Missed gold strike but started mill
In 1855 as the good ship Blanche Moor slipped her moorings at Liverpool (England) the late John Burrows set out to seek his fortune in Australia. ONE HUNDRED days and more…
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“Gold Has Been Found at Black Range” This Was 100 Years Ago
THE people of At bury seethed with excitement as this news was flashed around the then sparsely settled town ever 100 years ago. For the next 50 years or so gold miners, at first in large numbers, but eventually in only small groups, tried to win their fortunes from the precious yellow metal for…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →27 miners may be dead
LEIGE, Sun.: Rescue work continued all night at a coalmine near Liege, where 11 men are still missing following…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Put Over Fence, Jockey Says Accusation rejected by stewards : sequel to fall in Tattersall’s Gold Cup
SYDNEY, Mon.: Stewards of the A.J.C. today decided to take no action on the accusations made by Jockey Ted Doon, who fell from Earldom in the City Tattersall’s Gold Cup at Randwick on October 17. The stewards found that charges made at the inquiry by Doon were…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →“Demand for coal will drop”
SYDNEY, Tues.: It was an inescapable fact that there would be a big drop in the demand for coal in the next two years, a witness told…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wage adjustment rates deleted from coal mining awards
SYDNEY, Wed. : Deletion of basic wage adjustment rates from all awards in the coal mining industry was ordered today by the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →“Granting of miners’ wage, hours claim would cost industry extra £7m. yearly”
SYDNEY, Mon.: Granting of miners’ claims for a 35 hour week and a £2 weekly rise would cost Australian industry nearly £7 million a year, Joint Coal Board secretary Neville Frank Stuart said today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trida C.w.a. Blue and Gold Ball
A successful ball was held at Trida by the local branch of the C.W.A. on October 24th, and despite the threatening weather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Use of Oaklands Coal
Mr. J. A. Lawson, M.L.A., recently made representations to the N.S.W. Government on behalf of Coreen Shire Council on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners bar Right Winger
SYDNEY, Tues.: The Central Council of the Miners’ Federation, meeting In Sydney this week, refused to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →‘I Turned Gold Prospector’
Last weekend I turned gold prospector for a couple of hours and I didn’t return home empty handed, either, No, for my…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soviet seeing its gold
LONDON, Mon.: Continental and London gold dealers report that in recent weeks between £2,500,000 sterling and £3,750,000…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →“Too Much Coal Won”
BRISBANE, Tues.: There were sighs in some Queensland coal producing areas that production was reaching “saturation point,”…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →“Machines cause more mine accidents”
BRISBANE, Thurs.: A witness told the Coal Industry Tribunal today that mechanisation of collieries had increased accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Price of Gold Falls
LONDON, Thurs.: The price of gold on the European free markets yesterday fell to the lowest level for 14 years—35…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lost of Bendigo gold mines close down
BENDIGO.: Bendigo’s two remaining mines ceased operating today, the first break in gold production on this field since the discovery of gold in 1851. Directors of North and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hearing of miners’ claim to be resumed
SYDNEY, Wed.: The hearing of the Miners’ Federation’s claim for a new award for the coal industry will be resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Labor man may lead miners
SYDNEY, Sun.: ALP sources tonight predicted that Mr. G. Neilly would win the ballot for the general secretaryship of the Miners’…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Jurors Were Locked Up with Gold
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Four jurymen were locked In a room at the Supreme Court today with gold worth £2017…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners on holidays : plenty of cool
SYDNEY, Fri.: Miners in N.S.W. will start their annual leave at the end of next week with record coal stocks at grass,…
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