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Mining & the mines, 1930

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Queensland Mines

The Daily Express · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 2

The revelations and finding in the report of ex-Justice Campbell, Royal Commissioner, who inquired into the Mungana and Chilllagoe mining…

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John Hore Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 6

Gundagai forfeited to Temora yesterday. The clubs were to have met for the John Hore Gold Cup…

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Murrumburrah Horseshoe Studded with Gold Chinese Who Raced Horses with Golden Shoes

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 1

How many of the horses at the Winter Meeting at Murrumburrah ever raced with horse shoes studded with gold. Most likely none of them…

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Polo Gold Cup for Mr. J. ASHTON, M.L.C., Gift of King of Spain London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 3

Mr. James Ashton, M.L.C. to-day received the special gold cup presented by the King of Spain. The inscription reads:—…

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Southern Coal Mines Proposed Wages Reduction Miners to Resist Wollongong

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 2

The miners' lodges held meeting throughout the South Coast distri[?] unions to-day and unanimously carr[?] resolutions directing the district o[?]…

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Stolen Coal Railway Camper Charged

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 2

Changed at Wagga Police Court yesterday with haying stolen one tin of coal, the property of the Railway Commissioners, Joseph Taylor (19)…

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Southern Mines Oppose Wages Cut Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 1

The Miners Lodges held a meeting throughout the South coast districts yesterday, and unanimously carried resolutions directing the…

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Gold in Back Yard Quartz Border Yields £70

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 8 July 1930 · page 8

Gold valued at £70 has been found in a Lithgow back yard. A quantity of white quartz used as a border for the garden was…

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Jack Hare Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1930 · page 2

On Sunday next Barmedman with visit Temora in an endeavor to win the Jack Hore Gold Cup from [?] holder. The winning of this trophy…

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Wallarah Mine Reduced Staff Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1930 · page 4

The Northern Miners' Federation reported to-day that dismissal notices had been served on 250 members of the Wallarah miners' lodge. It is…

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Coal Manager Found Dead in Office Lithgow

The Daily Express · Thursday 10 July 1930 · page 1

Alfred Clifton, 62, manager of Lithgow Colliery Company, was found dead in his office with a bullet wound over the heart, and a…

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Three Mines Idle on Northern Fields Trouble Over Concessions CESSNOCK

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1930 · page 4

Three mines were idle on the northern coalfields to-day. They were Aberdare, Aberdare Central, and Aberdare Extended, and about 150 men were…

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Coal Explosion In German Mine 200 Miners Entombed BERLIN

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 1

Two hundred miners were entombed following a coal gas explosion at Hausdorf. Sixty-seven bodies were recovered, and 48 taken to hospital…

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Coal Explosion in German Mine 200 Miners Entombed Berlin, July 9

The Daily Express · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 2

Two hundred miners were entombed following coal gas explosion at Hausdorf. Sixty-seven bodies were recovered and 48 taken to hospital…

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Prospecting for Gold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 2

When the Minister for Mines and Forests launched'a Gold Prospecting Scheme recently, he did so with a view to providing immediate…

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More Gold at Combaning

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 2

Messrs. Fred. Smith and party, who have been prospecting for twelve months out Combaning way, have struck a new vein of gold-bearing…

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Mine Disaster 168 Men Entombed 67 Bodies Recovered Heart-rending Scenes Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 1

About 168 miners were entombed following an explosion of gas in a coal mine at Hausdorf. Sixty-seven bodies were recovered…

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Prospecting for Gold Work Promising

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1930 · page 8

When the Minister for Mines and Forests (Mr. Weaver) launched a gold prospecting scheme recently, he did to with a view to providing immediate…

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Search for Gold Promising Reef Report

The Daily Express · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 2

A very promising reef of gold has been struck by Mr. J. B. Barron, on his property at Burrier. 10 miles from Nowra. on the shoalhaven…

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John Hore Gold Cup Barmedman Defeats Temora

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 3

After a splendil exhibition of football Barmedman succeeded in winning the coveted John Hore Memorial Gold Cup from Temora at Temora…

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