Car Cushion Springs Were Gold
The cushion springs in a car were found to be of gold when examined by Italian Customs men at Chiasso, on the Swiss-Italian frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1951
32 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Coal Seam Found in New Zealand
An earthquake in past ages is believed by experts to be responsible for some 15,000,000 tons of bituminous coal being readily accessible for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industry Dislocated Through Coal Shortage SYDNEY
More than 350,000 workers will lose an average of £4 in wages next week because of a complete ban on the use of electricity imposed by the State Government due to acute coal shortage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia's Gold Industry History Traced in New Booklet
Almost one hundred years ago—in 1851—payable deposits of gold were discovered in Australia. That event had a far-reaching effect on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Govt. to Act If Miners Stop Sydney
Communist-controlled unions planned to call nation-wide stoppages to support the coal miners,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Machine Gives "Purer" Coal
A new machine which will entirely remove foreign materials from household coal has been perfected. It will separate with accuracy everything…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Troops Ready If Miners Stay Out Sydney
Special Army units have been ordered to be ready to move into the coalfields at short notice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Rush Days Surpassed by the Merino Sheep
"The opulent gold-rush days of Ophir, Bendigo, Ballarat and Coolgardie have paled into insignificance beside the sensational achievement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Power Shortage at Moree Not Affected By Coal Shortage
Moree power will not be affected by the shortage of coal following a decision by miners to hold a one-day stoppage each week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Army Units Stand By To Move Into Coalfields Miners Adhere to Decision to Hold Stoppages
SYDNEY, Monday.—Special array units have been ordered to be ready to move into the coalfields at short notice. Machinery to work open cuts has been assembled in Queensland and N.S.W. and troops will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Leaders in Court: Defended by Dr. Evatt SYDNEY
The Deputy-Leader of the Federal Labour Party, Dr. H. V. Evatt, appeared for the three members of the Executive of the Miners' Federation when they appeared before the full Bench of the Arbitration Court todays to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia's Debt to the Gold Industry
Almost one hundred years ago-- in 1851-- payable deposits of gold were discovered in Australia. That event had a far-reaching effect on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Miners Response to "More Coal" Appeal
Miners at about 700 pits out of a possible 835 in the U.K. have been working the voluntary Saturday shift in response to the appeal for an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local Mines Idle Today Sydney
Miners in four coal states—N.S.W. Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania—today are holding their second one-day stoppage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government to Act on Coal Crisis Canberra
Federal Government last night decided to take further legal proceedings against miners' leaders. Legal advisers are considering what…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners To Discuss Stoppages SYDNEY
Miners of the Northern coalfields are holding aggregate meetings today to decide whether to continue weekly stoppages…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Worth More Than Gold
South Africa's gold mines (the most productive in the British Commonwealth) to-day play second fiddle to wool as the Union's biggest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Miners Have a "Black-out" A.R.M. WRITES
The report that Cessnock received its first "blackout" the other day makes interesting, if not amusing reading. Mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lessons Of Coal Strike
The Australian people we now receiving an object lesson in the most effective method of increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Canberra To-day Coal Takes Over in Canberra
Coal has taken over in Canberra. All the efforts to move ahead rapidly with urgent economic decress to put Australia…
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