Strikes cause big coal loss to the steel industry
SYDNEY, Mon.: Stoppages at four BHP Pits in recent weeks have cost the steel industry 10,000 tons of high-grade industrial coal…
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Gold Mine Robbed
TIMMINS (Ontario), Tues.: Four hooded men yesterday robbed the Delnite gold mine of about 300 lb. of gold precipitates…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Four large mines, including the BHP owned Burwood, Australia's largest producer, were idle today for a loss…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Recent decisions of the Cool, Industry Tribunal, Mr Gallagher, were “highly provocative” and “unjust,” the central executive of the Miners Federation declared…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: Meetings of all NSW northern district miners have been called for next Wednesday to discuss the…
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NEW YORK, Sun.: A United Mine Workers’ Union official reported to police that his motor ear was raked by…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Communists were insignificant in the coal mining industry in the United States where the people placed their own…
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The Ballarat Miners’ Cup, to be decided today, has attracted one of the best fields seen at Ballarat for a long time…
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CANBERRA, Tues.: Australia bad net yet made a decision to alter its gold policy to allow gold to be sold externally at premium…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Fifty-three mines in northern NSW field were idle today for a production loss of 27,000 tons of coal. No official direction was given for the…
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CANBERRA, Wed.: Today’s stoppage by miners on northern NSW coalfields cost them between £5 and £7 each, Labor…
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MORGANTOWN (W. Virginia), Tues.: Nine men—and possibly another—were killed in a coalmine explosion yesterday a few minutes…
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SYDNEY, Wed.:- An excise duty of 5/- a ton on cool was urged by the general president of the Miners’ Federation, Mr…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: With little over two months to go, NSW miners are expected to set a new coal production record…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Coal authorities are worried by the heavy coal lasses caused by strikes on the northern coalfields…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: There was a bigger improvement in gas coal production today. Five of six striking pits…
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NEW YORK, Thurs: Twelve miners were killed In an explosion today in a coal mine at Kayford, West Virginia…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: The State Government had not concurred in the appointment of Professor H. D. Phillips as third member…
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CANBERRA, Wed.: Continuous supply of imported coal to Australia would be provided as a result of Commonwealth…
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The president, Cr. A. C. Bradford, and the clerk, Mr. S. N. Drew, of the Conargo Shire Council, were yesterday…
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