Railway Trespasser "Carrying Bag of Coal"
Carrying a bag of coal, Harry Rawdon Brien, of Mitchell-street. Tighe's Hill, was walking away from the railway at Port Waratah on December 9…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1931
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Miners' Secretary Amputation of Leg LONDON, January 19
The Secretary of the Miners' federation (Mr. A. J. Cook), who had been troubled by injuries sustained in a mine accident when a young man, had a leg…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six Injured Mine Winding Engine It "Went Amiss"
By a strange coincidence, the new winding engine at Elrington colliery, which figured prominently in a court action at Cessnock yesterday, failed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Merger Details Miners and A.W.U. SYDNEY
The new constitution drafted for the amalgamation of the Miners' Federation and the Australian Workers' Union, which was further considered to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Union Amalgamation Miners and A.W.U. Men to Decide
The amalgamation of the miners' organisation with the A.W.U., while fostered by the officials of the miners' body, has yet to be ratified by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Could Make Gold German Plumber's Claim £100,000 Swindle Alleged (Australian Press Association.) MUNICH, January 19
The trial has begun at Munich of another gold-maker, Tausend by name, who was charged with having swindled people out of nearly 100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Amazing Losses of Public Money in Federal Capital Territory Breach Claimed Coal Dust Regulations John Darling Pit Case is Dismissed
Following the visit of two inspectors to John Darling colliery On September 30, Andrew Steel, a shotfirer, was proceeded against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Not Convinced" Coal Dust in Colliery John Darling Case Fails
Further evidence was given yesterday before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.M., in the Summons Division of the Newcastle Police Court, in the case adjourned from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stealing Coal
Three men, Roy Bennett, 36, Edward Coates, 38, and George Hyde, 24, were arrested on Tuesday night by Plain-clothes Constable J. Pearson, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Work at Mines
Abermain No. 2, Bellbird and Pelton collieries, in the Cessnock district are still idle owing to trade slackness. Rumors that Abermain No. 2, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Falls; Miner Hurt
As the result of a fall coal at Wallarah Colliery yesterday, William Thomas O'Neill, 64, miner, of Catherine Hill Bay, suffered fractures of the ribs, a fracture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Diggers Help From Government SYDNEY
The Government is making available £10,000 for the encouragement of golf fossickers. They are to receive £1 a week and rations. About 900 men will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Idle Tram-men Gold Expedition Suggested PERTH
At the present time, 50 tramwaymen are rationed off weekly. The Traffic Superintendent of Tramways has now suggested that 50 employees should from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Ludendorff Contract With "Gold-maker" BERLIN, January 20
Giving evidence today at his trial at Munich, the "gold-maker," Tausend, declared that Berlin financiers who secured money for his experiments were induced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Militants Will Oppose Amalgamation Moderates Likely to Win A.w.u. and Miners
Bitter opposition to the proposed merger of miners and the powerful A.W.U. is expected from the militants,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Standard Failed in Time of Need Bankers' Views "Thrift May Be Overdone To-day" LONDON
Thrift may be overdone in times such as the present, according to the Chairman of the Midland Banks Ltd. (Mr. Reginald McKenna), and the gold standard has failed to operate as was anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Industry the By-products Low Temperatures Process A. Gatley Lyon, A.A.C.I., A.M.I.E. (Aust.) NO. 1
During the past decade the whole of the scientific world concerned has been concentrating on the conservation of coal and its more economical use in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work at Mines
Richmond Main and Hebburn No.1 collieries were idle to-day owing to slackness of trade. Pelaw Main, Hebburn No.2 and Stanford Merthry No…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five Killed Explosion in Colliery Others Entombed (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, January 23
Five miners were killed in an explosion at Auchengreach Colliery, Lanarkshire. Another five men were entombed in the Hanley Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners Fight Duel 800 Feet Under Ground LILLE (France), January 22
Perhaps no duel was ever set in such extraordinary surroundings as that fought by two miners in St. Etienne colliery yesterday…
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