Hospital Help for French Miners
London, January 18.—Fourteen beds at the plastic surgery hospital in East Grinstead, Surrey, await the French miners badly burned in the Foreach…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Smuggling by Air From N.T. SUGGESTED Illegal Immigrants, Ammunition And Gold
Darwin, January 8.—A hunt for suspected air smugglers in Northern Australia has been intensified. Army units and R.A.A.F. as well as crews of R.A.N. ships are on the lookout for strange aircraft and any small ships that may be used…
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W. H. Robertson was treated at the Hospital yesterday for a fractured finger sustained at the Zinc. He was later taken home to 88 Thomas. Lane…
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The Check Inspector (Mr. W. O'Connell) visited the North Mine No. 2 Shaft yesterday and later reported. In company with Mr. A. Marriott…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Gold Output Lower
Gold output in Victoria last year was below the 1946 output and less than half the total won in 1940. Total production was 84,709 oz. valued…
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SYDNEY. No steps have yet been taken to cancel the stop-work meetings which have been colled on the Northern Coalfield…
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SYDNEY. — All coal mines on the northern field were idle today as the result of stop-work meetings being held by members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association…
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Ronald Collins, an employee of the Zinc Corporation, residing at 733 Silica Lane was treated of the Hospital yesterday for an injury to a big toe…
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There were 5,334 men employed on the line of lode on December 4, an increase of 53 on the November figures…
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SYDNEY. — Mine Host hot favorite for the Carrington Stakes, was beaten by five lengths by Lady Dorothy, a very moderate…
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Following correspondence from the M.M.A. a special meeting of the W.I.U. is to be held oh Saturday morning to deal with mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North B.H. Seeks Gold Lease
North Broken Hill Ltd. has applied for a 5,000-acre gold mining lease on the Maldon Held in Victoria. A geological examination of the area…
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MELBOURNE. — North Broken Hill Ltd has applied for a 5,000acre gold mining lease on the Maldon field in Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Gold Yield Up 54 Per Cent
Gold production of New South wales for 11 months of 1947 increased by 54 per cent, compared with 11, months of 1946…
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SYDNEY. — All but a few small mines, producing less than a tenth of a normal day's coal output are idle throughout N.S.W. today. The…
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B. Sowry. a platelayer at the South Mine was treated at the Hospital yesterday for injuries to the left shoulder. After treatment he was taken home to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortage in Adelaide
ADELAIDE. — Adelaide will be in the grip of more coal shortages soon it New South Vales coal strikes continue. There is now…
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A meeting of the Pensions Committee and the M.M.A. Pensions Committee will be held in the M.M.A. rooms at 2.30 p.m. today, regarding the Mines…
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LONDON, January 21. — Mr. D. C. P. Neave, managing director of Imperial Smelting Corporation,will leave for Australia on (February…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike Of Enginedrivers Probable Coal Industry Paralysis
Sydney, January 21.—A decision by the Northern Cool-field engine drivers and firemen today to strike is expected to lead to a general stoppage in all N.S.W. coalmines. Members of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association…
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