Hill Workers' Industrial Union rejected a proposal of the companies for reduced wages and lunger hours, as…

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Local Jottings. a Gold Shield

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 8

The Wellington Cycle Club have a trophy that should be keenly competed for, viz., a gold shield, and the first race for this valuable trophy…

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The Railway's Coal

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 2

Says the "Staff Magazine"—The Railway Department ships annually at Bullock Island over six million tons of coal, the output of the…

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Trapped in Mine. Thirty Men Involved. MONTREAL

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 2

Approximately 30 miners were trapped by an explosion in a mine at West Frankfurt, Illinois. Officials at present are unable to estimate the number of…

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Latest Cables. Trapped in a Mine. Rescuers at Work. Montreal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 2

Approximately 30 miners were trapped by an explosion in a mine at West Frankfort, Illinois. The officials are are at present unable to estimate the…

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To-days Telegrams Game of Chance. Copper, Silver and Gold. SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 2

Charles Stanton was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment at Wollongong for conducting a game of chance called "copper, silver, and gold." He gave…

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Rapid Coal Loading

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 4

The Railway Department ships annually at Rullock Island over six million tons of coal, the output of the Northern colliers. The facilities for…

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Mystery V.C. as Smuggler. Master Mind Behind Gold "Runners." "Idiotic" Pose. Swiss Watches Worn Up the Arms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 11

A man known us "Johnny V.C. is the mysterious figure behind an organisation for the smuggling of gold watches into England…

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Manna Hill Gold Mine

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 2

The Secretary reports:—Crushing has been resumed as a result of re-organisation some months ago. Gold return is expected in four to five…

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Eugowra Gold Robbery. Gardiner's Haul

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 4

The winter of 1862 was a mild but rather wet one, and the surrounding countryside was clothed in a mantle of emerald green, against which the…

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Eugowra Gold Robbery Gardiner's Haul. Was It Found by Yanks?

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 4

The winter of 1862 was a mild, but rather wet une, and the surrounding countryside wag clothed in a mantle of emerald green, against which the blue…

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Eugowra Gold Robbery. Gardiner's Haul

Western Age · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 1

The winter of 1862 was a mild but rather wet one, and the surrounding countryside was clothed in a mantle of emerald green, against which the…

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Liberal Coal Miners

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 3

Employees on the South Maitland coalfields contributed £13,603 to the Cessnock and Kurri Kurri Hospitals during the year. The income at the…

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Miners Lose £5,500,000. Coal Production Going Down Hill. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 4

It is stated officially that strikes on the Northern coal fields during the past ten years have caused a loss of £5,500,000 in miners' wages. The…

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Coal Mining Industry. Five and Half Million Lost Wages. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 2

During the past ten years the Northern miners have lost five and a half million pounds in wages as the result of strikes. Mr. J. Davies, general…

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Killed in Mine Explosion London

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 2

During an effort to locate the body of a miner, killed in the Haigh Colliery explosion, at White Haven, on December 13th, a fresh…

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Coal Trade Depression. Conference Suggested. SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

It is believed that the State Council will endorse Mr. Farrar's suggestion for a conference of the proprietors and miners to discuss the crisis in the coal…

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Coal Industry Crisis. Probable Conference. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

The State Cabinet is expected to endorse Mr. Farrar's recommendations for a conference of proprietors and miners to discuss the crisis in the coal…

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The Golden West. Great Mine at Menzies. Kalgoorlie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

Collier and Reilly, owners of the Golden Age mine at Menzies, have just treated 40 tons of ore for 340 1/2 ounces of gold. This mine has now produced…

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