Vessel Sunk by Mine
LONDON, Monday : --The steamer Eskdene (3,829 tons) has been sunk by a mine. The crew of 29 was landed at a Scottish port…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
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Coal Dispute Miners Seek Intervention by Mr. Menzies
CANBERRA, Wednesday:--Intervention by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) in the coal dispute to ensure peace in the industrty…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday:-- Four members of the Opposition voted with the Government in the Senate to-day to defeat an amendment moved by one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Finns and Swedes Mine Territorial Waters
LONDON, Tuesday:--A Stockholm message says the Finnish and Swedish Governments have notified the League that they are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-gas Fuel for Cars Large Scale Use Unlikely
While petrol is literally one of the burning questions of the moment in Australia, the provision of suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Allies' Huge Holdings in America Approximately Half Gold Resources WASHINGTON
A Federal Reserve Board report reveals that Britain and France at present control approximately half of all foreign holdings of gold and dollar resources in the United States. The report points out that the Neutrality Act refusal of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Conflicting Views in Mining Dispute
SYDNEY, Tuesday:-- The appointment of a special tribunal to deal with mining problems will be the principal request of the mining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cabinet To Consider Coal Mining Claims
SYDNEY, Wednesday:--The Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) agreed to-day to refer to Cabinet, the claims of mining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nickel Mines Exploded London
Helsingfors officially claims that the Finns are entirely in possession of the district of Tolvajarvi on the southern front. The troops are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mines Laid in River Mouths
LONDON, Saturday: -- The Admiralty has issued a warning that German mines are off the mouth of the rivers Tyne and Tee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strikes Threatened in Coal Mines Sydney
Following the rejection to-night by the Federal Cabinet of a request by the combined mining unions for a special tribunal to deal with disputes at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cabinet Refuses Miners' Request
SYDNEY, Monday:--The Federal Cabinet rejected the request of the mining unions that a special tribunal should be created to deal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Decide to Defy Court
SYDNEY, Tuesday:-- Leading mining unions have decided to defy the Commonwealth Arbitration Court by instructing all members…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nazis Suspend Coal Exports to Belgium
LONDON, Monday:-- "The Times" Brussels correspondent states that Germany has suspended the export of coal to Belgium, believedly to force…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine Sinks British Ship
End of the British steamer Blackhill, after she had struck a German mine in the North Sea…
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The combined mining unions decided to-day to withdraw from the Arbitration Court until special industrial machinery be created…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →King Decorates Men Who Render Mines Harmless
LONDON, Tuesday:--The King to-day decorated five men in recognition of their great courage and skill in rendering safe enemy mines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mt. Morgan Mine
Shareholders in Mount Morgan, the Queensland mining concern, are indebted to their chairman, Mr. A. A. Boyd, for a pictorial brochure setting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Owners to Resist Strike Threats by Miners
SYDNEY, Tuesday: -- Colliery proprietors have decided to resist to the utmost any attempt by mining unions to force further…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Keeping Australian Ports Clear Of Mine Menace MELBOURNE
At an estimated cost of £1,199,640, the defence of Australian ports against minelayers and submarines is being strengthened. Of the capital expenditure £495,000 is being spent during…
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