Miners in N.Z. "Better Off" Comparison With Australia
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The miners and the Government cooperated more in New Zealand than they did in Australia, Mr. T. Prendiville,…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Australia To Get Share Of Japan's Gold Hoard
WASHINGTON, Thursday: Australia will get a share of Japan's large gold reserves as war reparations, according to an official of the Far Eastern Commission. The gold stocks are stated to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bright Sis and Midget Mine Best N.j.c. Double
Best double for Newcastle tomorrow may be Bright Sis in the third heat of the Novice Stake and Midget Mine (Maiden Stake, 680 yards). The latter was second to Gay Fettle at the last meeting, while Bright Sis won a low-class race at Dapto last Saturday. Five maiden races have been…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Hope Abandoned in Mine Disaster
LONDON, Feb. 22. A.A.P.—All hope has been abandoned of rescuing the 440 men trapped in the Unna coalmine, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fall at Abermain No. 2 Mine
Five mines were idle in New South Wales yesterday, involving a loss of 4000 tons of coal. Mines idle were Stockrington No…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Support for Lake Home Grows
The Organiser of Lake Macquarie Rest Centre Appeal (Mr. G. O. Wymer) said that Hebburn No. 1 Miners' Lodge had decided to support the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Coal Found on Richmond Yet
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said that boring operations for coal on the Richmond River had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smash Blocked Coal Lines; One Hurt
ONE MAN was injured and others had remarkable escapes from injury when a string of hopper trucks crashed into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Science May Be Coal Industry Threat"
Industrial discontent was forcing exploitation of scientific advances to obviate the necessity of industry relying on coal, said Mr. H. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amalgamation Talk Today Miners to Meet F.E.D.F.A.
SYDNEY, Friday.—The proposed amalgamation of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association with the Miners' Federation will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fabulously Rich Goldfield In Soviet Far East "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—Reports are trickling out of Russia of a fabulously rich goldfield, whose full extent not even the Russians…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Miners Rescued From Ruhr Mine
BERLIN. Sunday. — Eight more of the 400 miners trapped in the U.N.N.A. mine (near Dortmund in the Ruhr) have been brought out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ghost Town to Mine Gold Again
PERTH, Sunday.—After having been a ghost town since February, 1943. Big Bell, Western Australian mining centre on the Murchison…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Europe's Coal Output Rising
LONDON, Feb. 24. A.A.P.—Coal production in France in January was 3 per cent. above the prewar monthly average, but the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Rescue Work Resumes, 8 Saved
HERFORD, Feb. 24. A.A.P.—Eight more men were rescued following a new attempt to reach the 440 men entombed in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fairly Heavy Loss Of Coal Production Today
With five mines on the northern coalfields idle and another partly out of production, output loss today was fairly heavy. With…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Dwindles in London
LONDON, Monday: London's reserve of house coal has dropped to just over one week's supply — the lowest level this winter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Miners' Board to Meet
The annual meeting, of the Board of Management of the Northern District of the Miners' Federation will start to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ruhr Mine Rescue Work Abandoned
HERFORD, Feb. 25. A.A.P.—Rescue work has finally been abandoned at the mine near Dortmund, in the Ruhr, where an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deputies' Association to Meet Miners
The State Executive of the Deputies' Association has decided to send representatives to meet the Central Council of the Miners' Federation…
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