Explosion in Mine 41 Killed Near Mons Blast of Fire Brussels
Of 46 miners working near Mons, at midnight, 41 were killed instantly and the others were injured by a sudden…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1934
2,642 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 133
Miners Run Own Shops Traders Declare Them Black Wonthaggi Dispute Melbourne
Miners on strike at Wonthaggi have organised commercial services to provide themselves and their families…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More Work For Mines Gives Coalfields New Hope Future Is Brighter for Cessnock Men Agree to Terms of Reopening Aberdare Work Increases in Other Pits
=With last night's decision of the Aberdare men to resume work comes the fourth of a series of events indicative of a brighter future for Cessnock. THE announcement some months…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Aberdare Colliery
The General Secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association (Mr. H. C. Morton) was in touch with the management of Aberdare Colliery yesterday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners' Federation
The President of the Northern Branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. Jack) visited Catherine Hill Bay yesterday, and was present at a meeting of the Wallarah…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rawdon Vale Gold
The Rawdon Vale swamp paddock, which has produced a great amount of gold in the past, is to be tested for working on a larger scale, writes our…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Price of Gold
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended May 11 is at the rate of approximately £7/13/11 per…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Dredge Transported
The task of transporting the largest goldmining dredge from Staghorn Flat (Victoria) to Goulburn has been completed with the removal of the final…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A New Market for Our Coal
IN his report on the rehabilitation of the coal Industry, Mr. Baddeley gives a reminder that quite apart from oil production from the mineral there are other untapped avenues to take the place of markets lost overseas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Voluntary Levy Richmond Main Miners SYDNEY
The Acting President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Campbell Roy) stated to-day that the Richmond Main Miners' Lodge had decided to take up a voluntary…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wonthaggi! Miners "Victory Prospects Bright" Mr. Orr's Report
The stand of the miners at Wonthaggi, who stopped work 10 weeks ago as a protest against the conditions they were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Their Own Stores Wonthaggi Mine Strikers Storekeepers Protest Melbourne
The strike of miners at Wonthaggi has now taken a remarkable turn. Short of money many of the miners have organised shops from which food and other…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Partner's Claim Commonwealth Creek Mine Magistrate Gives Non-suit Gloucester
In the Gloucester Small Debts Court, before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., W. G. Bartlett, of 24 Scott-street, Newcastle, who was represented by Mr. J. P…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rescuers Trapped Feared 14 Are Dead in Belgian Mine Brussels
Members of a rescue party in the Paturages mine disaster (near Mons), were trapped by a second explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fifty-five Killed Gas Explosion In Mine Bodies Unrecognisable Brussels, May 16
Of 46 miners working at Paturages at midnight, 2300 feet below the surface, 41 were instantly killed, and five injured, when gas flames, reaching a temperature…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gold and Minerals World Transactions Reports From the Fields (Contributed.)
It is hardly likely that any of the nations at present off the gold standard will return to that monetary basis as a measure of values, and especially, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal for Workless Transport Cost From C. H. Bay Government Offer
The announcement of the Prime Minister that the Government would make available for distribution to the unemployed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →200 Tons of Coal For Newcastle Unemployed Mr. Lyons' Announcement Melbourne
The Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) announced to-day that the Government had decided to make available for distribution to the unemployed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Congealed Oil Trojan Star Held Up May Turn Coal Burner Wellington (N.z.)
Attempts to liquefy the congealed oil in the bunkers of the cargo steamer Trojan Star by the addition of light oil were only partially successful. It is now thought…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Copeland Gold Mines Gloucester
The following mining manager's report has been received by Copeland Mines, N.L.—"Southern Cross Mine" Shaft timbering almost complete. Bridge and…
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