Idle Miners Went Rabbiting
SYDNEY Tuesday.— Rabbiting had been a great stand-by for miners who had worked in mines only eight days in the last three months, said the…
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Mining & the mines, 1945
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Three Big Mines Idle
With the idleness of three big mines on the Maitland field, coal output loss due to stoppages rose in the north today…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—More than £1000 was involved in awards made in the Workers' Compensation Court by Judge Lamond to two injured…
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BOUGAINVILLE. Tuesday. — A mine and bomb disposal squad in southern Bougainville has found a new use for its supersensitive mine…
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TWO collieries and two open cuts did not work again yesterday because of the rain. Another colliery (Neath West Tunnel 220 tons) was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.s.p.c.a. Charges of Cruelty to Horses at Mine
At the Kurri Police Court today before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., Herbert Campbell Scott, of the R.S.P.C.A., proceeded against two wheelers, two deputies, an ostler and the manager of Heb-burn No. 2 Colliery (Weston) on 16 charges of cruelly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Shortage Hits Hospital
Wallsend Hospital is having difficulty in obtaining coal supplies. On Monday, the boiler-house bins were empty and until a small supply of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Future Depends on Coal and Water
THE FUTURE of Australia is bound up in grant development the schemes now being considered by the Government of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Salute in Fast Sprint at Broadmeadow
Gold Salute led Gay Warrior narrowly in a smartly-run three furlong's on the cinders track in 37[?] sec. at Broadmeadow this…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) said to-day that his body stood for "first to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stockrington Miners Ignored Order to Resume
The direction of the Northern Execution of the Miners' Federation that they should return to work was ignored yesterday by members of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Lithgow Fraternisation Ban Against Mine Deputies
LITHGOW: A policy of nonfraternisation with deputies was planned by members of the Invincible Colliery Lodge…
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ROME, July 19. A.A.P.—Nine United States soldiers and one civilian were killed and 30 injured by an explosion in a store of German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Men for Mines Urged Plea by Mr. James
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Relaxation of the Manpower restrictions on the flow of labour to the minefields was sought by Mr. James (Lab.,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A marginal allowance, particularly in regard to meat, should be made to coalminers, said the Miners' Federal Secretary…
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LONDON. Friday.—A mine washed up by a rough sea exploded last night on the beach of a seaside re-sort on the English south coast,…
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WASHINGTON, July 22. A.A.P.—The War Department announced to-day that it was repatriating 2605 German war prisoners for work in…
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LONDON, Sunday: The bottom of the Firth of Clyde over an area of 1000 square miles is being dragged in a…
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SYDNEY: A witness said at the Coroner's Court today that no one had ever instructed him not to carry maches at the Balmain Colliery, where three men were killed in an explosion on April 20…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. To Send Gold, Cloth to China
CHUNGKING, July 22. A.A.P.—Agreements negotiated by Dr. Soong during his recent visit to the United States include one for the shipment…
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