The Coal Industry
A Royal Commission has been appointed to inquire into the conditions surrounding the coal industry. The inquiry will be an exhaustive one, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1929
159 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 8
State Politics. the Coal Industry
A Royal Commission has been appointed to inquire into the conditions surrounding the coal industry. The inquiry will be an exhaustive one,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Living on the Dole. Minister for Mines at Cessnock. Sydney
The Minister for Mines was informed while at Cessnock yesterday that one man was collecting £21 a fortnight of unearned income as a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The World's Gold. Where Is It All?
The man who has not set eyes on a gold coin for many a long year, finds it difficult to believe that to-day there is no less than 1800…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →My Book of the Week. "The Singing Gold."
"The Singing Gold" is a delightful Australian romance. Indeed, it is much more--it is an entertaining and instructive record of our Australian fauna…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Federal Politics. the Coal Position. Parliament House, CANBERRA, 2051929
To a section of the community the endeavors of Mr. Bruce and Mr. Bavin to adjust the differences between the mine workers and mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion of Gelignite in Mine. Capetown, 30529
A European and three natives were killed and two seriously gashed by the explosion of a case of gelignite underground at Nourse Mines, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →World's Largest Gold Mine
The largest, richest, and most up-to-date gold mine in the world is the Hollinger, at Timmins, in the Canadian province of Ontario. Last year it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Coal. More Cargoes Coming
In addition to the eight cargoes of coal reported recently, further tonnage has been taken for coal from England to Australia, states the city…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Latest Cables London, Thursday. Explosion in Mine
Capetown: A European and three natives were killed anil 20 seriously gassed by an explosion of a case of gelignite ?underground at the Nourse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overseas Coal for S.A.
As it proved impossible to obtain from New South Wales any assurance that there would, in the near future be a reduction in the price of coal, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conversion of Coal Into Petrol
Conversion of solid, lump coal into petrol, or similar liquid fuel, to run automobile and airplane engines, is a topic that has lent itself to much…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hidden Gold on Tuncurry Beach ?
Recent mining operations on the teach near Tuncurry have had a romantic flavour. A syndicate has been formed to locate treasure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blue and Gold Ball
OWING to wet weather the Blue and Gold Ball at Telegraph Point, in aid of the Queen competition, did not eventuate, and has been postponed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Commission. Sydney
The Coal Commission, which has been sitting at Newcastle for several days, adjourned this morning, and will meet in Sydney next Tuesday…
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The coal chute at East Perth power station having become blocked, an investigation resulted in the body of Harold Scott, aged 46, being found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Wages. £1715 IN 10 Days. Sydney
A miner of the Associated Northern Colliery, giving evidence in a court case, said he earned £1715 in ten days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Hoard— Old Woman's 20,000 Sovereigns
London, Wednesday. — Twenty thousand sovereigns were found in a house near St. Helier's (Jersey) which was occupied by Mrs. M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TELEGRAMS. Entombed in Mine. Rescue Effected. Sydney
Ten men were entombed in the Jumbunna mine, Gippsland (Vic.), yesterday afternoon as the result of a fall of earth. All were rescued after…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Money for Striking Miners
Sydney Trades and Labor Council, has decided that all money collected in Queensland, West Australia and New Zealand for the timber workers will be…
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