Rhodesian Rebuff for British Miners
The Rhodesia Labor Party Conference at Bulawayo expressed strong dissent at the recent engagement by the High Commissioner for Southern…
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Mining & the mines, 1936
432 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 22
Attempt on Safe Two Miners Charged BRISBANE
Robert Menzies (36) and Robert Sorbie (29), both miners, were charged at the Collinsville (North Queensland) Police Court to-day with having broken…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£12,000 Damage in Colliery Fire Countryside Lit Up for Three Miles
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday:-- A fire which lit, up the countryside for a radius of three miles at Catherine Hill Bay last night destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increased Yield Gold-mining Industry MELBOURNE
The steady revival in the goldmining industry of Australia is reflected in the estimated gold yield for 1935 of nine hundred thousand fine ounces,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →ELECTROCUTED Mine Engine Driver
ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday:--David Phillips (24) employed at the power housed at the Mt. Morgan mine, was electrocuted this morning. Phillips…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Miners Not Likely to Strike
BRISBANE, Friday:--Opnion was expressed in Brisbane to-night that even if the coalminers in N.S.W. went on strike there was no reason to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners to Strike? Support of Seamen Final Decision Next Week
SYDNEY, Friday:--A conference of the mining unions to-day decided to recommend to the aggregate meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moorefield Runners Reviewed Golden Gate for Gold Cup by "Sharpshooter"
The racing at Randwick on Wednesday was a triumph for the horses that had been racing consistently, as four out of six events were won by those that had been showing good form…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Threat Shipowners Seriously Concerned
MELBOURNE, Saturday: -- Although shipowners here believe that the shipping strike is collapsing, they are seriously concerned regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Council Endorses Decision Members To Meet SYDNEY
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation at a special meeting to-day decided to endorse the proposal to hold aggregate meetings on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners May Strike on Friday Central Council in Support Effort to Embroil Other Transport Unions
SYDNEY, Sunday:--A meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided to-day that if the coal miners agreed on Wednesday to support the striking seamen, a general strike in the coal industry throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Miners Not Keen on Strike? Mass Meetings on Thursday to Consider Question
IPSWICH, Monday: Mass meetings of miners are to be held throughout Queensland on Thursday to determine the districts'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams. Big Industrial Upheaval Feared. Miners Expected to Come Out. Rail and Tram Men Invited to Join Strike. Sydney
It is believed in mining circles that the miners will agree to the recommendation placed before them by their leaders that they should cease work on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Coal Dispute Miners and Owners to Confer
LONDON, Monday:—The meeting of the national executive of the Mineowners' Federation, which was adjourned from before Christmas till…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Many Miners Get Rheumatism Exposed to Disease Factors
"Colliery employees account for some 13 per cent of male admissions to the Royal Bath Hospital (Harrogate), and as, moreover, their work exposes them…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Blown to Pieces Explosion at Mt. Isa Mine
MT. ISA, Tuesday:— While working in a drive at No. 4 level at the Mt. Isa mine to-night, Leonard Williams (26), a native of Wales, was blown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unanimous Coal Stoppage Wanted Federation Chief to Address Queensland Miners
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. C. Nelson) arrived from Sydney by the Kyogle mail train to-day and went…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Miners Refuse To Go On Strike Support of Seamen Voting Five to One in Opposition
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mass meetings of the miners to-day overwhelmingly defeated the recommendation of officials of the combined unions that there should be a general strike throughout the Commonwealth in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Produce Oil From Coal Scheme to Relieve Unemployment
SYDNEY, Wednesday:— The report of Sir Frederick Stewart (Minister for the Relief of Unemployment), which has been in the hands of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£7,000,000 Worth of Coal Glasgow Deposits May be Developed
LONDON, Tuesday:—A proposal is under discussion for development of the coal deposits near Glasgow, estimated to be worth £7,000,000 and…
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