Farming and Mining Inventions
The following applications for patents connected with the farming and mining industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1919
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German Mines Off New Zealand Coast. Sydney
Objects, supposed to be mince, have been seen floating off the New Zealand coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Coal Commission. Experts' Views. Municipal Control of Distribution. LONDON
Further evidence given before the Coal Commission, shows that technical experts, while opposing straight-out nationalisation, advise varying degrees of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Short of Coal. Sydney
The tying up of the small coastal colliery fleet owing to the strike, means the Metropolitan coal supply will immediately be reduced by 30,000 wons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Across the Border News of the Day from Queensland State Arsenic Mine
The Minister for Mines, Mr. Jones, states that the installation of the plant for the treatment of the ore at the State arsenic mine at Jibbenbar is now…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Many Claims. Managers' Offer. SYDNEY
The mine managers at Broken Hill have rejected the claim's of the men for less hours, higher rates of pay, the abolition of night shift and contract work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rand Mining. Serious Reduction Imminent. Capetown
Reuter's Johannesburg correspondent wired on May 20: Sir Eveyln Waller, as President of the Chamber of Mines, addressed an important letter to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Trouble. Engine Drivers Take Action. Case to be Put to Owners. SYDNEY
The State executive of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Union met yesterday, and decided to lay the whole situation relative to the men employed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Floating Mine. Sydney
The Naval authorities state that the mine reported to have been found off the N.S.W. coast was probably a floating mine which had drifted from the N.Z…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming and Mining Inventions
The following applications for patents-connected with the farming and mining industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine at Port Stephens. Destroyed at 350 Yards. SYDNEY
A mine was discerned on the bea[?]. near Port Stephens. It was destroyed rifle fire at a distance of 350 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Coal. Contractors and the Government. Letter Causes Perturbation. SYDNEY
The contractors for the supply of coal to the New South Wales railways have received a letter from the Controller of Stores stating: "In connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waterside Trouble. Working the Ships. Loyalists Fail to Appear. Idle South Coast Mines. SYDNEY
There is practically nothing fresh to report in Sydney this morning in connection with the shipping strike. It is reported that a number of South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Molybdenite Mining at Attunga
Mining operations continue to do most encouraging at the Boulder Mountain molybdenite property, Attunga. The reef in the drive is on an average two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Other Men Out of Work. Coal Miners Chief Sufferers. Few Vessels Moving. SYDNEY
It is reported in Sydney that there is already considerable unemployment in certain industries directly dependent on the shipping trade; but it is not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Warship. Strikes Mine in Baltic. LONDON
H.M.S. Curacoa struck a mine in the Baltic. There were no casualties, and the damage was slight. She is proceeding to England for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier a Fortnight from Famine. Mines Still Idle. Union Store Started at Trades Hall. SYDNEY
A Broken Hill message states that there is no change in the industrial position. All the mines are still idle, with no prospect of resumption or sign of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Coal Mines. Litigation Threatened. Arising Out of 1917 Strike. SYDNEY
Litigation arising out of the working of the Richmond Main and Pelaw Main mines, in the Maitland district, during the 1917 strike, is threatened, according…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortage. Victoria Regulating Supply. SYDNEY
The Melbourne Coal Board has decided to regulate the coal supply in Victoria from Wednesday next. Only essential industries will be permitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Ballot Dropped. Refusal to Handle Coal. SYDNEY
The Melbourne coal lumpers refused to handle the coal on the steamer Monaro. This vessel has on board a supply of coal for the Melbourne Gas Coy…
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