Gold Robbery From G.P.O. In Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Friday. — Gold valued at £2880 was stolen at the General Post Office, Spencer-street, late last night. The gold was sent…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
368 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 19
Vandalism Prevalent At Small Mines
Complaints of vandalism on small mine leases were made by members at a meeting of the Prospectors' Association on Saturday. Members stated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country Search Forstolen Gold
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Special inquiry officers of the Postal Department visited the country in their investigation into the disappearance of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rupee Mine Lease Labor Conditions Suspended
A SUSPENSION of labor conditions for a period of six months on a section of the lease known as the Rupee Mine was granted by Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Mine Picnic Tomorrow
A large sports programme has been arranged for the North mine annual picnic at Penrose Park tomorrow. Two special picnic trains will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Govt. Subsidy for Silver Peak Mine
The manager of Silver Peak (Broken Hill) Limited reports as follows for the period since March 9, 1939:— Development.—156ft. level: No.[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Casualties at North Mine Picnic
More than 30 cases were treated by members of the St.John Ambulance Association who attended the North Mine picnic yesterday. Three of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Employed on Mines Reduction At Proprietary
THE aggregate number of men employed along the line of lode at the end of March compared with the end of the previous month showed a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inter-mine Tennis
Results of last Saturday's play in the Inter-Mine Tennis Association were:—Zinc 2 d. North 3, Zinc 1 d. British, Souths d. Centrals, North 1…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Strike in U.s.a
NEW " YORK, April,4.— Almost three-quarters of the vast soft coal industry of the United States is idle because owners and workers cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →McCarten's View Of Gold Rod SYDNEY
Maurice McCarten, Gold Rod's rider in the Doncaster Handicap, takes a different view to most people in regard to Gold Rod's ability on a wet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Doncaster To Gold Rod Defaulter In Fight With Allunga Reading Defeats High Caste Sydney
WELL placed all the way and racing to the front a furlong from home, Gold Rod won his second rich handicap at Randwick when he won the Doncaster Handicap today. Gold Rod was the first choice of backers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New North Mine Mill Opened Today
THE North mine mill was opened this afternoon when two employees who have had 35 years' service with the company pressed buttons to set portions of the mill in operation. There was no official function in connection with the opening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Production at South Mine
Production figures of the South mine for the four weeks ended April 8 are given below, the figures for the corresponding period of last year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Miners Start Recruiting
CAPETOWN, April 12.— The Rand underground workers are forming units to start training civilians for military service so as to be ready for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Txtraction of Oil From Coal
SYDNEY.— A resolution that the Commonwealth and State Governments be urged to take ateps for the immediate extraction of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inter-mine Tennis
The draw and allotments of courts for the Inter-Mine Tennis Association this week-end are:— Centrals v. Zinc 2, Central mine court; British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Zinc Corporation Mine Picnic
An intermine tug of war will be a feature of the Zinc Corporation employees' picnic to be held at Penrose Park on Sunday, April 30. A comprehensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Carrying of Liquor for Sale Young Man in Court North Mine Picnic Echo
ALLEGATIONS that a young man had carried 190 bottles of beer on a lorry for the purpose of selling at the North mine picnic on April 2 were made by the police in the Police Court-today before Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Took Liquor To Silverton Young Man Fined £20; £3/12/- COSTS Sequel To Annual Picnic Of North Mine
BELIEVING that William Phillip Killeen (24) took advantage of the fact that there would be no beer at Penrose Park for the North mine picnic on April 2, and that he took down his own cargo to sell, Mr. A. B…
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