£10,000 DAMAGES Spectacular Fire Colliery Workshop Destroyed. Newcastle
The biggest and most spectacular fire in the history of Catherine Hill Bay completely destroyed the workshops of the Wallarah colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1936
298 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 15
Miners' Picture on £1 Notes
Mr. Frederick Joseph Smith, manager of the Central Nell Gwynne mine, died at his home at Inglewood road, Bendigo, last week, at the age of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Production £8,000,000 Last Year. Melbourne
The steady revival in the gold mining industry of Australia is reflected in the estimated gold yield for 1935 of 900,000 fine ounces, valued at about £8,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia-wide Coal Strike Threat Miners Support Seamen Propose To Stop Coal Production Protest Against Licensing System Serious Industrial Position May Develop SYDNEY
As a protest against the use of the licensing clauses of the Transport Workers' Act and the Crimes Act against the seamen and the trades union movement, a conference of combined mining unions decided to-day to stop the production of coal in the Commonwealth, by the withdrawal of the total…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transported Gold Worth £14,000,000
The death of Harry Holmes (77) in Rockhampton removes a noted figure in the gold escort days of Mount Morgan. For 12 years (1886 to 1898) he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strike Idea Endorsed By Miners' Council Mass Meetings on Wednesday Sydney
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation, at a special meeting today, decided to endorse the proposal to hold aggregate meetings on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Cup Won By Cherry King Moorefield Races Goorka's Corinthian. Sydney
At Moorefield this afternoon, the Peter Moore Gold Cup was won by Cherry King who, in beating Flamari and Bachian, established a new…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Tar Romance Dyes And Medicines the Inside of Chemistry How Britain Made a Mistake
When' I reflect upon the subject which" I have chosen, the coal tar industry," with its endless ramifications, I realise that my courage has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Gold Mine Miner Blown to Pieces. Mt. Isa, Tuesday
While working in a drive at No. 4 level in Mt. Isa mine to-night, Richard Williams, a native of Wales, was blown to pieces, and his mate, named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£2300 for a Gold Cup
The Commonwealth Gold Cup was the chief item in a sale of English plate which was held at Christie's rooms last month. It was claimed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five to One Miners Reject Strike Plan "Industrial Suicide" Setback to Seamen Mass Meetings on Coalfields Sydney
By a majority of nearly five votes to one, the miners throughout New South Wales rejected the proposal that they should strike in sympathy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ipswich Miners Refuse Support. Brisbane
The Ipswich miners, by 259 votes to 67, refused the proposal to support the seamen's strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fuji Gold Again Grafton Greyhound Racing Lord Sterling's Form Favorite Falls in Hurdle Race
With high temperatures ranging in doors the open air greyhound coursing meeting conducted by the Clarence River Coursing Club was a popular…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Veteran of Gold Rush
There are few men alive to-day who can claim to have been acquaintances of James Nash, the discoverer of the Gympie goldfield. One of them is Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miner Arrested Wife Commits Suicide Alleged Possession of Gold. Melbourne
Mrs. Ida Gunning (49), whose husband, Joseph Edward Gunning (49), miner, was arrested yesterday, on a charge of unlawfully having possession…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oil From Coal New Company Registered. Sydney
An important step in the extraction of oil from coal in Australia has been made with the registration of Coal Petrol, Proprietary, Ltd., which has a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hopes Dashed Italians Must Not Send Gold From Australia. Canberra
Efforts by Italians residing in Australia to collect gold ornaments and trinkets for despatch to Italy, as contributions to the war funds, are likely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine to Be Reopened
Broken Hill Pty. Co.'s mine at Broken Hill, after having been closed since September, 1927, is to be reopened for production. Arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miner Killed Fall Of Rock At North Rothbury Son Injured in Same Mine. Newcastle
While engaged at work in the Maitland Extended No. 4 colliery, at North Rothbury, to-day Albert Lindsley (44), miner, was killed by a fall of stone. His…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buried Alive Two Miners Killed. Crushed by Sandstone. Brisbane
Two married men, Gilbert Burren, of Silkstone, and David Bertram, of Booval, were fatally injured when they were crushed by a fall of sandstone at…
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