“Stay-puts” May Cause State-wide Coal Strike
BRISBANE, Tues.: A State-wide coal strike is believed likely in support of stay-down strikers in the State mine at Collinsville. Today 130 miners in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining & the mines, 1952
253 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 13
“Stay-down” miners’ refusal
BRISBANE, Wed.: Collinsville stay-down, miners today rejected a proposal by the chairman of the Coal Reference Board (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine Labour Conditions Suspended
In the Hay Warden's Court on Wednesday, an application by Geoffrey Hamilton Slade and the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Lad or Boghasi for Autumn Hop
Gold Lad on his stablemate Boghasi may win the Autumn Handicap at Wangaratta tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Gold Charge Follows Raid on Liner
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Detectives made a surprise raid on the liner Strathmore just before she sailed for London tonight and detained…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stowage Plan Rejected by Miners
SYDNEY, Thursday: Central Council of the Misers’ Federation today rejected the State and Federal Governments’ offer…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Autumn’s Gold Offering
“They are beautiful in their colorings, and add a charm to the general scenery, but they do make a mess,” said 14-year-old Louise Ruwolt. She was “cleaning up” some of the fallen leaves on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flat wrecked in search for gold
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Police believe intruders, who today wrecked a Bondi flat, were searching for hidden gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How High Sense Won Wagga Gold Cup
High Sense, pushed out by T. Mullane, beats Shining Ray by half a neck in the Wagga Gold Cup. Capias is a neck away third, and Richarm fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Strike paralyses 33 coal mines
SYDNEY, Wed.: A strike Lithgow power house today threw 33 western mines idle and caused coal loss of 13,860 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Move to End Miners’ Strike
LITHGOW, Fri.: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr Gallagher) today called a compulsory conference for 10.30 a.m. tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Coal reserves at high point
SYDNEY, Fri.: Coal reserves in NSW are at their highest point since the war. More than 800,000 tons are lying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners will fight new Arbitration Act
SYDNEY, Fri.: Central executive of the Miners’ Federation today took steps to oppose amendments to the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stole gold valued at £49,000
MONTREAL, Fri.: Using a blow torch to open a vault, thieves yesterday stole four gold bricks valued at 110,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold miners to strike
MELBOURNE, Man.: Gold miners at the Northern Star gold mine, Woods Point, have called a strike as from next…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Amazing coal position revealed
CANBERRA, Thurs.: Ships going to the Orient were bunkering with Australian coal imported from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Lad to atone at Wangaratta to-morrow
Gold Lad, who went down to the rank outsider Spring Creek at Albury last week, should win the six furlong May Handicap at Wangaratta tomorrow. His trainer, Hal Hoysted,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Three miners meet terrible death
IRON RIVER (Michigan), Mon.: Three iron miners were killed yesterday in a boiling mass of sulphurous gas and dust in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Rolling strikes” in N.S.W. mines
SYDNEY, Tues.: Northern NSW miners are holding a series of “rolling strikes” in protest against the Federal Government’s…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →We are importing and also exporting coal!
CANBERRA, Tues.: Coal imports, although subject to licensing, have not yet been restricted, but the position of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →