The Coal Strike
The coal strike, which was announced settled a week ago, cost the New South Wales Government, according to the State Treasurer, Mr…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
184 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 10
Mine Sweeping in South African Waters
SHIPS OPENING OUT IN TABLE BAY TO TAKE UP POSITIONS FOR MINE SWEEPING. THEY ARE IN PEACE-TIME ENGAGED IN FISHING…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain's Biggest Colliery
By mid-summer four hundred tons of coal an hour will be coming up from a new colliery about to be opened at Comrie in Fifeshire, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Your Service and Mine
An appeal has gone forth to all local authorities and patriotic bodies to assist the Government in accelerating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News. Armada of Little Ships. Epic Rescue Feats at Dunkirk. Bombs, Shells, Mines Defied. London, June 2
Describing the scene in the English Channel as the evacuation of British and French troops from Du[?]k went on, a naval eyewitness said that it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Finding Gold in Soot and Gems in Dust
Gold dust worth £24, and fragments or rubies, diamonds, sapphires, and pearls worth almost as much, were recovered from the sweepings of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junior Citizens of the Macleay. a Regular Tuesday Feature Page Devoted to the School Activities of the District and Interests of Its Children. Finding Gold in Soot and Gems in Dust
Gold dust worth £24, and fragments of rubies, diamonds, sapphires, and pearls worth almost as much, were recovered from the sweepings of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →How Britain Dealt with Mag [?] Mine
The full story of how the British Navy, with the resistance of civilian scientists, met and mastered the menace of the magnetic mine, may…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The End of a Mine
Steel-helmeted members of a British mine-sweeper crew line the rails and sink with rifle fire the mine their sweeping has brought to the surface…
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The Canadian-Australasian liner Niagara (13,451 tons ) struck a mine and sank 'somewhere off Auckland" early this morning". All the…
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Tho Canadian-Australasian liner Niagara (13,451 tons), struck a mine and sank "somewhere off Auckland," early on Wednesday morning. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Sinks Niagara. Struck Off N.Z Coast. No Lives Lost. Auckland
The Canadian-Australazian liner Niagara (13.451 tons) struck a mine and sank "somewhere off Auckland" early this morning. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Anxiety Fate of French Fleet Nazis Mineral Gains Iron, Coal, Aluminium
In spite of the substantial gains Germany has achieved the problem of her oil shortage remains unsolved. She still possesses a yearly deficiency of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kempsey Mines, N.l
At a conference of members of the above held at Griffin's Cafe last Wednesday night it was decided to extend efforts to the utmost to reach…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Warden's Court Taree, Monday, 1st JULY
Before Mr. R. Solling, Warden. James Hector McLaughlin applied for authority to enter portions 150 and 55, parish Comboyne, owned by C. J. Barlin…
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STEEL-HELMETED MEMBERS OF A BRITISH MINIS SWEEPER CREW LINE THE RAILS AND SINK WITH RIFLE FIRE THE MINE THEIR SWEEPING HAS BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rewards for Floating Mines
The Federal Government will pay rewards for the detection of floating mines in Australian waters. Regulations gazetted prescribe the rates. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Michael Redgrave Below Ground. Three Hours in Cumberland Mine
Michael Redgrave paid a visit to a coal mine in West Cumberland, near Workington, England, to absorb atmosphere for his role in A. J. Cronin's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dissatisfaction at Mining Award. Melbourne
The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. W. Orr, commenting on the coal miners award given by Judge Beeby, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Veritable Gold Mine
Many sobersided men in this Macleay River district, which by the way is the graveyard of more than one cooperative shipping effort, will smile…
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