Steamer afire after hitting mine
THE HAGUE, Tues.: Fire which raged aboard the Norwrgian steamer Folga after she had struck a mine in the North Sea…
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Seven Miners Killed by Poison Gas
TOWNSVILLE, Wed.: Seven miners were killed when they were engulfed by an inrush of poison gas at the Collinsville…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Little town mourns after mine tragedy
BRISBANE, Thurs.: A mass funeral was conducted today for the seven men who died in the Collinsville mine disaster yesterday. All shops and offices were closed and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man’s 64 hours in mine shaft
PERTH, Thurs.: Two âone-in-a-hundredâ chances combined to save the life of a veteran prospector rescued early today after…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Weekly Turf Feature Sunish for M. Valley Gold Cup
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Sunish, winner of the Coongy Handicap at Caulfield, and proved stayer, may win the rich Moonee Valley Gold Cup at Moonee Valley on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria Assured of Coal
MELBOURNE, Wed. : Victoria is now expected to have sufficient coal stocks to cover the minersâ holiday period. The Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Stop Work
BRISBANE. Mon. Two hundred and thirty five men employed at Collinsville State Mine stopped work today to press their demand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →17,000 Miners to Vote
SYDNEY, Mon.: Miners in four States will hold secret ballots at pit-tops on Wednesday to elect Federal and district officers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Subsidy on Gold
CANBERRA, Thurs.: Legislation providing for a Commonwealth subsidy on gold varying up to a maximum of £2 an once…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne fears coal “black-out”
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: With Melbourneâs waterfront idle for the third successive day today, fears mounted that the city…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners support wharfies
SYDNEY, Mon.: The Central Council of the Minersâ Federation today pledged full support to the Waterside Workersâ…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal leader to visit U.S
SYDNEY, Wed.: The secretary of the NSW Combined Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr Robert W. Davie) predicted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Association Head Tells Albury Convention : More gas to come from oil and brown coal
Fundamental changes had been taking place in the gas industry in Australia and by 1955 8½ million cubic feet of a gas a day would be produced from oil and 15 million cubic feet from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →‘Coal mines must be mechanised’
SYDNEY, Tues.: The Australian coal industry would have to press ahead with mechanisation plans to be able to hold its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Official opening of Albury convention Minister stresses the need for gas and coal industries’ co-operation
An appeal for continued co-operation between the gas making and coal mining industries in Australia was made yesterday by the National Development Minister (Sen. Spooner) in opening the Australian Gas Instituteâs annual convention in Albury…
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BRISBANE, Thurs. : The Queensland Governmentâs decision to hold a Royal Commissioner into the Collinsville mine…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Two miners killed by gas; another crushed to death
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Three miners died and three others were injured in South Coast mine disasters today. Two miners were suffocated by carbon-dioxide gas while they were working on the coal face in Helensburgh colliery. At Bulli, one miner was crushed to death and three other men injuredâone seriouslyâwhen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Left-Winger to lead miners
SYDNEY, Fri.: Mr. Bill Parkinson. a Left-Winder, has been elected general president of the Minersâ Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soviet to Return Gold to Persia
LONDON, Fri.: An agreement between Russia and Persia ending a dispute over land and gold was signed in Teheran…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Miners seek margins increase of £2/12/- week
SYDNEY, Mon.: The Joint Coal Board would not oppose any marginal increases for mineworkers based on economic grounds, Mr. W. Winning told the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr…
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