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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

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Miners Will Have £1,500,000 for Strike Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1938 · page 1

The northern minors' president (Mr. T. Hoare) said last night that credits or £1,500,000 should be Available to the…

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Blue and Gold Ball Binnaway’s Next Effort Preparing for a Big Night

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 9 June 1938 · page 12

All roads will lead to Blnnaway, and rightly so, on Wednesday, 15th instant, on the occasion of the C. W. A’s. blue and gold ball…

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Around Dubbo District NARROMINE Shire Engineer Appointment To Be Made C.W.A. Ball—Gold Topics

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 4

Six applications were received for the position of engineer to the Timbrebongie Shire Council. These were dealt with at a meeting held onte. ,…

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DUNEDOO Leadville Mines to Re-open Shortly Manufacturing Super Water Supply Tender Accepted By Shire Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 6

The Mt. Stewart mine at Loadville has every chance of being worked again. It is being floated into a company for the…

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Miners Demands. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 6

In connection with the death of a man named Harrower at Abardare Central Colliery on Tuesday by a fall of coal, the miners held…

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Coal Industry Price Fixing Suggested Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 1

A suggestion last week by the Cessnock Chamber of Commerce, that the State Government should introduce a price-fixing scheme in the coal…

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Mt. Stewart Mine

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 12

Much of the ground work in connection with the formation of the company to manufacture superphosphate in Leadville from the…

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Gold in Macquarie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1938 · page 8

The directors of Wellington Alluvial Ltd. announce that in the four weeks ended June 25, the dredge near Wellington worked 377 hours, handling…

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New Guinea Gold Effect of New Road Wau

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 1

The president of the New Guineas Mining Association (Mr. H. T. Allen) states that the life of the New Guinea gold fields will be extended to 15 or…

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Safety in Mines Miners' Action SYDNEY

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 1

At the conclusion of the funeral of W. Porter, who was killed by a fall of coal at the Aberdare Central colliery, a large number of miners…

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Miners Ask Politicians to Take Instant Action to Make Mines Safe to Work In Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 1

At the conclusion of the funeral of W. Porter, who was killed by a fall of coal at the Aberdare Central Colliery, a large number of miners held a meeting and carried a resolution demanding that politicians, both…

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The Gold Mask of Dead King

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 7

"Unquestionably one of the great portraits of antiquity."…

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Gold Dredging On Macquarie River Another Company in the Field

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 9

The Macquarie at which is known to be one of the richest rivers for the dredging of gold in the Commonwealth…

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Into the Land of Egypt Tut-Ankh A men's Gold

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 7

FAR away in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes—about twelve hours by train from Cairo, or by boat a voyage of…

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Coal Strike Likely. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 7

Present indications are that a national conference of mining unions will be held in Sydney on August 1st to advocate the declaration…

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Into the Land of Egypt Tot-ankh-amen's Gold

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 15

Fur away in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes—about twelve hours by train from Cairo, or by boat a voyage of several days—an…

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Died in Sleep Late Mr. J. Parsons Promising Gold Claim at Tucklan

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 3

Mr. John William Parsons, of Coonabarabran, who died suddenly from heart failure at Tucklan last week, had been working a mining…

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Miners Prepare for Strike Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 1

The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Orr) announced to-day that the Federation, in its preparations for a possible coal upheaval,…

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Will Desert Lang If Miners Say So Cessnock

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 1

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, addressing a meeting of the Cessnock A.L.P. last night, said that should the miners in his district transfer…

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Miners and Lang Ballot To Be Taken SYDNEY

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 1

The northern miners' lodges have decided to take a ballot immediately, to decide if they will leave the Lang Labour Party and…

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