Nearly 16 Tons of Gold
The sum of £2,000,000 has been provided for the use of the Metropolitan Water Board in Sydney, for its work this year but one member, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining & the mines, 1926
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Deepest Gold Mine
Australia is said to possess the deepest gold mine in the world. It is situated at Bendigo. Victoria, and is known as the New Chum Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →2000 Miners Idle
Owing to the imposition of a "darg," two of the largest collieries in Australia, Pelaw Main and Richmond Main, employing approximately…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Alleged Mining Fraud. Bank Loses £20,000
William G. Sutherland, a well-known figure in West Australian mining circles, was arrested at Northampton on Saturday, charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Goldfield's Murder
The Court of Criminal Appeal, Perth, continued the hearing of the appeal against the conviction of William Coulter and Phillip John…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →That "Aussie" of Mine
Sons of Australia are bronzed and erect, Wonder of Nature's design, A "branch from the forbears…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Explosion in Colliery. Many Men Entombed. Capo Town, October 9
A terrible gas explosion occurred at the Durban Navigation Company's colliery at Newcastle, Natal. The shaft was completely destroyed, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Sticks and Stones Miners Attack Police the British Coal Strike London
"We ought to have slaughtered, them. I am out to kill b—blacklegs. You are out to protect them." This statement is attributed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goldfields Murder
A special meeting of the Executive Council at Perth decided that the sentence of death imposed by Mr. Justice Draper on William Coulter and Phillip…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Goldfields Murder Set His Own Leg
There is widerp[?] opposition in Labor ranks against the execution of William Counter and Phillip Treffene who will be hanged on Monday next. David McWhirter 32 was riding a bicycle on Sydney Road on Monday night when [?] got out of control and crashed into a tree. McWhirter's leg…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Medalist, Mollie Gillespie
Mollie Gillespie won the first prize a gold medal, and certificate for the best two pages of commercial handwriting, including a letter of advice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Dispute. Union Conference Called. London, October 23
The executive of the Miners' Federation returned to London to attend a meeting of the general council of the Trade Union Congress at which…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →British Coal Strike. "World Wide Revolution" London
At a meeting of delegates from all parts of Soviet Russia, at Moscow, M. Bukharin said the best hopes for a World Wide revelution were based on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Evergreen Chaplin. Gold Rush Makes History
“The Gold Rush,” to be screened at the Royal Hall on Saturday and Tuesday next, deals with the stampede into the Klondike, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Guinea Goldfield. Prospectors' Heavy Expenses
Hopeful prospectors are still travelling to Alamoa, the point of departure for the Edi Creek goldfield, New Guinea. About 80 men are now on the…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Goldfields Murders
The Cabinet decided that the Crowa should enter a nolle prosequi in tho case of Evan Clarke, formerly licensee of the Cornwall Hotel, Boulder (W.A.),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Riverina Collieries
Keen disappointment has been expressed by shareholders of Riverina Collieries Ltd., Coorabin, at the announcement of the intention of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Idle
For some weeks past work has been intermittent at the Muswellbrook coal mines, owing to the lack of railway trucks at the Muswellbrook Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Goldfield Murder
The West Australian Minister for Justice (Mr. Troy) said that the Ministry would not pay to Evan Clarke the reward of £1,000 offered to…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Riverina Collieries to Be Sold
Keen disappointment has been expressed by shareholders or Riverina Collieries Ltd., Coorabin, at the announcement of the Intention of…
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