N.z. Imports Ban May Cause 1,000 to Lose Jobs Shipping and Coal Trades Affected
SYDNEY, Tuesday:—It is feared in the coal and shipping trades that the New Zealand ban on imports of coal may cause a loss of…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
520 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 26
Gold Stored in South Africa £40,000,000 Held for Small Nations
JOHANNESBURG: Recent shocks to the equanimity of small nations have sent much gold away from the storm centres. The rise in stocks…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Entombed in Coal Mines TOKYO
Coal mine explosions on Hokkaido Island, and in Mukden, are believed to have entombed 100 and 34 respectively…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Find at Nymboida 6Ft. Good Quality Coal Seam
Cr. Schwinghammer told members of the Clarence River County Council at this week's meeting that two miners had discovered a seam of coal about a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Men Entombed in Coal Mine Explosions
TOKIO, Thursday:—Coal mine explosions at Hokkaido Island and at Mukden to-day are believed to have entombed 100 men and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rich Gold Find Drake
Two prespectors on Mount Carrington, about two miles north of Drake post office, have located an extremely rich gold reef. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drake Gold Find Heavy Yield Is Indicated CASINO
The two prospectors who have located what is reported to be an extremely rich gold bearing reef at Drake are Messrs. G. Easterbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rich Gold Strike on Old Field
Two prospectors, G. Asterbrook and E. Young, have located a rich gold find at Drake, between Casino and Tenterfield…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gallant Miners of Wales Rescue of Trapped Workmate
Eight miners risked death from falls of roof as they fought for three hours to rescue a workmate trapped underground at Ffaldau…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Coal Heap Spontaneous Combustion WOLLONGONG
As the result of spontaneous combustion, following the wet weather last week, a fire broke out to-day in a heap of coal containing 32,000 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Danger Passed in Coal Heap Blaze Port Kembla
The fire which broke out in a stack of coal owned by the Australian Iron and Steel Co. is now under control. About 100 men worked all night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Gold Seeker Camps
The coals glow red as the flames recede, And night birds call in the scrub nearby, Their soft low notes in my fancy plead, To a waiting mate who is near but shy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman's Fine Gesture Presents Her Late Husband's Gold Pass to Successful Labor M.l.a
Mrs. Waddell, defeated U.A.P. candidate at the Waverley by-election, not only congratulated Mr E. C. Martin, the successful Heffron Labor candidate, by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fined For Stealing Coal CASINO
At the Casino court to-day Johr. Hudson (18), John Sydney Parker (20) Wm. Lamb (20), Stanley Bruhn (18). and Neil Matheson (28) were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Petrol From Coal and Shale Demonstrated to Min. for Territories
SYDNEY, Monday:—The Minister for Territories (Mr. Perkins) to-day attended a demonstration of a process claimed to be capable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft At Mint In Perth STOLE £135 in Tiny Gold Beads
Perth branch of the Royal Mint was robbed of gold worth £135 in six months. In the Perth Police Court Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Supplies From Nimbin Tyalgum Mine Lease Expired
Due to the expiry of a lease, Murwillumbah power station has not received any supplies of coal from the Tyalgum mine for some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Gold Gallops Among Spectators Brisbane
When the horses were called into line for the start of the Sixth Division, Handicap at Albion Park to-day Great Gold threw his rider, C. Studders, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Guard Patrols for Coal Mines
IPSWICH, Thursday—Although the State Government through proprietors has called for volunteers to constitute patrols to guard collieries in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Miners Die When Gassed
MELBOURNE, Friday:—Overcome by bad gas, two men died in a mine shaft at Eganstown, near Daylesford,…
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