Bleakest Day Since Last Winter Gold Wind And Rain
Yesterday was the bleakest day in Murwillumbah since the end of the 1938 winter. A cold wind blew throughout the day, while…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
520 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 26
Pension Scheme for Miners 60 and Over Sought
CANBERRA, Tuesday:—A request that the Federal Government should agree to a Royal Commission to inquire into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anti-mine Device to Protect Ships on Australian Coast Melbourne
Many hundreds of paravenes, an anti-mine device perfected in the Great War, are being imported from Great Britain to Australia. Their use…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →King and Queen Descend Mine District Where 90 Per Cent of World's Nickel is Produced
SUDBURY (Ontario), Monday:—Their Majesties to-day descended the shaft of the Frood mine, the largest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Royal Tour King Holds Queen's Hand During Descei[?]t Into Mine Parry Sound, Ontario
During a descent into a mine to-day. the King held the Queen's hand, and suggested that she swallow continually to relieve the pressure on her…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deaths in Fire in Coal Mine. London
A fire in a seam 2400 feet below the surface in a colliery in Lancashire caused the loss of five lives, including that of the manager…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Miners Killed
PERTH, Wednesday:-Emilo Dim-bardieri (26), married, and Henrick Henricksen (35), single, members of a shaft crew of five, were killed at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire In Lancashire Colliery Five Are Dead
LONDON, Tuesday: — A fire in a seam 800 yards below the surface of No. 2 pit in Astley Green Colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Loads of Gold for United States
The gold-laden galleons of the Spanish holiday carried "small change" compared with the vast shipments of gold now fleeing…
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Australian gold production during April totalled 125,587 fine ounces, valued at £A1,151,063 compared with an output of 125.720 fine ounces valued…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Oil From Coal and Crops Not Much Hope!
The Commonwealth Standing Committee on liquid fuels has supplied the Government with the following information and estimated costs:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →What the Discovery of Gold Meant to N.s.w
The discovery of gold at Ophir in 1851 had far reaching economic effects, Mr. W. Folster, told the Orange Rotary Club in an after dinner talk the other…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sequel to Gold Robbery Three Men in Kalgoorlie Police Court KALGOORLIE
Arising out of the recent theft of gold at the Broken Hill Pty.'s Hannans North Mine, three men appeared in the Kalgoorlie Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six Entombed in Coal
LIEGE, Saturday:—Six persons are entombed in a coal mine near Liege. All are feared dead…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Vestal or Gold Spark for Plate Jack Mac Has Credentials For Hurdle
Saturday's form at Randwick may be of some assistance to backers on their efforts to find the winners of to-day's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →China Buys Digs for Gold
While a feverish Europe rushes gold to the United States for safe-keeping, the united trend is noticeatle in China. Ever since…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Qld. Gold Production
BRISBANE, Thursday:—Queensland mines gave 12,597 fine ounces of gold, valued at £115,682 in Australian currency, last month compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tatham Moves Bridge Across the South Arm —Electricity From Moonem Coal
An enthusiastic meeting was held at Tatham, on Thursday evening to consider the erection of a bridge over the South Arm near the present ferry, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rescue Seems Impossible Four Men Trapped in Mine
BROKEN HILL, Sunday:—All hope has been abandoned of recovering the four men trapped in the South Mine by a fall of earth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold in Solomon Island "Would Be Difficult to Win"
SYDNEY, Sunday:—Leading Australian mining engineers, who returned to Sydney aboard the Malaita, after investigation of the…
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