Slipped and Found Gold
Hearing an altercation in a lane at the back of Palace Hotel, Kalgoorlie, on Thursday, the licensee, Mrs. Violet Cook, went to investigate. Stepping…
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Mining & the mines, 1938
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"Weight in Gold" Chincilla Rat Farm. London, November 26
With eight little rats, each worth its weight in gold, a New Zealander, Mr. Fletcher Robert, has started England's first chinchilla farm at Great…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Holland's Gold £44,000,000 Sent Abroad. the Hague
Within a year the Netherlands Bank has transferred secret deposits abroad amounting to £44,000.000, which is a quarter of the country's gold hoardings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Pit Fight Bodily Harm Charge Lights for Miners' Cap Lamps Brisbane
A disturbance in a coal mine, which resulted in one man being injured, was described at the Rosewood Court, today, when Alfred George Loch, 23,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Output Estimated at £15,000,000. SYDNEY
The aggregate value of the output of the mining industry in New South Wales for 1938 will approximate £15,000,000, it is estimated by the Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Robbery of 1862 Incident at Molong Survivor Tells Story to Lord Gowrie
While the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, was about to enter the Town Hall at Molong recently to attend a civic welcome in his honor, he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burns to 25 Men Coal Mines Explosion. Melbourne
An explosion in the dust precipitation plant at the State coal mine at Yallourn to-day caused a fire which resulted in burns to 25 men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Incapacitated Coal Miner's Appeal Fails. Sydney
The High Court to-day dismissed the appeal of Thomas Ward, a former coal miner, from the decision of the Full Supreme Court on a case stated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engine Crews Buried In Coal Deaths in Collision. Brisbane
An inquest was opened to-day at Townsville into the deaths of two engine drivers, Herbert McMutrie, 52, and George Bowler, 43, and fireman,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shortage Acute In Germany Effect of Four-year Plan. London
The German press announcement that persons holding winter relief fund coal coupons for December will not obtain coal supplies before January, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Gold Find
A remarkable find of gold was made lass week at the slaughteryards of Tenterfield Bu chering Co., when, after a cow was slaughtered the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Petrol From Coal Report on Queensland Tests. Brisbane
The State Government has received a report relating to tests of Queensland coal carried out in Germany. The report indicated that the coal was…
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