Coal Gas for Motor Gars
Very important results Have been reached by the committee appointed by the British Government to examine the feasibility of using…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1920
1,000 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 50
Sale of Coal Prohibited. Further Restrictions Expected. MELBOURNE
As a result of the marine engineers' strike it has now become necessary to prohibit the sale of coal and coke in Victoria, except under authority from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Coal Shortage. 10,000 Tons from Newcastle. SYDNEY
The German steamer Walbeck will leave Sydney to-morrow morning for Newcastle to load 10,000 tons of coal for Melbourne to meet the shortage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Preference for Soldiers Barred. Coal Workers' Union Protest. SYDNEY
The Port Jackson Coal Workers Union, at a meeting to-day, protested against the desire of the oversea companies to give preference to returned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Demand. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Thursday.—The Miners' Federation sitting in London considering the question of a new wages demand by the miners in consequence of the owners' great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Piano in a Truck of Coal
A piano has been found buried in a truck of coal lying at Spotswood. The piano had been packed in canvas and a tarpaulin. The railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Export Coal. Huge Profits Earned. Miners Take a Stand. LONDON
The Miners' Federation discussed the soaring prices of export coal, which was 65 in December compared with 49 in July, whereas Sir Auckland Geddes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Rescue Discoveries
Some exceedingly interesting discoveries have been made by British investigators in connection with mine rescue apparatus. This apparatus is supplied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor Affairs. The Miners' Federation
SYDNEY, Saturday.—A proposal that miners and everyone working in and about the Cessnock collieries should be members of the Miners' Federation is likely to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italian Ship Lost. Strikes Floating Mine. (United Service, Ltd.)
LONDON, Saturday.—A report from Genoa states that, the ship Principessa Mafalda in a voyage from America struck a floating mine and was lost with all aboard. The report,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lens Mines. (Reuter.)
PARIS, Sunday.—It is not expected that a ton of coal will be removed from the Lens mines in 1920, as it will take a whole year to clear the debris resulting from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shod with Gold Shoes. a Horse Journey From Beechworth to Woolshed. an Incident of 64 Years Ago
There are very few left, no doubt, who remember a celebrated journey from Beechworth to Woolshed, in Victoria, by a horse which was shod entirely with golden shoes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Find
A somewhat sensational gold yield has been reported to the warden in Rockhampton by G. Elliott, and McFaddyn. Some time ago Elliott purchased a property near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Earning £5 a Day
Up to £5 a day is being earned by alluvial miners at Hill End since the recent heavy rain. According to a message from that centre over three inches of rain came down…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Coast Mines
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Conditions are very unsettled in the South Coast mines as the result of alleged grievances. Already about 1000 men are idle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boom in Mining Shares
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—As the result, of remarkably favorable reports regarding the Badock tin mine, excitement, was caused on the Stock Exchange, when shares rose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hepburn Colliery Idle
SYDNEY, Thursday.—As a result of the marine engineers' strike the Hepburn colliery, employing 1000 men, has been idle all this week. This colliery produces some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fears for Mine Sweeper. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Wednesday.—It is feared that the mine sweeper Leonard with a crew of nine has been lost on the Scottish coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining at Hillgrove
Scheelite is now the main product of the once famous Hillgrove gold field, For the year ended December 31 78 tons of scheelite, valued at £14,630, was purchased for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Find
A somewhat sensational gold yield has been reported to the warden in Rockhampton by G. Elliott, and. McFaddyn. Some time ago Elliott purchased a…
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