MOLYBDENITE Backyard Mining Warden's Court Application
A vein of molybdenite uncovered in the backyard of a house at Red Range led to an application in the Warden's Court yesterday…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
496 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 25
Coal Mines Idle 20,000 Miners Affected Conference Suggested SYDNEY
All mines in the North and West were idle to-day for the second one-day-weekly stoppage recently declared by the Combined Unions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Miners Dispute Proprietors' Attitude SYDNEY
Colliery proprietors said last night that although there wore matters in the colliery awards thai were distasteful to the proprietors, the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Tragedy Man Plunges 160ft. to Death KALGOORLIE
Plunging 160ft. on top of the runaway cage down the main shaft of the White Hope gold mine, Hampton Plains, Joseph Tighe (54), a miner,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LIEUTENANT A. WILSON Killed lit North Sea Commanded Mine Sweeper
Lieutenant Arthur s Wilson, R.N.R., second son of Dir. and Mrs S. C. Wilson, of London and formerly of Armidale, was killed on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Tragedy Cage Breaks Away KALGOORLIE
Plunging 163 feet on top of a runaway cage down the main shaff of the White Hope gold mine at Hampton Plains. Joseph Tighe, 54 miner, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Disputes 12,000 Men Affected by One Day Stop Pits Idle in North and West Sydney
All mines in the north and west were idle to-day for the second one-day-a-week stoppage decided on by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →COALFIELDS Strike Threat Miners' Support? Sydney
The opinion was expressed last night that if the proposal for a general coal strike is submitted to aggregate meetings of mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lieutenant A. Wilson Killed in North Sea Commanded Mine Sweeper
Lieutenant Arthur Wilson, R.N.R. second son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Wilson, of London and formerly of Armidale, was killed on February 11…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All Possible Support to Miners SYDNEY
Executives of all New South Wales trade unions, in conjunction with, delegates to the Labour Council at a combined meeting, pledged their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempted Murder Mine Manager's Escape Drove Over Detonator LAUNCESTON
Mr. E. L. Egan. manager of the Stoney Creek Tin Mine, near Avoca, yesterday twice drove his car over a detonator attached to eight plugs of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Trouble Stoppage Certain Forced Into General Strike SYDNEY
The combined mining unions are satisfied that a general stoppage could not be averted, said the general secretary of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bundles of Explosives Left Outside Garage Mine Manager Twice Drives Car Over Them LAUNCESTON
Mr. E. L. Egan, manager of Stoney's Oreek tin mine, near Avoca, yesterday, twice drove his car over a detonator attached to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floating Mine off Florida WASHINGTON
The Nayy has issued a warning [?] Florida…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CROQUET Challenge For Gold Brooches Fails
The gold brooches are still in the possession of Mesdames F. Nott and G Nott. At the Armidale croquet lawn on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Workers Could be Sustained For Two Months, if General Strike Time
The secretary of the Coal Miners Union (Mr. Orr) said last night that the immediate resources of the combined minings unions were sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sweden Short of Coal Gets Power From Snow Erecting Three New Plants By Air Mail.) LONDON, February 3
Sweden is obliged to import annually some 7,000,000 tons of coal and coke to supplement domestic production of about 500,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MACHINE Replaces Men at Helensburgh Colliery Sydney
Because of the introduction of a mechanical coal loader at the Helensburgh Colliery 24 miners have been given fourteen days'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trawler Skipper Swims With Nazi Mine
People living near the sea wall of an East Coast town in England are talking with gratitude of the bravery of Mr. Leopold Romy[?] a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Finances Disastrous Effect of Coal Strike SYDNEY
State Government supporters fear that the coal strike will spoil all hopes of correcting the 1939 drift in State finances…
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