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Mining & the mines, 1938

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Railway Coal Stolen

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 2

The Railway Department is always having, trouble with minor thefts from the various large coal dumps in Junee and, consequently, increased…

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State Gold Yield Sharp Increase in May

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 1

The New New South Wales gold yield for five months of the year was 31,288 oz fine, valued at £A271,634 compared with 25,404 oz…

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"Navy Blue and Gold"

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 2

"Navy Blue and Gold," colorful and spirited story of life the United Naval Academy, with a timely emphasis on the football activities of…

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Miners Dissatisfied Proprietors' Refusal to Shorten Hours Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 1

Representatives of the Miners Federation to-day declared that the refusal of the Northern Colliery Proprietors Association to consider any reduction…

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44-Hour Week Granted Surface Workers in Victorian Mines Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 4

With the consent of the employers, the Fill Arbitration Court to-day made an order reducing the working hours of surface workers employed in mines…

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Miners Dissatisfied (Continued from Page 1) No Repudiation of Agreement Statement by Union Officiate Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 4

The general secretary of the Miners Federation (Mr. Orr) denies that the miners, by bringing forward the log of claims are repudiating an…

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New Mine Field Work at Captain's Flat

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 2

It is estimated that about 600 men are now employed at Captain's Flat. The contractors hope to have the railway line finished in 12 months. The…

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Golden Horseshoes Circus Pony, Jorrocks, Wore 2 Shoes of Gold "Tinker''brown and "Jack" Hely Memoirs Pony, With Two Glittering Golden Shoes Driven Into Beechworth In The Gold Digging Days

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 5

Many of the stories told of the old Gold Digging Days, and in the march of Time many become distorted or enlarged on, and perhaps some have…

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Gold Mounted Whip for Hospital Races

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 4

Added interest will be lent the Hospital Handicap at the benefit race meeting at Wagga on Saturday, when the jockey of the winning horse will…

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State Coal Mine Special Investigation in Victoria Terms Op Inquiry Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 3

The Executive Council to-day appointed Mr. F. W. House, a former police magistrate, as a Board of Inquiry to investigate the industrial…

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State Coal Mine Special Investigation in Victoria Terms of Inquiry. MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 1

The Executive Council appointed Mr. F. W. House, a former police magistrate, as a Board of Inquiry to investigate the industrial relationships at the…

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Mining Industry Preparing for Stoppage Arranging Credits at Newcastle Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 3

The Northern Miners' Federation president (Mr. T. Hoare) to-day interviewed the Newcastle business leaders regarding the arranging of credits…

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New Labor Party Southern Miners Affiliate Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 4

The Southern District Miners' reaeration has affiliated with the new Labor Party formed at an industrial conference held yesterday The…

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Liner May Sink with Cargo of Gold Near Scene of Earlier Disaster QUEBEC

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 4
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The Cunard liner Ascancia is hard aground on Big Island, close to the spot where the Empress of Ireland foundered with the loss of 1200…

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Coal Miners Preparation for Stopping Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 1

That the miners are prepared for stoppages in the coal industry was demonstrated to-day when the president of the Northern Miners' Federation…

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Carbonisation of Coal

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 4

For the six months of this year, ended June 30, 964 tons 3 cwt. of coal were carbonised by the Wagga Municipal Council's gasworks, and 18.767.800,…

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Canadian Mine Explosion Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 7

Lightning caused an explosion of gas 9300 feet underground in the mountain coal mine at Michell (B.C) to-day, killing three miners…

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Hospital Benefit Races Gold Mounted Whip Presented

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 8

Considerable interest is being taken in the gold mounted "Smoky Memorial Whip," which is on view in J. J. Speirs' jewellery window in Gurwood-street…

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"Drums of Death" on N.S.W. Coalfields Startling Statement by Miners Secretary Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 2

The general secretary of the Miners Federation (Mr. W. Orr) claimed tonight that the Mines Department was getting large sums of money from the…

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