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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday: -- Rescue parties have now recovered 12 bodies from Wonthaggi mine. They are;-- William Ridley (63), oversman; James Mitchell (53), oversman; Archibald Beveridge (38), deputy shift boss; Albert…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday. Lord Nuffield has given £1000 to the Wonthaggi distress fund. He sent the following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday: -- In Bendigo City Court, three prospectors were convicted of having gold unlawfully in their possession. The men…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Tuesday:--A conference has opened at the; Board of Trade to consider a move to save Britain's oil supply by reverting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TEN more bodies, frightfully battered, were recovered by search parties in Wonthaggi mine to-day. The first body to-day, that of Archibald Beveridge, was found beneath a mass of rock and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →EVERY endeavour is to be made by the Victorian Government to help those who have been affected by the Wonthaggi mine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Rod, whose training gallops have been the feature of the present carnival, was again in the limelight to-day when he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Thursday:--The Acting Premier (Mr. (Olde) made an important statement to the press to-day foreshadowing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(By Tom Ellis). The high-weight who came home best of all in the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield on Saturday was Regular Bachelor. He was last when the field had gone a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Friday:-- The menace of poison gas in Wonthaggi mine has retarded the search for the body of Harry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Most interest in to-day's racing will be attached to the Caulfield meeting, where horses from almost every State will be competing. The rich Futurity Stakes is the main event. A w.f.a. race with penalties and allowances, the race is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Making a surprising appearance when it seemed that Pamelus would win, Gold Rod dramatically won the Futurity Stakes at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday:--The Wonthaggi miners have .agreed to a settlement of the dispute which arose on February 10. Work will be resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All men were withdrawn and the mine sealed when a fire broke out in a section of Happy Valley mine this afternoon. Parties from the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →By tracing through sustenance records the movements of an Imperial ex-service man who was seen travelling the road with a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Sunday:--The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Gibraltar says that gradually a paralysis is spreading over the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday:--Fire broke out underground at the Happy Valley colliery, near Merewether, this afternoon. It is believed that the hessian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday:--The body of the thirteenth victim of the Wonthaggi mine tragedy, Walter Harper (42), over-man, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday:--Detectives believe they have identified the man whose skeleton was unearthed near the Calder…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE House of Commons to-night discussed the Gresford Colliery disaster in which 265 lives were lost in September 1934. Mr. George…
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