Two Lives Believed Lost Fall of Debjris in Mine Groans Heard; Then Silence AUCKLAND
Joseph Hopkinson (60), mine deputy, and Robert Brownlee (56), shiftman, are believed to have lost their lives in a fall of…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
364 stories in New England's papers · page 17 of 19
Destroyer Sunk Struck German Mine Trawler Shelled by Submarine Total Losses to U Boats London
Britain has lost 4 ships, including a destroyer, in the last two days. The destoyer struck a mine and later broke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1800 Southern Miners Strike Greater Number Likely to Folllow Demand Meeting to Analyse New Award SYDNEY
Eighteen hundred miners on the South Coast struck work yesterday and are unlikely to resume this week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Price of Coal Substantial Rise Expected Due to New Awards SYDNEY
Coal prices are expected to rise substantially in New South Wales as a result of the increased working costs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increased Prices Forecast Motor Tyres and Tubes Tea Goes Up 3d lb. Coal 4/ to 5/ Ton All Consequent on Increased Costs CANBERRA
The Commonwealth Prices Commissioner, Professor Copland, has given authority for an increase of 7½- per cent. in the price of motor tyres and tubes as from to-day. The Minister for Customs. Mr. Lawson, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War at Sea Takes Heavy Toll of Life More Ships Sunk Victims of Mines British Losses in the North Sea LONDON
Several more British ships have been sunk in the North Sea by mines, and in almost every case with the loss of life. When the trawler Wigmore went down, sixteen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germany Admits Stringing Mines Across North Sea "Unfortunate For Neutrals"
The surprising admission that Germany has been responsible for the laying of mines indiscriminately in the English…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Price of Gas Not Likely to be Affected By High Coal Costs
The forecast rise in coal prices is not likely to affect the price of gas, it was learned in Armidale to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Britain's Reply to Mine Warfare Ruthless Brutality Decides Government Measures Exports of German Origin and Ownership Subject to Seizure Nazis Contravene All Provisions of Hague Convention LONDON
The Prime Minister (Mr. Neville Chamberlain), in a statement in the House of Commons regarding German minefields, declared that the Government would not allow such methods of war, which violated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Destroyer Strikes Mine
The British destroyer Gypsy struck a mine. Of the officers and crew of 145 40 are missing. The destroyer had just previously rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germany Demands Half of Catholic Church's Gold
A late cable is to the effect that Bishop von Preysing. of Berlin, says the German Finance Minister has ordered him to hand over as a gift…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Judgment Reserved Coal Unions' Application Interpretation of Phrase SYDNEY
Sir George Beeby, Chief Judge of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, reserved judgment to-day in an application on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Planes Dropping Mines by Parachute Discoyery By Fishermen Magnetic Type Dropped Into Thames Indiscriminate Policy Will Continue. Dutch Protest to Allies Causes Surprise. LONDON
It has been discovered that Germany has been laying mines by attaching them to parachutes and dropping them from seaplanes into the sea. The discovery was made by two fishermen who saw mines dropped into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drifting Mines Are Germans'main Weapon 'Blockade of Britain' Germany Claims Right Copenhagen
Proclaiming that Germany has a right to make mine warfare against Britain, Berlin newspapers announce that at a suitable moment drifting mines will be laid along all the principal routes to Britain. These…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Will Be Mastered. London
In a broadcast address to the Empire to-night the Prime Minister. Mr. Chamberlain, said that Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reward Offered Exploding German Mines LONDON
German mines have been laid right along the Swedish Coast and the Swedish Government, has protested about this action. It is stated that a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Search for Gold Failure in Central Australia
A recent expedition into Central Australia to investigate the gold mining possibilities of an area 300 miles south-west of Alice Springs had failed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →America's Fantastic Stocks of Gold
Finance in the United States is extraordinarily strong to withstand any shocks which the war may deal to it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Rich Gold Find" Lassetteer's Reef Alleged Discovery
The Minister for the Interior, Senator H. S. Foil, referring to a statement made by Mr. Moriey Cutlack that be had located…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Magnetic Mines "Will Not be Menace Much. Longer" LONDON
"You may be assured that the magnetic mines will not be a menace much longer," said a highly placed…
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