Two Mine Magnates Found Guilty Of Big Share Swindle
JOHANNESBURG, Fri (A.A.P.): Two men who ran a financial empire worth £100 million were found guilty of many charges when South Africa's most complicated and…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Mining Men Guilty Of Share Thefts
JOHANNESBURG, April 20. A.A.P.—Two goldmining men were to-day found guilty of the theft of 80,000 company shares and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peeps Into The Past Arch Of Coal At 1897 Centenary
The coal arch at the Newcastle Centenary celebrations on Sept. 16 to 18, 1897. It was erected on the southern side of Hunter-st:, near Burwood-st. The coal train is passing along Burwood-st.—(Newcastle Hunter Dist. Historical Society picture)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold-Adorned Mummy May Be Queen Of 2500 Years Ago
CAIRO. Fri, (A.A.P.): The gold and jewel adorned body of a woman who lived 2500 years ago was found yesterday near Benha, in Lower Egypt. To archaeologists she was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To The Editor Colliery Heating
QUICK detection by the staff enabled prompt steps to be taken at heating which occurred in 20 bord 12 night section, at Abermain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Leader Criticised On Service Leave
CANBERRA, Friday.—The President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) should have waited for full information before making…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Owners of Mine Wound 11 Union Pickets
MORGAN TOWN, West Virgina, April 21. A.A.P.—Eleven men were wounded yesterday when the owners of a small non-union mine…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Formal Order Next Week On Pillar Coal
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day settled minutes of an award he made last week on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trend In America Away From Coal "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, April 21.—The alarming trend toward the use of coal substitutes in America is taken in some quarters to indicate that coal is being superseded as a major fuel for industry and the home…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Coal Production Likely To Be High Next Week
Coal production next week should be at a high peak. There will be only four working days, but miners will have to work…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →8O,OOO Tons Of Coal Exported This Week
Good production on the Northern coalfields this week allowed 80,200 tons of coal to be exported to Sydney and…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Queensland Minister for Mines (Mr. Moore) claimed to-day that the Federal Government was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Retired Miners Seek Increase In Pensions
The Delegate Board of the Northern District Retired Mineworkers' Association decided at Federation House to ask the Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All Mines In North At Work Today
All mines on the northern coalfields were at work when today's shift began. Production on the four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old Wallsend Mine Area Sold: To Be Home Sites
Seven acres of land at Wallsend have been sold for £1700 The land, which was bought 12 years ago to mine coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Output High
There were no stoppages on the New South Wales coalfields yesterday over industrial issues. The production loss was 1100…
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Carl Young, 32, of Russell-road. Cardiff, an employee of Blackbutt No. 2 mine, suffered concussion when hit on the head by a piece of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collie Miners To Vote On Reaffiliation
SYDNEY, Monday.—Collie (Western Australia) miners are to hold a ballot on whether to reaffiliate with the Miners' Federation…
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At least 30 mines worked the full nine day fortnight. Details furnished by shipping agents and the Miners' Federation yesterday were.—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Support For Mine Subsidence Scheme
Continuing its support for the principle of mine subsidence insurance, South Lambton Progress Association decided last…
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