Labour Unrest. More Goal Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Friday.—A number of the southern coal mines may close owing to the coke strike as about one-third of the average output normally goes to the coke ovens…
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Mining & the mines, 1924
669 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 34
Minmi Colliery to Be Closed
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—It is stated that the employees of Mr. John Brown's colliery at Minmi have been served with a notice intimating that their services will not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italian Nobleman's Hoard. Money, Gold and Jewels
The executors of the will of Count Gaetano Bonoris, a rich Mantau nobleman, received a glittering surprise when they opened, according to instructions,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Untold Wealth Italian Nobleman's Hoard. Money, Gold and Jewels. Surprise for Executors
ROME, Saturday.--The executors of the will of Count Gaetano Bonoris, a rich Mantua nobleman, received a glittering surprise when they opened,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The northern coal mines resumed work yesterday, but there are still seven on strike…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The strike at the State coal mine at Baralaba has not yet been settled, but there is some prospect of adjustment this week…
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LONDON, Monday.--The ballot of Yorkshire and Northumberland miners overwhelmingly favors the termination of the National Wages Board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collieries Resume
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Wallarah and Cessnock collieries resumed work yesterday, leaving six mines still idle…
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GRAFTON, Wednesday. — Mining is progressing at the crstwhile settlement of Lionsville. Mr. Colin Campbell, who is one of the original…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.--Unofficial reports reached Brisbane to-day to the effect that a mysterious explosion has occurred in the Michery State arsenic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nugget of Gold Man with Automatic Pistol
PERTH, Thursday.—Walking into a Barrack-street pawnbroker's establishment, a man of smart appearance, dressed in a dark suit, handed over to the manager, Mr. G…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--One northern colliery resumed yesterday. Five are still on strike…
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NOVA SCOTIA, Thursday.—Twelve thousand coal miners left work, when a contract expired, and the British Empire Steel Corporation took 20 per cent off the wages of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Miners' Ballot
LONDON, Thursday.--The miners' ballot of 510,000 to 14,000 rejected the idea of giving three months' notice of the termination of the wages…
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Mining is progressing at the erst-while settlement of Lionsville. Mr. Colin Campbell, who is one of the original prospectors of the Cedar Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Pirates Gold." Prologue
Captain Ned Low, and George Roberts (who tells the story) took out the ship King Sagamore to St. Vincent in the Azores, to ret[?]ve a hoard of pirate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Miners Thought Better of It. Proposed Strike Rejected
LONDON., Thursday.--It is officially announced that the miners' ballot has resulted in 510,000 for and 114,000 against giving three weeks' notice to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wasted By-products. Virtues of Coal Tar Our Potential Dye Industry
Economically Australia might aptly be described as the land of lost by products, for more valuable raw material is thrown away in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall Down Mine Shaft
SYDNEY, Monday.—William Darrington (21), a miner, fell down a shaft at the Balmain colliery to-day, and sustained injuries to the back and abrasions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosive in Coal Fireman Blown Out of Train Driver Also Injured
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.-- An extraordinary affair is reported from Burnham. A fireman named Swanson was stoking while the train was…
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