N.S.W. has 9000m. tons of coal left
SYDNEY, Wed. : Coal reserves in NSW were about 9000 million tons—sufficient for 750 years el the present…
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when train wrecked mines
PARIS Sun.: Nineteen people, including 10 soldiers, were killed when a French Union train was blown up by mines 25 miles north-west of Hue, indo-China, on Friday, a French Army spokesman reported yesterday…
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DARWIN, Thurs.: Private persons will have the right to mine uranium in the Northern Territory…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: Chairman of the joint Coal Board, Samuel Fogo Cochran, pleaded not guilty In Paddington court today…
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Mario Lanza’s father and mother recently were given the thrill of their lives when they joined their famous son in front of the cameras…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Central Council of the Miners’ federation decided today to call aggregate meetings if any attempt is made to introduce machines info pillars without stowage…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Strikes in sympathy with the John Darling miners caused a loss of 21,000 tons of coal from N.S.W. mines…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: A conference will be held in Sydney on Friday in an attempt to settle a dispute which threatens to stop the…
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At the Coreen Shire Council meeting last Monday Cr. Izon said they had received the consulting engineer's report and…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: A B.H.P. representative announced today that all employes of John Darling colliery, except those needed for essential maintenance, would receive dismissal notices…
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MELBOURNE, Tues,: There were certain hazards in the handling and processing of dried brown coal, Mr George Watt…
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MELBOURNE. Tues.: A gold bar. Worth £3500 was stolen by thieves from a safe in the office of the A1 Settlement Mine,…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher said today there had been “blatant perjury on one side or…
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One problem the Snowy Mountains Authority has not been able to solve, is what will happen if a gold seam is discovered when the…
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Representatives from Albury City Council and Corowa Municipal Council, as well as five other shire councils, will meet at Corowa this afternoon to hear a report on a proposal to utilise Oaklands coal for a power…
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The marriage was celebrated at the Presbyterian Church, Earlwood Sydney, of Joyce Drummond, eldest daughter of Mr. and…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: The joint coal Board regards ”suggestions or innuendoes” in allegations against the former N.S.W. Minister for Mines (Mr. Joshua Arthur) as ”irresponsible.”…
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There was an attendance of 26 at the conference convened by the Coreen Shire Council for the purpose of considering a report from Messrs. Gutteridge, Haskins and Davey, Consulting chartered engineers of Sydney on the proposed…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: The Cool Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today made a final appeal to the Miners’ Federation to order the men to return to work at the John Darling colliery. Mr. Gallagher said he thought it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Doyle Royal Commission Former mines manager to make “serious allegations” on
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Serious allegations were contained in a statement which a former general manager of the N.S.W. Mining Co., Mr. Norman Alwyn Wilson, would make to the Doyle Royal Commission, Mr. G, Wallace, Q.C., told the commission today…
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