Gloucester's Coal Investigation Asked For By Oxley Regional Committee
The president of the Gloucester and District Chamber of Commerce, Mr. W. W. Hawdon, asked the Oxley Regional Committee, which met…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Gloucester's Coal Investigation Asked For By Oxley Regional Committee
The president of the Gloucester and District Chamber of Commerce, Mr. W. W. Hawdon, asked the Oxley Regional Committee, which met…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rich Scheelite Mine at Hillgrove
Hillgrove, 20 miles from Armidale, in its heydey one of Australia's richest gold-producing centres, is far from being an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Europe's Seas Almost Safe Again Nearly 200 Vessels Damaged, But Not a Single Life Lost in Great Mine Sweeping Operations
A vast mine sweeping operation, making European waters safe for the unrestricted movements of shipping, is now nearing completion…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mine Disaster London
One hundred and four miners were trapped and probably killed in a Cumberland colliery…
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Two big salvage projects, one involving an effort to raise about £350,000 worth of bullion in the ill-fated Niagara, which sank off the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rubbish in Coal Under Government Control
In a leading article Armidale "Express" is outspoken in saying: "Bushrangers Were Gentlemen--Comparatively!…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Vast Foodstuffs Increase Latest Cables and Telegrams The "Macleay Argus" is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. Needed for Britain British Coal Strike Harrasses Attlee
CANBERRA, Friday. A vast increase in Australian shipments of many major foodstuffs to the United…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S.A. Talks of Rationing Latest Cables and Telegrams The "Macleay Argus" is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. to Aid Europe Britain's Recovery Depends on Coal
WASHINGTON, Tuesday. "Voluntary rationing must be instituted in the United States if Europe is to have enough to eat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minesweeper Sunk by Mine Inside Barrier Reef
The Australian corvette Warra[?] bool struck a mine inside the Great Barrier Reef on Saturday afternoon and sank immediately. Two of her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal on North Coast Deposits to Be Investigated
The fullest investigation into the use of North Coast coal deposits wherever they exist will be supported by the Clarence River…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Threat of Coal Strike
Although the Combined Mining Unions' Council on Thursday recommended striking mine deputies to return to work immediately, another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waistcoats Were Lined With Gold
Lying in a watery grave under the towering cliffs of an island 200 miles south of New Zealand are the skeletons of some, goldminers from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kempsey Mines
Kempsey Mines report that the ore bodies show every sign of permanance and increasing in depth as the working staff drive the tunnel in. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gloucester's Coal. Geological Survey Would Serve Little Purpose, Says Mines Department
The Mines Department was of the opinion that a geological survey of the coal measures of the Gloucester and Ward's River Basin, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kempsey Mines Solid Block of Ore
Yesterday, this company reported that they were now very definitely sure of the soundness of their claim that the ore bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kempsey Mines
Further encouraging information has been gathered over the week-end that this company has at present no intention to sell its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain Ships Gold to U.S. Latest Cables and Telegrams The "Macleay Argus" is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. Meeting Dollar Needs Hollywood Probe Commo Activity London
It is officially announced that Britain yesterday purchased 120 million dollars from the international monetary fund, which is in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Costs Rising Sydney
The joint Coal Board estimates coal production costs in New South Wales for this year will be £2,500,000 more than last year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Chassis Imports Limit Latest Cables and Telegrams The "Macleay Argus" is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. Meeting Dollar Crisis Review of Dollar Imports Coal Up 5- Ton Canberra
A major development to-day in the dollar crisis were decisions by the Commonwealth Government to allot a maximum of £8 million for…
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