Dodging Desert Gold?
At the Manawatu (N.Z.) meeting on Wednesday great disappointment was caused when it became known that Biplane had been withdrawn from the…
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Mining & the mines, 1918
508 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 26
Labor Affairs. Mines and Unskilled Labor
SYDNEY, Friday.—The State Industrial Act will not be recognised by the northern miners until the Coal Mines Regulation Act is amended. The miners object to…
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WELLINGTON, Monday.—The serious coal shortage is causing anxiety in New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gympie Scottish Mine
The Gympie Scottish gold mine, which closed down indefinitely last Saturday, owing to the gold now obtained not proving payable in view of the increased wages and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Desert Gold and Biplane. Awapuni Cup Incidents
Files from New Zealand show that Desert Gold's Awapuni Cup victory (at the recent Manawatu Jockey Club's meeting), was never in doubt. She led…
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Miss. Dolly Rathbone has new received the gold medal earned by her for having ridden Glimpse. It is a solid piece of jewellery. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Where the Money Went. End of a Great Mine. Great Fingall Closes Down
A Perth message states: The Great Fingall gold mine at Day Dawn is being closed down, and another tragedy in the mining history of the State is now…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Price Anomaly. Hillgrove Miners' Protest. ARMIDALE
A public meeting at Hillgrove decided to draw up a petition to Mr. Hughes, protesting against, the low price for tungsten ores, and drawing attention to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australasia. Ship Sights Mine
SYDNEY, Friday.—A floating mine was sighted in the Pacific by a vessel which has arrived at Sydney. The mine was towed for five hours, but then sank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Far Better Than Coal
An American mining engineer has come to England with an invention for using nitrogen as an energy-producer in place of coal, at a fraction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Tale of a Mine. Sydney
Along the Sydney waterfront runs a strange story of a New Zealand trader's experience with a mine, sea. The vessel was coming to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fighting the Submarines. The New Policy --Designed by Admiral Jellicoe. A Gigantic Mine Field. LONDON
Mr. Archibald Hurd, the well-known naval writer, in an article, in the '' Daily Telegraph," discussing the new danger zone in the North Sea (cabled on 1st…
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The Mines Deartment has selected a site for the erection of the plant in connection with the State arsenic mine near Stauthorpe. The site is near the railway line…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A rich gold find is reported from the Cowra district. Two reefs have been opened up fifty feet apart…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams Coal in Queensland. Brisbane
An outcrop of anthracite coal has been discovered at Cloncurry, on the Mount Cuthbert line, in Queensland…
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Charles Nicholson and Son have opened up two reefs in the Cowra district carrying gold. One is said to be the richest find in the State for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attitude of Coal Employees' Federation. Non-union Labor Employed
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Beeby, referring to the attitude of the Coal Employees' Federation towards the Pelaw Main and Richmond Main mines, said the decisions arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Layer Catches a Tartar. Prince Henry of Prussia's Friend. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Monday.—A specially interesting account of the destruction of the German mine laying submarine, No. 39, has reached London from a Dutch correspondent. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Affairs. Mr. Beeby on Mining Trouble
SYDNEY Thursday.—Mr. Beeby, referring to the coal troubles in the northern district, remarked there had been a serious failure on the part of the Federation to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Sweeper Sunk. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Thursday.—The Admiralty reports a British minesweeper was mined and sunk on 1st May. Three officers and 23, including a mercantile crew, were killed…
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