Mine Accidents
C. G. Anderson sustained a dislocated second finger of the right hand at the Zi[?] Corporation yesterday. After treatment at a surgery and x-ray he was…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Coal Cargo Afire
Adelaide.—Fire in the coal cargo of the British freighter Wansford is under control, but still smouldering Chief Fire Officer J. J. Whyte…
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Reply of the mining companies, regarding rates of pay for instructors will be discussed at a meeting of W.I.U. tomorrow morning…
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Adelaide, June 10.—Mr. Essington Lewis, chief general manager, of the B.H.P., delivering his Joseph Fisher lecture at the University of Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Shortage Closes Some Vic. Industries
Melbourne.— Lack of black coal has caused the closure of some industries in Victoria., Gas rationing, which is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£100 Share In Mine Returns £100,000
Adelaide, June 10.—In 1942. Mr. Ken Mines, of Alice Springs, barr[?]ed £100 in a Tennant Croak hotel bur to buy a half share in a [?]known gold…
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The manager of New Broken Hill Consolidated (Mr. R. Pitman Hooper) returned from Kalgoorlie yesterday, where he attended the…
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L. Bertoill, North Mint, was treated at the Hospital for a foreign body in the right eye yesterday, then allowed to go home to 667 Blende street…
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Sir,—Commenting in your columns on the couple of claims that appeared in the propaganda sheet of the Communist party, the "Plod." and to which no…
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SYDNEY—Because the holiday week-end has interrupted coal production public utilities throughout the…
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Sydney, June 11.—The N.S.W. Railways ore in a critical position for coal supplies. The Transport Minister, Mr. O'Sullivan, said today that the…
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London, June 11.—If the cool miners fall to reach the production target Britain will have to reduce her export program and jeopardise some sources of…
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Adelaide.— Firemen poured thousands of gallons of water into No. 2 hold of the Wansfordvas its coal [?] being unloaded at Osborne today…
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North Mine Staff Club annual dinner was held at the North Hall on Saturday night. The loyal toast was proposed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Mine Staff Annual Dinner
A representative gathering of members of the North Mine Staff Club assembled at the North Mine Hall on Saturday evening for the club's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Zinc, South, N.b.h. Miners Go on Strike Today
Productive operations on Zinc Corporation, New Broken Hill Consolidated and South mines were stopped today because of a strike of members of the W.I.U…
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Melbourne, June 14.—There is a possibility that the Government will take over the Wansley Bray Coal Mine, near Winchelsea, about half way between…
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Ken Coles, of 228 Rockwell Street received attention at the Hospital yesterday for a seat in the eye received at the Zine Corporation…
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Brisbane.— The tug Warlock' is racing from Brisbane to rescue the coal hulk Mombah. which is adrift with live men aboard 150 miles from Noumea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Steel Output Record Britain's Coal Exports To Europe Have Increased Tenfold In Six Months
Britain's iron and steel workers are still breaking all records. Their output in May was at an annual rate of 15,220,000 tons—a figure well above…
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