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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

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

One Eye Gone Effect of Light and Strain? Compensation Case from Mines

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 2

That a young man recently working in the mine at Captain’s Flat, was now suffering the virtual loss of the sight of…

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Dam Bursts at Mine Captain’s Flat Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 4

Working strenuously a large gang of men was engaged to repair the Lake George Company’s tailing dam at the Captain’s Flat mine when it collapsed…

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Wire Rope 11 Miles Long for World's Deepest Mine Shaft in India

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1939 · page 8

Two special steel robes, each over 11 miles long and about two inches in diameter, have been made in Britain for a winding hoist at the…

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Miners Resume Work

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 7

Northern mine workers, who have been idle since the engineers came out on strike on November 2. resumed work to-day on the basis…

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German Mines Washed Ashore on British Coast

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 1

It was stated officially in the House of Commons that fifteen German mines has been washed ashore on the British coast in the past fortnight…

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Liner Damaged by Mine

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1939 · page 7

LONDON.—The P. and O. liner Sussex was damaged by a mine in the Channel. She reached London yesterday under her own steam,…

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Indiscriminate Mining

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 November 1939 · page 3

By the sowing of mines indiscriminately, in the path of neutral merchant shipping, Germany is violating agreements to which she is a party. It has…

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Neutrals and Mining Proposals

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 December 1939 · page 2

Great Britain has had several protests from neutral countries following the decision to seize all German exports or goods of German origin or…

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Eight Lives Lost Trawler Struck by Mine LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 December 1939 · page 1

The Admiralty trawler Washington was struck by a mine in the North Sea with a loss of eight persons…

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Mining Unions' Claims

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 2

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, has agreed to refer to Cabinet the claims of the Mining unions for more money, shorter hours, and a…

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