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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

53 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3

British Miners Adamant. London

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 2

The mining districts by 460,000 votes to 284,000 endorsed the Miner's Conference decision regarding the withdrawal of the safetymen from the…

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Latest Cable News Coal Strike Collapsing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 2

The greatest breakaway among the British miners since the beginning of the strike took place on Tuesday. Mr. Cook, the miners' secretary,…

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Captain's Flat Mine

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

Mining operations are now in full swing on this erstwhile prosperous field. The operating company is an English one with a capital of £10,…

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Captain's Flat Mine

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1926 · page 5

Mining operations are now in full swing on this erstwhile prosperous field. The operating company is an English one with a capital of…

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Latest Cable News Coal Strike

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1926 · page 2

It is exactly six months since the coal dispute began. Though there have been many breakaways, three-quarters of the total of those usually…

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Iron Mine Caves in Many Men Reported Killed New York

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1926 · page 2

A message from Ispeming, Michegan, states that between 40 and 50 men are reported killed, due to the cave-in of an iron mine on…

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Latest Cable News the Coal Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 2

The British Trades Union Congress has ordered all its working members to pay a levy of at least a penny a day towards the support of the coal…

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Latest Cable News Coal Strike

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 2

Hopes for peace in the coal industry have become brighter as the result of Friday's conference in Downing-street. Proposals for national…

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Latest Cable News Miners' Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 2

It is stated that if the miners' delegate conference is willing to accept, longer hours peace is assured. If it insists on the retention of the…

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Latest Cable News the Miners' Strike

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 2

The general view in Government circles is that the miners will accept the terms offered. The long coal strike is, therefore, regarded as…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1926 · page 2

A representative of Hoskins' big steel works is in the district for the purpose of inspecting from ore deposits. One has been referred to the…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 2

While Mr. T. Lynch, representing the Hoskins Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., of Lithgow, was not successful in locating an iron deposit in this district…

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Fortunes on Four Feet Horses Worth Their Weight in Gold

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 3

£50,000 for horse! Such was the stupendous sum recently paid by an American purchaser for Prince Palatine, the famous…

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