Bellbird Colliery Idle
Bellbird Colliery was Idle today, the miners deciding to stay out in sympathy with the relatives of Robert Dixon, their workmate, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1937
2,624 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 132
Dudley Mine Idle
Owing to a mishap to machinery Dudley colliery did not work on Tuesday. The miners returned home yesterday in sympathy with the men at Wonthaggi. Seven…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Children Pray for Miners
Schoolchildren at the Wonthaggi School bow their heads in silent prayer for the en[?]ombed miners…
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James Clyde Giles (10), was fined 10$, in default 21 hours' imprisonment, at West Maitland Police Court to-day, for having trespassed on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miner Killed Caught Beneath Stone Bellbird Colliery Fall
A rescue party of 20 worked for an hour to release Robert Dixon, 40, a miner, who was killed by a fall of coal at Bellbird colliery yesterday afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Industrial News Northern Miners Wallarah and Hebburn Disputes
The Northern President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) said yesterday that he had met the representatives of the owners in Sydney, and discussed the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →12 RECOVERED Entombed Miners Crushed Bodies Distressing Scenes At Wonthaggi MELBOURNE
Twelve bodies have been recovered from the State coalmine at Wonthaggi. Rescuers had been working 3½ hours this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Futurity Candidates at Caulfield Honors to Gold Rod Fast Time by Beechwood Melbourne
Gold Rod, Beech wood and Cuddle covered the Futurity Stakes distance of seven furlongs at Caulfield this…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bellbird Colliery Idle After Fatality
Bellbird Colliery wan idle" yesterday, owing to the fatality on Wednesday, when Robert Dixon was killed by a fail of stone…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Kurri Mines Idle
Richmond Main and Pelaw Main collieries were again idle to-day…
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John Logan (46), of Blacksmiths, Swansea, a machineman employed at Dudley Colliery, received injuries to the left foot, abrasions to the left…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Distribution of Coal
Mr. G. E. Aeron-Thomas, a member of the Mo[?]outhshire and South Wales Coalowners' Association, spoke on the distribution and utilisation of coal when…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Price of Gold
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Tank for gold lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended February 12, is at the rate of approximately £8/2/1…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Australian Gold for U.S.A.
Boston, February 17.—The Tarenga brought 22 boxes, of gold bullion from Australia, valued at over £A250,000, consigned to the Federal Reserve. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Industrial News Top Hands Go Home Bellbird Mine Again Idle
Because the colliery was idle yesterday, top hands at Bellbird returned from the pithead this morning, leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gas Back in Mine Naked Lights Ban At Wonthaggi Melbourne
All naked lights have been ordered from shaft 20 of the Wonthaggi State coal mine, for the menace of poison gas has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold and Minerals Price of Platinum Reports From Fields (Contributed.)
Platinum at £11/15/ an ounce, its present market price, has neither logical position in industry nor fashion. Its price hampers its use in industry by…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Last Victim Mine Search in Vain Wonthaggi Gloom Another Day of Funerals MELBOURNE
Searchers in Wonthaggi mine to-day did not recover the body of Harry Harper, whose watch and cap were found earlier among the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hitler Gives Points On How to Get Oil From Coal BERLIN, February 1
A lead for the Commonwealth, perhaps, was given by Hitler's declaration, in his recent Reichstag opening speech, that Germany Was resolved to produce much of her own petrol by distilling from coal. This, he said, would mean the use of between 20,000,000 and 30,000,000 tons of coal and would give employment to tens of thousands of Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Tracks Gold Rod Brilliant Melbourne Trial Beechwood Also Fast Melbourne
Gold Rod, whose training gallops have been a feature of the present carnival, was again in the limelight to-day when he did a brilliant trial over seven…
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