Mining Tragedy Charters Towers
Overcome by foul air in an 80-feet mine shaft, Wilfred Fisher (28), of Charters Towers, is believed to have lost his life. Two mates lowered…
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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
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Overcome by foul air in an 80-feet mine shaft, Wilfred Fisher (28), of Charters Towers, is believed to have lost his life. Two mates lowered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Executive Council to-day issued an order preventing the importation for six months of any coal except British, the quota of which, from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The consistent Dromos carried off the Moorefield Gold Cup to-day, defeating Australia Fair by a length and a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fox Films' "Wild Gold," which will be presented to-night only at the Star Court Theatre, capitalises the present day gold situation and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →CHARTERS TOWERS, Thursday:--Ovrecome by foul air in an 80ft. shaft, Wilfred Fisher (28), of Charters Towers, is believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the absence of any successful intervention, the stoppage of work on the Golden Mile promises to be prolonged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →KALGOORLIE, Friday:-- No fresh development in the dispute between the gold-mining companies and the workers in West…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The official price of gold will be raised to-morrow from 2.95 yen per gramme to 3.09 per yen per gramme for the purpose of readjustment with…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Ald. J. Shakespeare, who was injured when he was struck by falling coal at Cessnock on Monday, died in hospital to-day. He had recently…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →KALGOORLIE, Monday:-- During the week-end several smaller mines in other centres outside of Wiluna, Gwalia and Kalgoorlie ceased work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LITTLE AMERICA, Tuesday: The geological party has returned, to the main camp after 88 days in the field, completing a journey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →KALGOORLIE, Tuesday:--A definite move towards the settlement of the dispute between the companies and men in the goldmining industry was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Wednesday:-- Newspapers are paying attention to the popularity of Westralian goldshares, which dealings continued in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →That the transport of gold by air, from Africa, and India to London, has increased recently is shown by statistics which have just become…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →KALGOORLIE, Wednesday:-- Replying to the statement by members of the Australian Workers' Union that the solution of the present dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Thursday:--The gold yield, of Queensland continues to show an increase. The December yield was 10,122 fine ounces valued at £42,995,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KALGOORLIE, Thursday:--No further development has taken place in the miningd ispute. Over 6000 men have now been idle for 11 days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forty million gallons of benzol were produced from coal in Great Britain in 1933. The Fuel Research Board, in its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Sunday: -- The goldminmg rush at Batlow, in the south of the State, continues and land has been taken under various…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A gold show, situated near Bingara, is said to be opening up in a most promising way, and a big mine will probably be established…
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