Fifty Thousand More Miners Britain Paying for War in Coal
"Old King Coal" is helping Britain to pay for the war by providing a valuable export to set against imports of war materials…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
599 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 30
Ship Drags Mine with Anchor
A message from Stockholm says that the Sylvia, with a crew of 20, bound for Gothenburg from Hull, is 17 days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Production of Gold
LONDON, Sunday:—The Union Corporation estimates that the world's gold production in 1939 reached 39,300 million fine (Troy) ounces,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Possibility of New Gas Mine
OSLO, Monday:— Alfred Faste, second mate of the Norwegian steamer Biarritz which was mined and sunk on Thursday, suggests…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Startles Sleepers London
A mine exploded on the shore at a own on the south-east coast of Engand, breached part of a new seawall, and smashed hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Visit of Harry Gold
To-morrow night, at Murwillumbah School of Arts, Tweed residents will have the opportunity of witnessing a vaudeville entertainment such as is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buried Auve Under 15 Tons of Slime Tragedy at Gold Mine KALGOORLIE
Buried alive under 15 tons of slime while working at Paringa Mine, Alfred Joseph Cragan (46), a miner, married, of Boulder, was suffocated before he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Campaign for Uniform Conditions Northern Miners SYDNEY
There was a diversity of opinion on the northern coalfields to-day when the rank and file voted on a motion put forward by the combined…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Shortage in Japan Industrial Centres Idle
LONDON, Tuesday:—The Associated Press correspondent in Tokio says that industrial centres throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Empire Shipments of Gold to U.S. New York
According to the Washington correspondent of the United Press the British Empire has shipped to the United States the following amounts of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Support Policy of Combined Unions Meetings on South Coast
SYDNEY, Thursday:—Aggregate meetings of miners at Bulli and Helsensburgh on the South Coast to-day agreed to a resolution…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industries Close Down Coal Shortage in Japan TOKYO
An acute shortage of coal has brought industrial undertakings throughout Japan to a standstill. The electrical undertakings in 14…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"U.s. Might Not Accept Gold for War Purchases"
LONDON, Saturday:—On the London Stock Exchange market Kaffirs failed to recover fully from the damaging reports that the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Coal Mines Idle Newcastle
Because of strict adherence by members to instructions given them by the combined mining unions committee, eight collieries were [?]dle on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Strike At Additional Colliery
SYDNEY, Monday:—The dispute between the colliery owners and mine workers regarding uniform hours and conditions in the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →St. Dunstan's Gold Appeal King Sends Gold Cigarette Box
The King has been graciously pleased to give his support to the St. Dunstan's Gold Appeal by sending a gold cigarette box. The gift, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Owners Seek Variation In Award
SYDNEY, Tuesday:—The Chief Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court (Sir George Beeby) to-day reserved judgment on an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of Mine Sweeper 54 Lives
LONDON, Monday:—When the mine sweeper Sphinx was being towed into port in heavy weather following the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Price for Gold
SYDNEY. Wednesday:—The Commonwealth Bank quoted a record price for gold to-day—£10/13/3 a fine ounce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Mine Destroy Portion Destroys of Pier
LONDON, Wednesday:—A German mine exploded and destroyed the middle section of a pier at a town on the East Coast of…
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