Gold Found in Peculiar Way
The discovery of gold at Bombala, in New South Wales, some years ago happened in a peculiar way. A sunday School picnic was held on Xmas…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
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Coal Production Record Week for Year
This week's output of coal will be at least 255,000 tons, a record week for the year. This was announced by the Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell)…
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SYDNEY Saturday— The Acting Premier and Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, revealed to-day that from the figures for the…
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CESSNOCK Monday.—Thomas Dreary, 48, of Alexander-st., Cessnock a shiftman fell while working at Aberdare Central…
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SYDNEY Monday.— Further claims that the recent dispute at Pelton colliery was not an industrial dispute but purely a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Breakdown at Colliery Aberdare Central Idle To-day
CESSNOCK Monday. — A breakdown in the Winding gear at Aberdare Central Colliery to-day resulted in the miners…
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SYDNEY Monday—Miners employed at Mount[?] colliery in the Southern district struck to-day. Three hundred men are…
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Miners employed at Mt. Keira colliery, in the southern district, struck work to-day. Three hundred men and a daily coal production of…
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The Acting Premier and Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, revealed that from the figures for the first six months of the year the coal output in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Adopt Australian Prisoner of War
A group of miners from the South Waratah Mine at Wallsend have adopted an Australian prisoner of war and have sent their first payment to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain's Tin Mines—second Richest in World
Tin mining is Britain's oldest metal industry and prior to the opening of the Malayan mines, Cornwall was the world's main source of tin. New Britain turns once more to Cornwall for supplies Of the metal, vital to her war industries. Here the tin-ore recovered in granite strata at deep levels of from 1,700 to 1,800 feet is blasted out of the solid rock. Picture shows tin ore in process of being crushed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Water Dispute at Colliery
SYDNEY Wednesday.—A discipline over the collection of “water money” led to a production stoppage to-day at Wallerawang colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miner’s Finger Injured
CESSNOCK Wednesday— Ralph- Shippen 26, a miner, of Darwill street Cessnock received extensive lacerations to the…
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SYDNEY Wednesday—The Common wealth Baok fixed the [?]of gold lodged at the [?] on Saturday and Monday at…
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SYDNEY Thursday—About 900 miners are on strike at two collieries on the Western and Southern fields to-day…
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KURRI Thursday.—A largely attended meeting of the Kurri Kurri District Miners’ Pensioners Association, held in the Soldiers’…
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LONDON Wednesday.—“There can be a second front only if supplies from the home front are satisfactory. British miners’…
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An assurance that the Federal Government would consider subsidising the Coal Miners Pensions Fund was given to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Muswellbrook Miners' Lodge
E'ection of officers for the ensuing quarter resulted: President, Mr. A. Peachey; deputy-president, Mr. J. Mc-Gregor; secretary, Mr. W. E. Jaeger;…
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The Northern District President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Scanlon") and the Vice-president (Mr. W…
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