Tweed Bar Blocked Shipping Held Up Coal Shortage
The Tweed River bar is impassable to shipping and raw sugar manufactured at Condong mill is being railed to…
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Mining & the mines, 1934
429 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 17 of 22
Arsenic From Mining Dump Took Heavy Toll Thousands of Stock Lost Over 15 Years
MELBOURNE, Wednesday:— The mysterious poisoning of stock in the Morrison district, near Geelong, which baffled residents for 15…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Production Canberra
During the 12 months ended June 30, 1934, gold production in Australia was 870.395 fine ounces, valued at £7,073,759…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Virgin Gold Area to Be Developed
The stage is now being set to commence developmental work in connection with the Bobo King Mine, Dorrigo, a six months' option of which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coursing Kyogle Gold Cup Meeting Draw For
The draw for the Kyogle Gold Cup meeting, to be held to-morrow, took place last night as follows:— Maiden Stake: Omagh Lass v. Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →WORTH £3,580,252 in Six Months Gold Production in Australia
CANBERRA, Thursday Gold produce in Australia for the first six months of this year was 428,112 fine ounces, compared with 442,283 ounces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kyogle Gold Cup Kyogle
Although adverse weather has played havoc with fixtures arranged by Kyogle club this season, there is little likelihood of the gold cup meeting to be held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Was Not One Concerned Detained Sampan Alleged Theft of Gold Ore
MELBOURNE, Friday: -- The Minister for Customs (Mr. White) said to-day he had received information from the Sub-Collector of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →100 Men Cut Off by Flames in Burning Coal Mine Rescue Parties Failed to Reach Entombed Miners Charred Bodies Recovered Weeping Crowds at Pit Top London
SURROUNDED by a wall of flame after an explosion in Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, North Wales, early this morning, at least 100 miners are believed to have perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Inquiry Ballina
Only one case waf; listed for hearing at the Ballina court on Friday, and that was adjourned until October 19…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →100 Men Trapped in Blazing Colliery Shocking Disaster in Wales Victims Surrounded by Wall of Flame
LONDON, Saturday.--As the result of an explosion early this morning at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, in Wales, a hundred men are entombed in the blazing pit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coursing Gold Cup to Qui Dar
The Kyogle Coursing Club meeting passed off very successfully on Saturday. Qui Dar and Willie Willie met in the final of the Gold Cup, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deaths Now Estimated at 260 Wrexham Colliery Disaster "Hell Let Loose" Rescue Work Abandoned
LONDON, Sunday:- It is now officially admitted that the death- roll in the Wrexham colliery disaster is probably 260. A miners' official previously had stated that the number of lamps missing 261. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coursing Kyogle Meeting Que Dar's Gold Cup KYOGLE
Que Dar, owned by Mr. G. H. Lyndon (Lismore), won the principal event at the Kyogle gold cup coursing meeting at Fawcett's Plain enclosure on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At Least 261 Dead in Gresford Colliery Inferno Gallant Rescue Parties Faced Almost Unbelievable Hardship "It Was Like Going Into Hell," Said One London
AFTER an exhausting day it was officially announced that rescue operations in the blazing Gresford colliery had been abandoned as nobody could possibly be alive. At least 261 are dead, while others…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extend World Trade Gold Countries' Move
GENEVA, Tuesday: During the sitting of the League Council to-day, representatives of the gold countries appointed a committee to work out a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gresford Mine Breaks Loose Another Miner Killed London
Another explosion occurred at Gresford colliery to-day, when gasses and fire burst through a sealed ventilating shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold in Wales. Mines Being Reopened
Arrangements have been completed for reopening seven Welsh gold mines situated in the Merioneth mountains near Barmouth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Miner's Lucky Strike
Mr. Prank P. Gibson, 28 Beatrice-street, Invercargill, who has now gone gold-mining, had a lucky strike when he bought R-U-R. After…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Dependents of Missing Miners London
The Mayor of Wrexham, the scene of the recent colliery disaster, told the "Daily Herald" that there had been a telephonic communication…
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