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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
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An English inventor claims to have produced a device which will end the Nazi mine menace and enable ships to sail through a minefield in safety. This week, in the attic of a suburban house in the Midlands, he gave astra…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Unless we force the Balkans to fight an economic war on our side we shall be strangled by the blockade," declared a representative of Germany's gigantic chemical industries at Zurich this week. He was on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A two-way system of radio communication, which would enable men in remote parts of a mine to keep in touch with the world…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Butter made out of coal is the latest triumph of Germany's substitute drive. The butter tastes alright, but is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Wednesday:—The Mandated Territory of New Guinea is now a greater producer of gold than any of the Australian States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON: Butter made out of is the latest triumph of Germany substitute drive. [?]butter takes alright, but is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chances abound in the Peter Moore Gold Cup, the principal event at Moorefield this afternoon. There are 14 acceptors, and there will be support for every one of them. Masterpiece is a proven performer on the track, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold produced in New South Wales during November last year was estimated at 8756.56 ounces (fine) valued at £37,195 (standard) or £92,601…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, Saturday:—The Lowestoft motor trawler Eta caught a mine in her trawl and sank. Six members of the crew were landed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A brilliant training sprint by Sedunum on Thursday morning was responsible for substantial support for him in the Peter Moore Gold Cup at Moorefield on Saturday. Backed from 10-1 to 7-1, Darby Munro rode him hard down…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LOS ANGELES, Saturday:—The famous "Loot of Lima"—£12,000,000 in gold, buried nearly 120 years ago on Cocos Island, 500 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Sunday:—The "Zurich Zeitung" says: There are reports from Eerlin that everybody is trying to procure coal. In accordance with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON: Britain is planning to increase her output of coal by about 30,000,000 tons a year. Much of the extra coal will be used…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COPENHAGEN, Tuesday:—Believed to be either a new kind of bluff or the product of factory sabotage, a mine which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Races were held at Menangle today. Results MAIDEN WELTER HANDICAP,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE captain of the 10,000-ton British liner, Dunbar Castle, and two members of the crew were killed when the ship was sunk by a mine off the south-east coast of England yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rescuers were hindered by "dead air" pushed slowly towards sections of the mine. Two of the men were found dead…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →While two men operated a powerful pump, six others began on Tuesday afternoon to remove 100 tons of coal from the flooded hold of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven are known dead, and rescuers are working frantically, to release 80 who were trapped, 600 feet underground, by an explosion at a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WASHINGTON, Thursday:— The "New York Times" Washington correspondent says: The British Government is discussing the…
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