Horses in British Mines
Sir R. Gower asked the Secretary for Mines, in the House of Commons, the approximate number of mines at which the secondary haulage is still carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1935
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Dismantling Work Wallsend Colliery Tall Steel Stack Down
In dismantling operations at Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company's B pit workshops and C pit during the past week, following the sale, the hand of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Petrol From Coal Imperial Chemistries Plant
Although the tendency of many coal-producing countries to convent a part of their output of solid fuel to an oil or petrol suitable for use in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Police Sent to Mine Reported March of Workers Stop-work Meeting
Informed that 150 miners had decided to march on the tunnels near Barwood colliery and forcibly eject four men working there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Rush Not Justified Tennant's Creek Field Canberra
Although small shoots of very rich gold bearing stone occur over a wide area at Tennant's Creek, there is nothing to warrant any kind of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Prospectors Adventure in Papua Menaced by Natives Melbourne
While searching for gold in Western Papua, three Melbourne men, Messrs. F. Westhoven, T. McCabe, and J. Minahan, had enough thrills in a few weeks to more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claim for £45,000 Burke Will Case Echo of Gold Diggings London, May 11
The hearing has begun at Portunina (County Galway) of the evidence in the suit relating to the estate of Martin Burke, who died intestate in Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Tone London Share Market Aircraft Issues Up West Australian Mines Active (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, May 11
A writer in a leading financial newspaper says: "Some of the sunlight which illuminated the London Jubilee Day pageantry seems to have penetrated to many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lena Goldfields
London, May 10.—The London Gazette announces that the petition presented by the creditors for the winding up of Lena Goldfields will be heard in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' March Glenrock Colliery Work Statement by President
Trouble has arisen between the Miners' Federation and the employees of the Glenrock colliery. This is a small property on the lower field…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work at Mines
Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 1 collieries were again idle to-day. Pelaw Main was working…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Mechanics Cavilled Out Association Discussion
The position in relation to the cavilling out of twelve members of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association at Richmond Main Colliery was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fuel From Coal London
The Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr. Forbes) visited the Government fuel research station at Greenwich to-day, and saw the latest discoveries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Output of Coal in Japan
As a result of the increasing demand, and the opening up of a number of new mines, the output of coal in Japan during the past year is estimated to have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Will Resume Work Burwood Miners Hold Meeting President's Address
Burwood miners, who stopped work yesterday, decided to resume this afternoon, following an explanation of negotiations by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Foreign Funds Steady Flow to London Fears for Gold Bloc London, May 13
Fears for the future of the gold bloc are again leading to a steady flow of foreign funds to London for safe keeping. The weekly offering of Treasury…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tennant's Creek Report on Goldfields Expert Advises Caution Canberra
The Commonwealth Geological Adviser (Dr. W. G. Woolnoagh), in a report to the Government, has advised against a rush being made to the Tennant's Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dismantling Wallsend Colliery Plant
Following the recent auction sale of the buildings and plant of the Wallsend colliery, workmen are now making steady progress with dismantling and demolition operations. These pictures show some of the activity in those respects, illustrating the truth that it is easier to destroy than to build up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conference at South Waratah Colliery
The President of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) conferred with the Superintendent of South Woratah colliery this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Oil Versus Coal
Mr. L. Dudley Stamp, D.Sc., of the London School of Economies, delivered a lecture on "Coal v. Oil" to the members of the Cardiff and district local centre of the…
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