Gold Is Where You Find It DUNOLLY (Vic)
How easy it is to miss good patches of goldi At Moliagul tome time ago, Mr. John Liddell sank a shaft on a reef. He got little or no return and left it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1939
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Mine Inspectors Criticised "Men Fined for Breaches, Managers Get Off" Royal Commission Hears Grievance
Allegations that Government inspectors showed favouritism to colliery managers in dealing with breaches of the regulations were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Harm in Short Week "Always Fear," Says Judge Miners' Claims Counsel Quotes Labour Premier SYDNEY
"One always has the fear that a 40-hour week might do the people who are seeking it more harm than good, however desirable it might be," said Judge…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Belgian Coal Strike Ends Brussels, April 6
The majority of the Charleroi and Liege coalminers, who went on strike against a reduction in wages, have resumed work. By special arrangement Reuter's World Service,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Price of Coal "Nothing Wrong With It"
The view expressed yesterday by a Newcastle owner that coal was being sold too cheaply was endorsed by others who were spoken to on the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Oil From Coal English Chemist Has New Method
Dr. E. Armstrong, an English chemist, has made known a method of producing oil from coal, which he described as the most promising yet known to him. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining and Engineering New Process of Ore Flotation
The practice followed by Britainnia Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, in the flotation of its ores in Britannia Beach, British Columbia, was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Improvement 61,957 Tons Shipped for Week Newcastle Coal Trade
The short working week had very little effect on the coal loadings at the Newcastle cranes this week. Oversea and interstate transfers totalled 61,975 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rich Gold Strike Reported Claims Staked By Mission CAIRNS
A new gold strike in dense jungle country near Hayes Creek, on the western side of Cape York Peninsula, 300…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →St. Constant Doncaster Choice Open Race Mildura, Gold Rod Fancied SYDNEY
The 1939 Doncaster Handicap can be regarded as one of the most open for many years. Present quotations on the big week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gold Rod's Doncaster Handicap Success Defaulter's Autumn Plate Reading's Sire Produce Stakes Success Sydney
Always well placed, Gold Rod won the Doncaster Handicap at the opening day of the A.J.C. Autumn Carnival at Randwick this afternoon. Korimako finished strongly in second place, with St. Constant…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Industrial Stoppages in N.s.w. Coal Miners Head List
The coal mining industry has the unenviable record of providing the most industrial disputes, according to the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Rod's Clear-cut Victory in Doncaster Korimako and St. Constant in Minor Places Reading Leads Throughout in Sires' Produce Stakes Sydney
Gold Rod, revealing form in keeping with the highest this versatile performer has displayed in a colourful career, strode past the judge with half a length to spare in the A.J.C. Doncaster Handicap yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kurri Mines Resume
The three Kurri collieries. Pelaw Main, Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 1, resumed work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Mine Disputes Conferences In Newcastle
Northern Miners' Federation officials to-day conferred with the secretary of the Northern Colliery Owners (Mr. C. F. Mallett) in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miner Collapsed and Died at Abermain Mine
A finding of death from natural causes was returned by the Kurri District Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) at an inquest to-day into the death…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →National Roll Opposed Heffron Labour Party's Advice Mine Safety Conference on Enforcement of Act SYDNEY
The Heffron Labour party conference, which ended to-night, decided to advise people not to sign any document relating to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Rod Runs Four Furlongs in 48½ Ajax Did Not Impress Fine Effort By Spear Chief SYDNEY
Ajax, Gold Rod and King's Head, opponents in the All Age Plate at Randwick to-morrow, sprinted at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tops Coal Wasted at Gunnedah Health, Safety In Mines
A statement that "tops" coal wasted in the Gunnedah Colliery was even more valuable than that in the part of the seam…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Miners' Burden in Germany World's Longest Working Hours LONDON
Germany's economic plight, particularly in coal mining, is disclosed by information reaching the British Miners'…
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