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Mining & the mines, 1928

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Morobe Goldfields. Territory of New Guinea

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 3

Mr. G. Cole, of Mount Adrah, has received the following communication from Mr. Parker Moloney, M.H.R., on the above subject:—"I…

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Stockton Colliery Payment to Miners' President a Remarkable Story Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

An interesting story was told by the president of the Northern Miners' Federation, Mr. T. Hoare, at a meeting of miners employed at the…

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The Philosopher's Stone Making Gold Age-long Experiments

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 4

According to Professor Kerr Grant, of the Adelaide University, who returned to Australia, recently after a twelvemonths' visit to the physic…

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Alleged Graft Union President [?]g £595 to Miners' Families NEWCASTLE

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

[?] story was told by [?]e Northern Miners' [?] Hoare, at a meeting [?]d at Stockton…

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Oil From Coal Perth

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 2

An investor, Mr. De Bornales, who returned to-day from London, said that the process of extracting oil from coal was no longer in the experimental…

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Alleged Bribe Colliery Co's Chairman Expresses Surprise Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 1

Mr. Albert Sims, chairman of directors of Stockton Borehole Colliery Co., expressed amazement at the statement of Mr. Hoare president of the…

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Stabilising Coal Industry Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 2

There is a possibility that a conference will be held between representatives of the mine owners and the miners with the object of stablishing the…

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Stockton Colliery Allegation of Bribery Royal Commission Sought SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2

The Acting Premier, Mr. Buttenshaw, said to-day that the Miners Council had made the following request to him:—"That, in view of the…

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Charges of Bribery Stockton-borehole Colliery Statement by Director Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

It was announced to-day at the Sydney office of the Stockton Borehole colliery that a director of the company, Mr. R.N. Kirk, had admit…

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12 Miners Rescued. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 1

Twelve miners were rescued on Saturday, and six more bodies were recovered. The fate of the remainder is still unknown…

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Fire in Mine 47 Believed to to Be Dead Toronto

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 1

A disastrous fire has devastated Hollinger, one of the world's greatest gold mines. Four bodies were recovered late this afternoon. It is…

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Stockton Colliery Bribery Allegations Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., a former Minister for Mines, stated to-day that the allegations made against him by Mr. Hoare in respect of the…

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Hollinger Mine Fire Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

A message from Timmins. Ontario, states that the dead in the Hollinger mine fire now total 39. All the bodies have been found. Twelve men were…

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Mine Disaster 13 Men Killed Search for Victim of Previous Explosion LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

During an effort to locate the body of a miner killed in the Haig colliery explosion at Whitehaven on December 13, a fresh explosion killed 13,…

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Fire in Gold Mine Timmins (Ontario)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 5

The number of deaths following the fire in the Hollinger gold mine is 39. the largest ever reported from a mine disaster. The tragedy is the first of…

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Coal Industry Effort to Revive Trade Owners and Miners to Meet SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 3

The proposed conference between the mineowners and miners has become a possibility as a result of Cabinet's decision to instruct the…

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Miners' Federation Dis- Appointed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 3

The central of the Coalminers' Federation expresses disappointment at the decision of the Government not to appoint a Royal…

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Stabilising Coal Industry Preliminary Conference

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 2

A preliminary conference of colliery owners and miners, convened by the Minister for Labor and Industry. Mr. Farrar, was held to-day. The…

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Idle Mines Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 1

The Idle mines on the Northern coalfields last week numbered thirty-three…

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Flooded Mines "Black Damp" at Lithgow Lithgow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Deputies descended the mines affected by the week-end floods today. At the Hermitage colliery they found "black damp" very bad, and…

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