This Racing Game Doomben Hopes Gold Rod's Weight Sydney
Aurie's Star, from Adelaide, who does most of his racing in Melbourne, and the Sydney horse Gold Rod head the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1939
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Down Old Mine Shaft Kalgoorlie Man's Fall Rescued After 68 Hours Kalgoorlie
Robert William Clive Campbell, about 45, of Kalgoorlie, fell 50ft, down a disused mine shaft on Tuesday night. By chance to-day his cries wee heard…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Slump in Solomon Gold Shares £26 Last Month, 30/ Now MELBOURNE
While Solomon goldmine shares were changing hands at £14 to-day a cabled report was received that an inspection of the company's property had proved…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Six Miners Entombed Paris, June 12
Six miners are entombed in a coal-mine near Liege. All are feared to be dead. By special arrangement Reuter's World Service…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine Safety Inquiry Completed Regulations Reviewed at Last Sitting Suggested Commission on Pensions Sydney
The Royal Commission on the safety and health of miners, Which in 98 sitting clays heard almost 2,750,000 words of evidence, completed its inquiry yesterday. It is suggested that a Royal Commission,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cooranga Surprises in Randwick Sprint Billposter Wins the Nursery Handicap Gold Pan Takes Winter Plate From Vestal SYDNEY
Cooranga, having her first run since April 22, surprised at Randwick this afternoon by winning; the seven furlongs Botany Handicap from Grey Derby and Rosante. She finished at a great rate over the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Conference at Durham Colliery
The northern miners' president (Mr. T. Hoare) was engaged at a conference at Durham to-day. The mine is working…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Caught By Fall of Coal
Samuel Paton, 50, of Bailey Street. Adamstown, a miner employed at Stockton Borehole Colliery, had his left thigh lacerated when caught by a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Support Assured Miners Tour of State Concludes
Messrs. G. Bass (Newcastle Labor Council) and M. and W. Willoughby (Elrington and Pelton miners) have returned from a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Pan Defeats Vestal Progeny of Pantheon in Close Finish at Randwick Cooranga Wins at 33 TO 1 SYDNEY
Gold Pan and Vestal, progeny of Pantheon, fought out the finish of the Winter Plate at Randwick to-day. Only a head separated them, and they were three lengths in advance of the third horse, Will Rogers…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ironworkers Help Idle Coal Miners
Newcastle branch of the Federated Ironworkers last night voted £5 towards the sustenance of the idle Ellington and Pelton miners, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stanford Main No. 1 Colliery Idle
Stanford Main No. 1 Colliery was idle to-day owing to a dispute over seniority. It is expected that the matter will be adjusted to-day and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Support From Many Centres Appeal for Striking Miners
Support for the striking Pelton and Elrington miners was promised in various parts of the State when representatives of the lodges and the secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Crushed by Fall of Coal Inquest Into John Darling Fatality
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Newcastle Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at an inquest yesterday into the death of Andrew Carey, 47, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall Down Shaft Gold Miner Breaks Leg West Wyalong
Bert Wahlgren, 47, miner, broke his left leg when [?] fell 50 feet down a goldmine shaft to-day. He was in the shaft for two hours before he was rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Holland's Defence Preparations Trees Are Wired For Mines the Netherlands, May 20
Long rows of trees along many miles of Netherland roads have been wired for explosives in one of several dramatic steps taken in preparedness against invasion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Elrington Colliery
Deputies and enginedrivers at Elrington colliery hove received 14 days' notice. The mine has been idle about two months, due to a dispute concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Northern Miners Board
A meeting of the Northern Miners' Management Board will be held at the Trades Hall on Monday, when reports will be submitted of many…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Kalingo Colliery Enginemen's Wages: Conference Sought
Members of the F.E.D.F.A. at Cessnock are seeking a conference with the management of Kalingo Colliery for the purpose of discussing the rates…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners' President Series of Conferences
The President of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) has been busy in the past few days attending conferences on matters in dispute. He…
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