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Mining & the mines, 1926

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Power House Coal

The Daily Express · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 3

A report from the power-house st[?]ed that in the [?]rtnight the amount of real used was 214 tons, the amount received 140 tons, and…

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Bush Fires Coal Fields Ablaze Stern Fight at Yallourn Enormous Damage in Victoria MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 2

The fire at Yullourn, Victoria where the great State fields of brown coal e situated, has assumed tremendous proportions. The open coal face is…

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U.S.A. Miners Resumption of Work. After Six Months' Strike. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 1

Mining was resumed in the Anthracite region at Seranton, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.), on Thursday, after nearly six months idleness. Trouble marked the…

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Mines Half Time Broken Hill Water. Freightage From Menindie. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 4

According to Mr. Horsington, M.L.A., for Broken Hill, the Government has decided to permit water remaining in the reserv[?]r at Umberumburka to be…

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Wax Matches Cause of Mine Fires. More Dangerous Than Naked Lights. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 5

Giving evidence before the [?] Commission in Sydney to-day, Mr. A. J. Miller, Engineer in Chief of the Queensland State Coal Mines, said the…

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Mining Industry. a Record Year. Minerals Valued at £19,000,000

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 2

A report prepared by the Under-Secretary for Mines (Mr. Manse) concerning the mineral wealth in the State for the year 1925 has been…

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Coal Mine Afire Outbreak Near Brisbane. Miners Ready to Fight Flames Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1926 · page 6

The Aberdare Extended coal mine at Bundamba, is on fire. Nobody is down the mine. The actual extent of the outbreak is unknown. An…

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Fires in Mines Caused By Cigarettes Chief Inspector's Opinion Others Say No Danger From Smoking SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1926 · page 4

Mr. J. P. Hindmarsh, Chief Inspector of Mines, giving evidence before the Coal Commission, in Sydney to-day, said about 20 fires had been…

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Latest City News. Mining Mishap Sydney. This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 2

Gas from a burning shaft of the Aberdare Extended Mine in Queensland broke through the sealed mouth on Saturday. Poisonous fumes of…

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Gold Passes Men Who Lose Them Judges and M's.l.c. Sydney, Saturday

The Daily Express · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 2

The loss of his gold rail pass has been reported to the Railway Department by Mr. Buzzacott, M.L.C. A Sharp lookout Is being kept by…

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Read The Rules Inspector's Advice to Miners Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 2

Giving evidence before the departmental inquiry into the Redhead mine disaster, the Government inspector, Mr. Thomson, said it appeared to him that…

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British Miners Big Struggle Possible. "End of Capitalism" Says Mr. Cook. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 1

The momentous report of the Mining Commission is expected to appear during the coming week. Laborites devoted their Sunday as usual, to…

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A Sandy Falls Mining Tenement

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1926 · page 2

John Randolph Yates late of Cootamundra, asked Mining Warden Reed, at the Gundagai Court yesterday to cancel a mining [?] at Sandy…

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£1,000,000 Surplus British Anticipations Cost of the Coal Subsidy London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 2

An anticipation of the Budget was given by Mr. Winston Churchill in a speech at Belfast. He stated that he anticipated a small surplus of over…

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Broken Hill Mine Fatality

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 2

A fall of earth occurred on the 1500 feet level of the Broke Hill Proprietary Mine at Broken Hill to-day, and a miner named Giovauni Simonette…

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Miners'conditions Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 1

Mr. [?] Lewes, District Treasurer of the Northern Miners Federation, says safety lumps are made obligatory throughout the mining industry…

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Artificial Gold

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 6

At the "International Council of Scientific Research at Brussels, with representatives of sixteen nations present, a Japanese professor, Mr…

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Mining for Wood

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 1

Mining generally associated with minerals and the getting of these substances out of the earth, but there are some places where mining for timber…

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War Time Mine Hundreds of Graves Destroyed London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 2

Hundreds of graves were destroyed at the British war cemetery at Thiepval, which was the scene of terrible fighting on…

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A War Cemetery Many Graves Destroyed Forgotten Mine London, March 8

The Daily Express · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 1

Hundreds of graves were destroyed at the British War Cemetery at Telepval, which was the scene of terrible flighting on July…

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