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Mining & the mines, 1926

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Coal Export Restrictions Withdrawn London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1926 · page 1

Colonel G. R. Lane-Fox, Under Secretary for Mines, announced in the House of Commons to-day that the restrictions on coal exports with the…

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Gold From New Guinea Small Party's Fate SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 1
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SIX THOUSAND, ounces of gold, valued at £15,000, won on New Guinea fields, has been landed at Sydney this week. It was…

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Coal Strike Censure Motion. Rejected by Large Majority. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 1

In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the Labor Party, moved a censure motion on the Government for its handling of…

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A Musical Feast Leeton's First Eisteddfod Mrs Cole Wins President's Cup Concert by Gold Medallists To-night

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 2

Under the auspices of the Leeton Methodist Church, the first Leeton Eisteddfod was commenced on Wednesday last, in the School of Arts,…

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Coal Mine Explosion Seven Bodies Recovered Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1926 · page 4

An explosion in a coal mine at Princetown, Indiana, occurred on Thursday morning. It is believed that more than 20 men were killed…

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Coal for Municipalities NARANDERA

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 1

In reply to the request of the Narendera Municipal Council that coal for municipal undertakings at a should be carried on the railways at a cheaper…

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City Council's Coal Mines Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 December 1926 · page 1

The City Council yesterday deferred to next year the question of the purchase of a coal mine…

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German Coal Imports LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 December 1926 · page 3

In the House of Commons to-day, Colonel G. Lane-Fox, Under Secretary for Mines, in reply to a question, said that since the beginning of the coal…

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Bribbaree Mine to Be Closed

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 2

Next Friday the share holders of the Bribbarae Combined Gold Mines [?]d., will be asked to agree to the closing of the mine and to the…

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British Coal Industry London

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 1

730,000 men are now at work in the coal industry, compared with 1,419,972 during the corresponding period of last year…

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Warden Against Miners

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 20 December 1926 · page 2

The mining warden at Bulolo has dismissed the claim of miners at Edie Creek, regarding gold mining leases…

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Fire at Mt. Piper Mine. Manager and Men Lose All Their Belongings

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 1

By a fire, which occurred in their house some distance from the Mt. Piper Gold Mine at Billapaloora on Thursday, Mr. Wm. O'Dwyer, the…

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Smaller Cricket Ball Maximum of Mine Inches London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 3

After dealing with the proposals submitted for a smaller cricket ball, interviewing manufacturers, and considering various representations, the…

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British Coal Production LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 4

Coal production last week amounted to 4,468,000 tons, compared with 3,226.000 tons for the previous week. There were 150.000 more miners…

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New Guinea Gold Plenty on Fields Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 6

Passengers, who Arrived in Sydney to-day from New Guinea by the steamier Montoro, said that everything was quiet on the Edie Creek…

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A Visitor from Papua. Chief Surveyor Chauncey Talks of the Rich Gold Discoveries on the Bulodo River and Edie Creek

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 1

Mr. A. A. Chauncey, chief survey or of Papua and a brother of Mr. Harold Chauncey who is well known in this district, paid a flying visit to…

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Shortage Of Coal Congestion on Railways London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 December 1926 · page 4

Thousands of British families are unable in the words of the war song, to "keep the home fires burning" this Christmas because, strangely enough…

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