Royal Commission on Health and Safety in Mines. Further Cross-examination of Mr. R. Fullagar. Continued from Last Issue
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 10
In our previous issue we published certain evidence given before the Royal Commission on Safety in Mines by Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Trade Newcastle Shipments
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 9
Shipments of coal from Newcastle this week totalled 42,415 tons, compared with 65,688 in the previous week. The greatest quantity went to Victoria,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold Discovery Prospector's Luck KALGOORLIE
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 2
Aided by Ms wife, a young gold prospector has uncovered a valuable gold find near Riverina, 30 miles north-west of Kalgoorlie, in wild country…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Coal Order City Council Wants 451,000 Tons SYDNEY
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 1
The Sydney County Council at Its meeting; on Tuesday next will probably accept tenders for 451,-000 tons of coal, costing £261,260…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Struck It Lucky" Gold Find Near Kalgoorlie
Singleton Argus · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 2
Assisted by his wife, a young prospector has made a valuable gold find near Riverina, 30 miles north-west of Kalgoorlie, in wild country…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reducing Dust in Mines "Deserves Public Approval" Says Judge
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 7
A machine designed to eliminate much of the dust nuisance in mines was referred to by Mr. Justice Davidson when to-day's sitting of the Royal Commission on Health and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Law of The Jungle," Declares Judge Exploiting of Public Hearing of Miners Claims Sydney, Monday
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 7
When the hearing of the miners' claims was continued in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. J. E. Cassidy, K.C., on behalf of the New South Wales coalowners, said…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Accident
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3
Struck by a fall of coal at Bloomfield South colliery yesterday, George Cockburn,36, of Aberdare-street, Kurri,kurri, was falcon to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Log Question of Wages Debated SYDNEY
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1
Continuing his argument in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, when the hearing of the miners' log of claims was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bad Ventilation Evidence at Coal Mines Commission
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 2
In the opinion of a witness who gave evidence at the sitting in West Maitland to-day of the Health and Safety in Coal Mines Commission, one colliery on the Maitland field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Returns Two Miners Fined KURRI
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 7
At the Kurri Court to-day two miners were fined for failing to furnish income tax returns. They were Albert Andrew Harvey…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Price of Coal County Council's Protest Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 5
Objections to the extent to which coal prices have been increased were made at a meeting of the County Council when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Production
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4
Australian sold production for January ami February was 237,058 fine ounces, valued at £1,739,884 sterling. Production for the period was 9033…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increased Coal Prices
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 1
The Sydney County Council's coal bill for the next 12 months will, amount to £471,013, including £201,753, freight charges. The increased price…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gaseous Mine Electric Machines Firer's View
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 6
"Electricity as a means of producing coal in a gaseous mine whore safety lamps are in existence should not be allowed,"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Wretched Business!" Mine Dispute in 1929 Judge Blames Both Sides
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 8
Describing the coal-mining dispute in 1929 as a "wretched business," Judge Drake-Brockman said in the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Oil From Coal Apathy of Federal and State Governments. Chamber of Commerce Criticism
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 5
The apathy of the Federal and State Governments towards the question of establishing works in Australia for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Laracy's Pot of Gold (All Rights Reserved.) CHAPTER 1 (Continued). a Bushranger Helps a Lady
The Scone Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 6
Laracy swam down desperately on his back towards a bed where the current swept outward against the further shore, and allowed the racing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →RACING Sidelights Gold Rod Selected for Doncaster Handicap. Places May Go to Hamurah and St. Constant. Bramol a Lightweight With Bright Prospects
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 7
The Easter carnival of racing starts off at Randwick on Saturday when the big attraction of the day will be the Doncaster Handicap, run over one mile. The race this year appears a very open event and, of course, every…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local and General Discovery of Gold Nugget
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 2
Excitement prevails in the Dorrigo district as the result of the discovery of a gold nugget in tho local Bo Bo mine. Tho weight la given as 92oz…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →