Violent Gale In Channel Seas Flinging Un Mines LONDON
Only the largest vessels were able to move across the English Channel today, which was swept by a heavy autumnal gale. Smaller…
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Gale Still Raging Mine .Explodes; Town Rocked LONDON
Numerous mines have been washed up by the gales that are now [?] over the British [?] and are [?] and one mine exploded on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mines Washed Ashore in Britain LONDON
A mine washed ashore at Dymchurch on the southeast coast; this morning exploded when the tide was [?] at midday. Another mine was washed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Endorsed by Miners Proposed Five Years’ Peace Plan SYDNEY,Sunday
Miners on most of the NSW coal-fields today decided at aggregate meetings that their federation’s plan for a five year agreement in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Mines Drifting Ashore LONDON
Coast towns and shipping crews are still keeping a sharp watch for mines, six of which were sighted off [?] Point yesterday evening. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Against Employes Being on Mine Board SYDNEY
It was “quite impossible” to have mine employes on the State Mine Control Board, said Mr Justice Davidson, chairman of the Coal Inquiry Board,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hoard of Gold and Platinum OSAKA
American troops today found in a big retail store here £1 million worth of gold, platinum and silver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortage Three Ships Cancelled MELBOURNE
The latest developments In regard to the coal situation were that three ships scheduled to load approximately 20.000 tons of coal for Victoria, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →State to Establish Mechanised Mines SYDNEY
The State Government planned to establish fully mechanised mines next year, where necessary, said the president of the Miners’ Federation (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Remain Coal Burners Locomotives on N.S.W. Railways SYDNEY
So far as NSW was concerned the Commissioner for Railways had advised that no action was being taken to convert coal burning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Search for Buried Gold Sea Captain’s Decision MELBOURNE
Captain Max Stanton, master of the [?]ander, now at Victoria Dock, intends on his retirement to go to Cocas Island to find hurled Spanish…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Loss of Coal SYDNEY
Today’s coal lo[?]—17,710 tons—is the highest for a fortnight, due to 17 mines being idle through strikes. Strikes at four mines continued, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suggests Grant For Mining Industry CANBERRA
A Government grant of £300,000 to rehabilitate the Australian mining industry, it is understood, is one of the recommendations forwarded to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steel Company Buys Colliery Sydney
Australian Iron and Steel Ltd.. a subsidiary of [?] is acquiring [?] colliery for the purpose of it [?] business. The colliery in being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship Strikes Mine in Swept Channel SINGAPORE
The newly-built 4000-ton merchantman River Crisp today hit a mine in a Singapore channel which had been swept three times, and through which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Will Work Overtime PERTH
[?] use of the coal shortage, th[?] Collie Miners’ Union has decided to permit its members at Stockton open rut to work two hours over [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway’s Difficulties in Shifting Coal SYDNEY
NSW railways were near to breaking point coping with demands for the transport of coal interstate, said the Coal Commissioner (Mr Mighell) today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Getting Sick of Mining” SYDNEY
Tremendous shortage of miners “because many men are sick of the mining industry and are leaving it,” was predicted by the general secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Britain Also Has Coal Trouble LONDON
Absenteeism cost Britain 14,000,000 tons of coal and official strikes 3,000,000 tons last year, stated the Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Miners’ Representative May Go to London MELBOURNE
The ACTU has informed the Commonwealth Government that Messrs H. Wells (president of the NSW Miners’ Federation), and I. Simpson…
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