Heffron Party Conference At Newcastle Oil From Coal Newcastle
At the sectional conference of the Heffron Labour Party, a motion favouring the establishment of an oil from coal industry on a…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
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Found Gold Coffin with King's "Mummy" Believed to Be One of Solomon's Fathers-in-law. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) CAIRO
Professor Montet, of Strasbourg, has discovered near Tanis, in the Delta Province, the first gold coffin since Tutankhamen's. It contains a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fall of Coal at Central Two Miners Injured: One Seriously
Thomas Robson, of Mayfield-street, Mayfield West, a miner, was caught by a fall of coal at Aberdare Central this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Federation and R. W. Miller
Officials of Rothbury Miners' Lodge stated yesterday that they had been advised by members of the Northern Miners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ayrfield Mine Conditions of Working Safety Commission
"My contention for some years lias been that the manager has been experimenting and compelling the men to work," said Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Long Dispute Settled Small Mines at Wallsend
The dispute which kept the group of small mines in the Wallsend estate of R. W. Miler & Co. Ltd. idle, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Gold
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for gold lodged the Melbourne and Perth Mints for the week ended March 17…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Judge On Boys In Mines
The employment of. trapper boys in mines—lying on a bunk and opening a door by pulling a rope—was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall of Coal Miner Badly Injured WOLLONGONG
When a fall of coal occurred at the Excelsior coal mine, a miner, T. Richards, was buried and seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Judge Suggests Uniform Conditions in Coal Industry Sydney
In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day Judge Drake Brockman continued the hearing of the Miners Log of claims, and stated that there were different minimum rates in the North, South, and West districts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Misled Only Two Attend Conference Oil From Coal
The much-published conference, which was to have been held at Newcastle on Saturday afternoon last to discuss the oil from coal proposal,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Change of Front Shipping Coal At Hexham Newcastle Mayor
The decision of the Greater Newcastle Council to protest to the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner)…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Stone Dusting Preventing Explosions Mines Inquiry (Continued from Page 4.)
When the Health and Safety Commission in Coal Mines resumed this afternoon, Mr. Connell said that one of yesterday's witnesses had remarked, when referring to stone dust, "John Marcus Eaddeley has much to answer for now." Mr. Connell said that, in 1927, when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Says Stone Dust Is Injurious Witness at Mining Royal Commission
"I have very often heard it said that coal dust is beneficial to the lungs, which I certainly do not agree with, and they are not going to tell me that limestone dust is not injurious to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oil From Coal
At the conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, to be held hi Sydney on April 13, Mr. Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kurri Gold Club Annual-General Meeting
Kurri Kurri Golf Club held its annual general meeting in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall on Tuesday night last, when Dr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minimum Daily Wage in Mines Arbitration Court Argument SYDNEY
A guarantee that the minimum daily wage would increase the cost of production 30 per cent, was made in a statement to-day by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horses in Mines Commission Inquires Into Working Conditions Use of Safety Hats
Keen interest was taken by Mr. Justice Davidson at to-day's sitting in West Maitland of the Mines Health and Safety Commission in the long hours worked by pit horses without food or water. His Honor expressed the opinion that the period…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Rod Selected Ran Well Last Saturday King's Head and Micawber Good Place Bets
The Railway Handicap, to be run over seven furlongs, at Rosehill to-morrow, should prove a good test for quite a number of well fancied Doncaster candidates which are engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Missing £4000 Worth Disappears MELBOURNE
Gold to the value of £4000, which had been sent to Melbourne from Bendigo by registered mail, disappeared mysteriously from the custody of…
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