Oil From Coal Delay Disappoints Cessnock Mayor's Comment
Commenting upon recent statements regarding the extraction of oil from coal, the Mayor of Cessnock (Ald. S. Horne) said last night that he was keenly…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1937
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Kurri Safety Measures Use of Explosives in Mines
A lecture on the use of explosives in coal mines was given by the technical representative of Nobels Explosive Company (Mr. H. Griffiths) at the Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Oil From Coal Hydrogen Is the Problem Sydney
Production of petrol from coal by the Fischer-Tropsch process depends on the provision of cheap hydrogen in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Wages More Coal Experience of New Zealand Christchurch
Increased importation of coal from Australia will be necessary immediately unless owners and miners cooperate to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Registration Refused Small Mines Employees' Association Registrar Gives Reasons Sydney
In his reserved judgment to-day, the Industrial Registrar refused the application of the Small Mines Employees' Association of Rothbury, Northern District, for registration as an industrial union of employees under section 8 of the Industrial Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Mines Registration of Union Refused Federation Win Registrar's Reasons Sydney
The application of the Small Mines Employees' Association of Rothbury, for registration as an industrial union of employees, was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Enough Gold for 100 Years South-africa's Huge Reserves Sydney
With gold at its present price South Africa can supply the world for another 100 years, according to Mr. D. Coll. [?] metallurgist for 26…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kurri Mines Working
The two Kurrl collieries, Pelaw Main and Richmond Main, returned work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil From Coal
Sir,—The Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. H. Fenton) is reported in the columns of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," as having made a long dissertation on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Dust Diesel Engine
The Diesel Engine Users' Association, in their recent "Bulletin" reviewing the development of the diesel engine during 1936, deals very fully with the technical…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cleaning of Bituminous Coal
Three companies in West Virginia have changed their methods of face preparation, with gratifying results. The first company (in the Kunawha field) after…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →To-day's Accidents Mining Mishaps
Ivan Hicks, 28. a miner, of Milifield-road. Milfield, employed at Milfield Colliery, had the Index finger of his right hand severely lacerated when he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wonthaggi Coal Causes of Declining Trade Local Mayor's Review
Complaint that the Wonthaggi coalfields are not being properly developed and a plea for a full inquiry into the treatment of Victoria's block coal assets…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Facing Shortage Coal Supplies in New Zealand Increased Imports Likely Wellington (N.z.)
The Dominion is faced with a shortage of coal, and may be compelled to import increased supplies from Australia immediately, said the Minister for Mines (Mr. t…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Mechanics
The General Secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association (Mr. H. C. Morton) said yesterday that, following a meeting of Aberdare Central…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pacific Colliery Dispute
The Northern miners' president (Mr. T. Hoare) attended a conference to-day with the management of Pacific Colliery. The dispute concerns the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mine Accidents
Ivan Hicks, 28. a miner, of Millfield-road, Millfield while using a boring machine, at Millfield colliery yesterday, had the fingers of his left hand lacerated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Stocks to Be Built Up County Council Gets Ready for Trouble Sydney
Owing to the failure of certain contractors to deliver the full quantity of coal orders under contract the coal stock of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Due to a Tramp Romantic Story of British Coal-oil London, June 12
A tramp with pocketsful of engineering textbook laid the foundations of Low Temperature Carbonisation, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Recovery "Just Round the Corner" Gold Shares Firmer Demand for Higher Interest (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, June 27
A startling recovery in gold shares, the insistence by investors on a higher rate of interest on their loans, and a firmer tone in industrial shares, have prompted…
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