Food for Mine Disaster Victims
Sir.,—I wish to recall to your readers the dreadful disaster which took place at the Whitehaven Colliery, England several months ago,…
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61 Mines to Be Idle To-day
NEWCASTLE, Wed.: Sixty-one mines on the northern coalfields will be idle tomorrow because of a protest against the…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Two vital conferences will be held in Sydney tomorrow to try to end deputies and shot-firers’…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—Most NSW coal mines worked today — Six -hour Day after the serious three-day stoppage on northern coalfields…
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LONDON, Mon.: The South African Minister for Finance (Mr. Hofmeyer) and the Governor of the South African Reserves Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Search Tor Drifting Mine-sweepers
PEARL HARBOUR. Tues: Planes and surface craft are continuing their long search for four surplus mine-sweepers lashed together and with three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To the Editor Help for Miners’ Widows
Sir.—May I support the remarks of Mrs Gollan re assistance for widows and children of miners who lost their lives in the…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.: Federal Government had no Constitutional power to nationalise the coal mining industry, the Prime Minister…
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LONDON, Thurs.—Britain has cashed another £20,000,000 of her gold reserves in the United States according to the “Daily Mail”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven N.s.w. Mines Idle
SYDNEY. Mon.: Stoppages at seven NSW collieries today caused a total loss of more than 5000 tons of coal. Richmond Main was…
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SYDNEY, Fri.—Coal production in NSW for the 42 weeks beginning January this year showed an increase of 100,824 tons over the…
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LONDON, Mon—More than 6000 miners are idle as the result of surface miners staging lightning strikes. They are dissatisfied…
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SYDNEY. Mon.—Ten mines were idle today, nine in the north and one in the south because of strikes and other causes. Coal loss…
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LONDON. Mon.— Britain has sent another shipment of gold worth £10,000.000 sterling to the United States under heavy guard…
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SYDNEY, Tues.— Nearly all south coast mines will be thrown idle on Thursday tor the loss of about 10,000 tons of coal if a…
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LONDON, Thurs.; The National Coal Board announced today that the National Union of Mine Workers had formally presented a claim…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Air For Moonee Valley Gold Gup
Open Air, with only 1lb. more than when he ran third in the A.J.C. Metropolitan Handicap, has a winning chance in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup on Saturday, run over the same distance as the Metropolitan—13 furlongs…
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SINGAPORE, Sun.—Swift developments in the cracking of the racket of smuggling of Australian gold is expected following a visit…
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WARSAW. Sun.: A Government spokesman announced today that the Polish Government had presented identical Notes of protest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners’ Union Trying to Avert Strike
SYDNEY, Wed—The Miners’ Federation is negotiating with the State Government to avert a general coal strike in NSW from next…
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