26 Mines Back at Work SYDNEY
Following the Federal Government’s decision to take [?] which had been [?] on the northern coalfields [?] last [?]…
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23 Mines Idle Threatened Gas and Electricity Shortage
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Unless efforts being made in Sydney to secure the settlement of a dispute which has thrown 23 mines idle on the South…
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Rationing of gas services in Sydney would be necessary not only because of shortage of coal stocks, which had not been built up over a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All N.S.W. Mines Working Sydney, Thurs
For the first time in weeks all mines other than South Clifton, where an underground fall has thrown the pit idle, working in N.S.W. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →800,000 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY
This [?] recorded the highest coal loss (50,000 tons) for any single week this year. Total loss for the six months through stoppages is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Mines Off Alaskan Coast SEATTLE
Japanese attempts to cripple shipping were indicated today by official shipping warnings from the Pa[?] north-west and the Alaskan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Supplies Improve SYDNEY
During the week-end several thousand tons of coal were delivered at Bunnerong power-house, and stocks to-day totalled 10,500 tons, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Only Four Coal Mines Idle SYDNEY
It was useless to ask a housewife to urn the lights off to save coal consumption while Martin Place was lit up like a carnival night, said the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wants Mines Naturalised LONDON
Addressing the National Union of Mineworkers’ conference today, Mr Hugh Dalton said there was only one way out of the coal miners’…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aberdare Mine Miner Killed in Accident
SYDNEY, Friday: One of the largest coal mines in the State, Aberdare, is idle to-day, following the death of a miner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Mines and Banks Reopen LONDON
About 100,000 German miners are now working in 120 reopened mines in the Ruhr, says the Allied News Service in Germany. Three thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Discovery of German Gold LONDON
Americans have found gold valued at £7.000,000 and weighing 4½ tons under the burgomaster’s house at Badgastein. Router’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fall of Coal Kills Miner SYDNEY
A fall of coal from a roof at Aberdare colliery, Cessnock, today killed Richard Sneddon, aged 39, miner. Ernest Patrick suffered injuries to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday’s Loss of Coal SYDNEY
Loss of coal from idle mines today totalled 4250 tons. The Miners’ Federation is considering sending a representative to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →10 Killed When Yacht Hits Mine PARIS
Ten persons were killed, including the captain, when the yacht Inter[?]nongia, struck a drifting mine off Monaco…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →7230 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY
Eight collieries wore idle today for a loss of 7230 tons. Two of the mines affected were Burwood and Richmond Main, two of the largest producers in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sit-down Strike in Mine Ends SYDNEY
The stay-in strike at Stockrington No. 2 colliery on the northern NSW coalfields today lasted less than three hours. The miners entered the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clearing Up Mines After Balikpapan Landing
Clearing the landing beach of mines .Engineers operating mine detectors in the landing of the 7th Australian Division at Balikpapan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Miners Better Off Rabbiting” SYDNEY
Rabbiting had been a great standby for miners who had worked in the mines onl yeight days in the last three months, the secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Find Novel Use for Mine Locator
A mine and bomb disposal squad in southern Bougainville has found a new use for its super-sensitive mine locator. When there are no mines, bombs, booby…
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