Gold Coast Riots
ACCRA, Gold Coast, Wednesday.—Rioting, which occurred at Kumasi, 120 miles north of Accra on Monday, resulted in…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
309 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 16
Volunteers To Shift “Black” Coal
TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.—At least 300 people in Townsville are willing to volunteer immediately to shift black coal to avert a complete electricity blackout within ten days. North Queensland Federate d…
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As the result of a survey he had made some time ago, Mr. P. G. Campbell told Tuesday’s meeting of the Inverell Chamber…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riot on Gold Coast Results in Several Deaths ACCRA (Gold Coast)
Rioting which occurred at Kumasi, 120 miles north of Accra on Monday, resulted in several deaths. The trouble began when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Black" Coal Townsville Residents Ready to Volunteer TOWNSVILLE
At least 300 people in Townsville are willing to volunteer immediately to shift "black" coal to avert a complete electricity blackout within…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Raid on House Gold Worth £800 Seized MELBOURNE
Raiding homes at Essendon, detectives seized more than £800 worth of gold. Two men, describing themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Board to Control Queensland Coal
BRISBANE, Friday.— Despite Opposition criticism that the proposal "reeked with dictatorship" and would cause a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strike Causes Coal Shortage in U. S.
WASHINGTON, Friday.— The Government today ordered a virtual embargo on bituminousoal exports and a 25 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal and Bauxite May Give Inverell Big Industry
Mr. J. McDowell, area superintendent of the Australian Aluminium Production Committee, told a recent meeting of the Inverell Chamber of Commerce that Inverell district contained the largest single deposit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Coal Industry Government Sets Up Board of Control BRISBANE
Despite Opposition criticism that the proposal "reek[?] with dictatorship and would break down conditions, State Parliament early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial Situaton Tense Queensland Move To Establish A State Coal Board
BRISBANE, Friday.—Despite Opposition criticism the proposal “reeked with dictatorship” and would break down conditions, State Parliament, early to-day, passed a Bill to establish a Coal Board to control the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Bans Coal Export Millers Out on Strike WASHINGTON
The government to-day ordered a virtual embargo on bituminous coal exports and a 25 per cent, cut in the use of coal burning passenger trains…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Polish Coal Production Up
WARSAW.—In the 25 working days of last month, coal production in Poland was 5,690,760 tons or 7.5 per cent above plan Average daily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ashford Coal Deposits Aluminium Commission Intrested
The Australian Aluminium Commission, which was interested in deposists of bauxite discovered in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Britain Steps Up Coal Exports Encouraging Production Figures
London: Fifteen to sixteen million tons of coal mined in the United Kingdom are to be sent overseas this year—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James Stands by Statement on Communism Willing To Appear Before Miners' Central Council NEWCASTLE
He was prepared to appear at any time before the Miners' Central Council or the Miners' Northern Management Board to justify his statements, Mr. Rowley James, M.H.R.—Federal [?]son officer with the miners and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Export Being Stepped Up
Fifteen to sixteen million tons of coal mined in the United Kingdom are to be sent oversea this year — 10,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bismuth, Crystal Mining at Kingsgate
Mr. J. W. Webster has landed another complete plant to mine for bismuth and crystal on his teases at Kingsgate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JOHN L. Lewis's Denial Origin of Coal Strike WASHINGTON
Forced by a Federal Court order to testify, the United Mine Workers' president, John L. Lewis, told the Presidential Fact Finding Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal in the Riverina
While Victorian and South Australian industries have been starved for years for want of black coal, a field estimated to contain 200,000,000…
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