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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

248 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 13

Kootra Mine to Be Worked Again Big Company Underwritten

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 10 May 1928 · page 2

The Kootra mine was registered last weak, with a nominal capital of £20,000, in 200,000 shares of 2/ each, payable at once, with no further…

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Riverina Development Wood, Water and Mining Ardlethan's Claim for Power Border Railways and Weirs

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 5

Action has followed the decisions of the great conference held in Wagga last week, by delegates from all parts of Riverina, for the purpose of devising ways and means of bringing about the more rapid and effective…

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Settlement on Area Ex-brcken Hill Miners

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 1

The proposal to settle a number of ex-miners from the Broken Hill district on the Murrumbidgee irrigation area, was again before Parliament at…

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Where Coal Comes From

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 2

According to a statement made in Union circles the Civic Commission has given all its coal contracts to the Vend, and has set its face against…

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P.D.S. Column the Coal Outlook

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 5

The economic position of this product of great utility, upon which industry is so dependent, has become a grave public concern. The export…

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Thirty Hour Week Miners' Proposal Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 4

The Miners' section of what is termed "the Military Minority Movement of New South Wales" has instructed its delegates to the miners' convention…

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Colliery Explosion Hundreds of Miners Entombed New York

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

Between 200 had 300 miners wore entombed on Saturday as the result of an explosion in the Mather collieries, at Mather, Pennsylvania. Three…

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P.D.S. Column the Coal Outlook

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 4

The economic position of this product of great utility, upon which Industry is so dependent, has become a grave public concern. The…

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P.d.s. Column. the Coal Outlook

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 3

The economic position of this product of great utility, upon which industry is so dependent, has become a grave public concern. The export…

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Explosion in Mine Entombment of 182 Men Mather (Pennsylvania)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 2

Thirteen of the 182 men who were entombed by an explosion in the Mather colle[?]es have been rescued alive, the bodies of 30 dead men…

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Marrar Gold Club

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 2

Golf, thanks to the energy and [?] of the Golf Club’s secretary Mr. A. J. S. Frost, it booming in Marrar. A grand tournament is to be…

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Mine Disaster Fourth in a Week New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 May 1928 · page 2

Yet another colliery disaster, the fourth within a week, has occurred in the United States. By an explosion of gas in the shaft…

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Miners in Protest

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 4 June 1928 · page 2

At aggregate meeting of miners held in various parts of the northern coalfields yesterday resolutions were carried protesting against the…

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Balmain Colliery Goes Into Liquidation SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 3

The Miners' Federation has been Informed that the Sydney Harbor Colliery, Ltd., which controls the Balmain Colliery, will probably go…

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A Gold-finding Machine

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 4

A recent invention made in the workshops of the London Science Museum is likely to have considerable influence in increasing the…

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Soviet Gold £28,000 Disbursed in England Two Series of Transactions LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1928 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The Hime Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, stated in the House of Commons today that inquiries bad brought to light two series of…

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Local Mining A Revival Opening Up of the Kootra

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1928 · page 2

A company has been formed, and registered under the Companies Act, for the purpose of again working the mines known as the Kootra mines…

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City Coal Contracts Were Tenders "Rigger?" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 3

It is reported that the latest disclosures with civic administration deal with coal contracts, involving £1,000,000. The suggestion is made…

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