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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

33 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 2

Mining Act Has Been Altered Prospecting on Private Land

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1935 · page 1

A proclamation has been issued to the effect that the Mining (Amendment) Act, 1935, will come into operation on 15th July, 1935. Two of…

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Thirty-three Killed in Colliery Disaster Calcutta

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 1

India’s biggest colliery disaster occurred at Giridih to-day, when 33 were killed and 76 injured following the ignition of a liquid oxygen explosive…

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Colliery Disaster Capetown

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 1

The acting-manager two Europeans, and 74 natives were killed in a colliery disaster in Eastern Transvaal to-day resulting from an inexplicable…

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Italian Debts British Collieries Affected LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 1

Tyneside coal exporters take a serious view of the Italian indebtedness, which totals £500,000. Twelve firms are involved and the…

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After Gold Cups Queanbeyan Challenge to Young Next Sunday’s Trip

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 1

Nearing the end of the season without a Cup, and with its players not getting football, Queanbeyan Rugby League Club decided last night to…

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Mine Owner Asked to Dismiss Himself

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 5

The Commonwealth colliery, Lidsdale, near Lithgow, is idle, as a result of the contention by members of the miners' lodge that a man who is…

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Miners Entombed Yorkshire Colliery Disaster LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 1

At least 15 were killed, and 51 are still entombed following a pit explosion at Wapplewell, Yorkshire. Sheets of flame swept the galleries…

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A Mining Venture

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 7

Before Mr. Justice Maxwell and jury in Sydney last week James William Roberts, a farmer, of Ladsrose, North Queensland, sued Henry Gough…

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Explosion in Coal Mine

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1935 · page 7

TOKIO.-Heavy loss of life is likely to arise out of a gas explosion in the Akaike coal mine at Fukoka today. Seventeen bodies have been…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1935 · page 2

We understand that word has been received at Major's Creek to the effect that arrangements have been practically finalised by the…

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The Banner Mine Again Lengthy District Court Cases

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1935 · page 1

Before his Honor, Judge Nield, on Thursday at Braidwood three cases, which were taken together, resulted in proceedings which lasted from 10…

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Mechanisation of Mines Consider Some Essential Facts

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 December 1935 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

One of the most interesting industrial events of the moment is the fight that is going on concerning the further use of machinery on the northern coalfields…

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