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Mining & the mines, 1947

322 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 17

Only Two Mines Idle Yesterday

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday: All southern and all western coal mines worked to-day. In the north only Abermain No. 1 and 3 colleries were idle…

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Latest in Gold Smuggling

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 1

PARIS, Tuesday: A motor car driver, challenged by the police near the Swiss border, turned round and raced…

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U.S. MINERS Many Report for Work

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: According to the Department of the Interior, 66,000 members of the United Mineworkers Association, many of…

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Wagga Gold Cup Money Highest for Seventeen Years

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 8

The Wagga Gold Cup prizemoney this year will be £600—the largest for 17 years. It will be run on Wednesday, April 29. The gold cup has been donated this year by Mr. Wallace Sawyer, of…

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Bumper Bars of Gold!

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 1

A motor car driver, challenged by the police near the Swiss border turned round and raced away. The police overtook the car near…

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U.S. Miners Returning; Safety Check

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: Soft coal production had returned to about 75 per cent. of normal last night as Federal…

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Gundagai Man Finds a Gold Pass Charged Before Court And Fined £5

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 5

"No doubt I acted the fool and should have done something about it," said Reginald Rheuben Morton, in the Gundagai Police Court…

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Another U.s. Mine Disaster

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday: Nine miners were killed and nine injured when a gas explosion occurred 350ft. underground in the anthracite mine at…

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Latest in Gold Smuggling

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 1

A motor car driver challenged by the police near the Swiss border turned round and raced away. The police overtook him near Dijion, over…

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Centralia Mine Disaster Sub-Committee's Inquiry

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday: Testifying before the senate Sub-Committee inquiring into the Centralia mine disaster, the Secretary for the Interior,…

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Efforts to Avoid Mining Tie-Up

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: A move is being made to obtain a formula that will bring about the resumption of work at Abermain North…

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Another U.s. Mine Disaster

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday: America's second coal-mine disaster within a month occurred at Exeter (Pennsylvania) yesterday, when a gas explosion in an anthracite mine 350 feet underground killed nine…

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"Artificial Daylight" for U.k. Mines

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: Fluorescent lights will be installed in British mines, says the "Daily Express." "British miners then will be the first…

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U.s. Coal Production Almost Normal

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: The Coal Mines Administrator announced that 86 per cent, of the coal mines in the chief districts reported that soft…

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Gundagai Man Finds a Gold Pass Charged Before Court And Fined £5

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 15 April 1947 · page 6

"No doubt I acted the fool and should have done something about it," said Reginald Rheuben Morton in the Gundagai Police Court last…

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21 Coal Mines Idle

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Twenty-one coal mines on the northern field were idle today, with a coal production loss of over 20,000 tons…

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Pure Gold to Albury Buyer

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Somerville Bros., of Lismore, to-day purchased Modulation for 1500 guineas in the final day of the William Inglis and…

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Kalgoorlie School of Mines "My Friend Flicka" Former Narandera Resident Appointed Lecturer in Charge

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 2

The Kalgoorlie (West Australia) School of Mines has augmented its teaching staff and a former Narandera resident (Mr. S. C. Parket) is The story of wonderful devotion between a boy and a horse comes to the Plaza Theatre to-night (Friday) and on Saturday [?]…

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Wagga Gold Cup Holiday

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 2

Mr. J. Hamill, secretary of the Wagga and District Chamber of Commerce, stated yesterday that the Chamber had decided to request…

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"Harvest Gold"

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 2

Primary produce is the keystone in the arch of Ov[?]lisation. From the earliest that the Australian farmer has been ready to accept and develop…

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