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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

36 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Captain’s Flat Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 1

The N.S.W. Minister for Labour, Mr. Hamilton Knight, visited the Captain’s Flat mine yesterday. No official statement was made, but it…

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The Braidwood Goldfields in the 50'S and 60'S (Continued)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 2

I have now given your readers a fairly full account of Bell's Creek in its early days, besides what knowledge I retained of the workings of…

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The Braidwood Goldfields in the 50'S and 60'S (Continued)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 1

The first pub was opened by a man of the name of Fowler, who also opened a store and butcher's shop, and did a roaring trade, and…

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The Braidwood Goldfields in the 50'S and 60'S (Continued)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 2

On this field there were also some good pugilists, amongst, whom was a man of the name of Billy Woods, and another who went by the name of the…

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The Braidwood Goldfields in the 50'S and 60'S (Continued)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

After Eaton sold out to the Chinamen they worked their ground with but little success for about three months, when they then struck a…

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The Braidwood Goldfields in the 50'S and 60'S (Continued)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 1

By this there was a large population on Jembaicumbene, and business houses, comprising stores and pubs., were erected on the field. The late…

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The Braidwood Goldfields in the 50'S and 60'S (Continued)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 2

Before I conclude my writing there is one other good pugilistic encounter that I think I should refer to amongst the many that I have already…

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The Braidwood Goldfields in the 50'S and 60'S (Concluded)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 2

again, but only to be once more knocked down. In the last round be was clean knocked out, and his seconds gave McCarron best. Thus ended the…

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Telegraphic News Many Mines Idle

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 3

Ignoring instructions by the Miners' Federation Central Council that production must be resumed, 27 mines were idle on N.S.W. coalfields to-day…

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Big Coal Loss

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 2

It is estimated that 18,000 tons of coal production will be lost to-day as a result of stoppages involving 5,000 men on N.S.W. coalfields…

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Cowarra Gold Mine Suspension of Labour Conditions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 1

In the Mining Warden’s Court at Queanbeyan, Mr. M. J. Ryan, Warden, granted the application of the Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd. for a…

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Another Coal Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 2

A staydown strike by about 1,000 mine workers began this morning at the Pacific colliery at Teralba, in the Newcastle district…

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Gold Smuggled from Norway New York, Monday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 1

Frederik Haslund, former secretary of the Norwegian Labour Party, who is now attached to the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, told…

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Short Serial Story the Gold Snatcher Chapter I.

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 4

JOSEPH FINDLATER was not fundamentally attracted by piano-making, and would rather have been a doctor. Complete failure in the…

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Short Serial Story the Gold Snatcher (Continued)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 June 1943 · page 4

He closed the door and stood for a moment listening to the shuffling feet of the Chinese as they went down the steps into the street. He drew a…

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Short Serial Story the Gold Snatcher (Continued). Success

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 4

AT all events, Joseph Findlater never reached Nuranao, and when finally he struggled, more dead than alive, into Georgetown to…

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Captain's Flat Mine Dam Bursts

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 2

The mill tailings of Lake George mine, stacked on high ground over-looking the Lake George Mines water supply dam, known as the slime dam,…

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Army Dogs as Mine Searchers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 September 1943 · page 3

The Red Army is now using dogs to nose out land mines left by the retreating Germans. Henry Shapirov, British United…

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Thirty—one Mines Idle

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 September 1943 · page 2

The greatest coal strike since the general strike in 1940 commenced yesterday when 31 coal mines were idle—twenty—four in the north, six…

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Telegraphic News Big Coal Strike

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1943 · page 2

The greatest coal strike since the general strike of 1940 occurred to-day, when 31 collieries were idle—24 in the north, six in the south and one in the…

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