Miners Stage Stay-in Strike Newcastle
A stay-in strike was staged by 70 miners to-day at North Wallarah colliery, which was the scene of Australia's first sit-down coal strike some…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
599 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 22 of 30
Moonem Coal Mid-richmond District Coraki
The Minister heard a number of requests from Coraki and Woodburn delegates at the School of Arts, Woodburn. Amongst the matters brought…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Strikes in Two Collieries SIR G. Beeby's Warning
SYDNEY, Wednesday:—"If hold ups continue in the coal mining industry, I will have to suspend these proceedings." said Sir George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Judge's Warning to Miners Sydney
The Chief Judge (Sir George Beeby), in the Federal Arbitration Court today, warned that he would suspend the present hearing of claims of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Union Granted Registration N.S.W. Shale Miners SYDNEY
The application of the New South Wales Coal and Shale Mineworkers' Union for registration as an industrial union of employees was granted to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Britain's Biggest Colliery 400 Tons an Hour
By midsummer four hundred tons of coal an hour will be coming up from a new colliery about to be opened at Comrie, in Fifeshire, to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →How Britain Dealt with the Magnetic Mine
The full story of how the British Navy, with the assistance of civilian scientists, met and mastered the menace of the magnetic mine, may now be told. It is a story in which gallantry, determination and scientific research played equal part;…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners Refuse to Work with Italians
MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—Work was suspended at two of the pits at the State coal mine this afternoon when Britishers refused to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines in Mediterranean
LONDON, Tuesday:—The Admiralty states that certain areas in the Gulf of Venice, Gulf of Quarnero, and all Albanian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Will Work With Naturalised Italians WOLLONGONG
Corrimal colliery was idle to-day. The men held a pit top meeting to consider whether they would continue working with Italians, many of whom are employed in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Phenomenal Gold Yield Will Help Britain Win War
Thanks to our vast financial strength, writes a British economist, the women of Britain are never likely to be asked for their gold rings and trinkets as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Trawlers Sunk by Mines
LONDON, Saturday: The Admiralty announces the loss in home waters of His Majesty's trawlers Myrtle and Ocean Sunlight, sunk by enemy mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£1,500,000 CONTRACT Expansion Of Turkey's Coal Industry
LONDON: A contract of the approximate value of £1,500,000 has been placed by the Turkish Government institution, the Eti Bank, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liner Niagara Sinks After Explosion Mine Found in Locality
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: —The authorities announced to-day that the liner Niagara was lost on the coast somewhere off Auckland. The disaster was due to an explosion of some kind and the cause is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Sank Liner Off New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)
The discovery of a mine in the locality where the Canada-Australasian liner Niagara sank this morning was…
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AUCKLAND: The Canadian Australasian Royal Mail liner, Niagara, 13,415 tons, was sunk by a mine off Aucklnnd at 3 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Mines Near N.z
AUCKLAND, Thursday:— It is officially stated that in addition to the mine which caused the sinking of the Niagara, two other mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Why the Hold Up? Petrol From Coal
Mr. Charles Kemp, retired station manager, of Spring-st., city, who pioneered coalmining in the Burragorang Valley, eight years ago, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Mine Is Swept Up Wellington (N.z.)
Minesweepers have swept up another mine in the locality, in which the Canadian-Australian liner Niagara was sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Docks Attacked by British Mines
LONDON, Saturday:— The Air Ministry communique says: "Aircraft of the Coastal Command attacked enemy shipping docks,…
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