Britain’s 400 Closed Coal Pits May Be Opened Up by World Demand
One half of the miners of Great Britain who were unemployed at the outbreak of war are now at work as a result of the Government drive to…
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Coal Miners May Make Munitions Melbourne
Workshops at the State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi. may be used for the production of munitions after normal working hours. The mine has all the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coursing Flying Whip and Gold Mountain Chosen for Cup Finals at Wodonga
Recent form at Wodonga is my guide in selecting Young Aeronaut in the first race as the best bet at the Wodonga coursing fixture…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →400 Closed Coal Pits May De Opend Up by World Demand
One half of the miners of Great Britain who were unemployed at the outbreak of war, are new at work as a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Football Deniliquin (11-11) Defeat Moonacullah (6-9) And Win Peter Dawson Gold Cup
Producing a splendid burst of fast and clever football in the third quarter, when it appeared that the visitors had the upper hand, Deniliquin put on 31 points to one for the quarter and finished up defeating Moonacullah Mission Station by 11 goals 11…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enemies of Mines and U-boats
Left: Out in the North sea—Minesweeping with the trawlers. The look-out on duty beside the 12-pounder, while in the background a destroyer (left) and a light cruiser (centre) pass one of the trawlers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Italians Not Allowed to Go Down Mines Broken Hill
Approximately 200 Italians who are employed at local mines were not permitted to go underground to-day. The action was taken by the management,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Italian Miners to Be Dismissed Melbourne
Miners refused to go below with Italian employes at the Deborah [?]old mine, Bendigo. this afternoon, when the afternoon shift assembled. On an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain's 400 Closed Coal Pits May Be Opened Up by World Demand
One half of the miners of Great Britain who were unemployed at the outbreak of war are now at work as a result of the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Biggest Colliery To Send Up 400 Tons of Coal an Hour
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 meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Winner of the Albury Gold Cup
Harold James, of Melbourne, in his Hudson Terraplane at the pits after winning the Albury and Interstate Gold Cup on the Wirlinga Circuit yesterday. Prize for the race winner was a trophy and £75…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →H. James Wins Gold Cup Albury Motor Races Yesterday Thrills on Wirlinga Circuit Alf Barrett’s Lap Record Jack Phillips in Third Place
Harold James, of Melbourne, yesterday won the Albury and Interstate Gold Cup sMotor Race of 75 miles, when the Riverina Sporting Car Club held its annual race meeting on the Wirlinga Circuit…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wood Fuel Saved Coal Supplies
During the coal strike the substitution of wood for coal as fuel for rail engines meant a big saving in coal supplies for the Victorian Railways. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Did Raider Lay Mines ? CANBERRA
An assurance that the navy was doing everything in its power to maintain the security of Australian waters was given to-night by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canadian-pacific Liner Sunk The Niagara Strikes a Mine
The Canadian liner, Niagara (13,415 tons), the most travelled ship in the world, sank off Auckland, on Wednesday morning, after an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mines in N.z. Waters 13,451-Ton Liner Sinks Off Auckland
After a violent explosion in No. 2 hold the Canadian-Australasian, liner, Niagara, of 13,451 tons, sank in the Pacific off Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →America Mines Panama Canal “Real Trouble” Expected New York, June 20
The Panama correspondent of the New York “Daily News” says that the United States has mined both entrances to the Pannama Canal and has rushed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japanese Action in Hong Kong British Mine Bridges Hong KONG--June 27
A Chinese report states that Japanese forces have occupied Mire Bay, thus encircling Hong Kong. The British have mined a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain's Indomitable Trawlers Still Fish Despite Mines and U-boats
While thousands of British fishermen and their boats are now fishing for deadlier catches than cod or mackerel—the mines sown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cat Survives Mining of Niagara Wellington (N.z.)
Wreckage from the liner Niagara which was mined off Auckland recently continues to be swept ashore, still clinging to a piece of wreckage…
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