Exemption from Army Service No Miners Over 25
In the exemptions for war service, miners over 25 are not to be requested to offer their service The same applies to engineers and…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
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Smuggled in Glass Eye. South African Mine Secret
How diamonds were smuggled out of a South African mine was revealed this month by a London glass-eye maker, Mr Godfrey Taylor. Not long…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Commission Report Legislation to Be Prepared
At a meeting on Wednesday the State Cabinet considered reports by the Minister for Mines and Forests (Mr. R. S. Vincent) and the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Favorite Beau Vite Should Win Wilson and Gold Salute May Collect Place Money
With only, six acceptors for the A.J.C. Derby, to be run off to-morrow, the New Zealand colt, Beau Vite, will start at a very short price…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall of Stone in Mine Wollongong
A fall of stone in the air shaft at the Helensburgh Colliery damaged a cage so severely that the men could not be brought to the surface in it…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Beer Boycott Lithgow Miners Survive Test LITHGOW
Although hundreds of workers crowded the main streets, only 64 men were in the town's eight hotels between 5.30 and 6 p.m. despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gold Necklet More Than 3000 Years Old
A magnificent gold neck ornament more than 3000 years old was lent by the Duke of Westminster to the British Museum for inclusion in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutch Mine-sweeper Strikes Mine. the Hague
The Duptch mine-sweeper, Jan Van Gelder, struck a mine near Terschelling, and five persons were killed. The vessel reached port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bogus Gold Collector
A report has been received by the metropolitan police that a man has been calling on householders representing himself as an officer of a Government department, and telling them that all gold and jewellery is to be called in. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Mines Idle On The Cessnock Field CESSNOCK
Three collieries are idle on the Cessnock field to-day. Aberdare is idle over a seniority right dispute. A dispute concerning the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Collieries idle
Four collieries were idle to-day. Stanford Main was idle owing to trouble with the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Leaders Unavailable
Aberdare Extended Miners' Lodge last week invited the General President (Mr. C. Nel-son) and the General Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sixty Miners Killed. Mexico City
Sixty miners were killed in a gas explosion at Falau…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →69 Miners Killed Mexico City (U.s.a.) Oct. 2
Sixty-nine miners were killed in a gas explosion at Palau…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Thespian and Gold Salute Best Bets for Third Day at Randwick
The third day of the Rand-wick racing carnival takes place to-morrow, with a very interesting programme of six events…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turf Mr. A. E. Cooper Buys Gold Salute. Price Said to Be £10,000
Mr. Alan E. Cooper purchased the New Zealand colt Gold Salute at Rand-wick on Saturday, and the colt ran in his colors in the A.J.C. Derby…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Accidents At Cessnock Collieries CESSNOCK
There were two mine accidents en the Cessnock field to-day. When he was struck on the head by a plank which fell from a scaffold…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Millfield Mine Decision to Resume Work CESSNOCK
The men at Millfield Colliery, which has been idle since the beginning of last week, have decided to resume work. The lodge officials will meet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring on Coal Gas Engine Which Does Away with Petrol
British members of Parliament are shortly to be shown new types of motor engines driven by high-compression coal gas, which it is claimed, operate as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Millfield Colliery to Resume
Millfield Colliery, which had been idle for a week over the proposal to work the coal-cutting machine on the afternoon shift, will resume work…
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