Wonthaggi Miners Refuse to Work
MELBOURNE, Monday:—Until the Railway Commissioners agree to grant annual leave on a flat rate of one day's holiday for every…
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Mining & the mines, 1941
306 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 16
Stoppages in Coal Industry Likely
SYDNEY, Tuesday:--About 8,000 engine-drivers, employed in collieries throughout New South Wales, have decided to hold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Equipment of Ships with Mine Devices
CANBERRA, Tuesday:--After preliminary delays, due to shortage of equipment and labor, the work of equipping Australian ships with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Company To Make Oil From Coal
The Commonwealth Treasurer Mr. Fadden, has granted an application for the registration of Coal Oil and By-Products Pty., Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wonthaggi Miners Refuse Conference
MELBOURNE, Wednesday:—Miners at Wonthaggi to-day rejected an offer by mine managers to call a conference between representatives of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ruhr Coal Production Falls Sharply
LONDON, Wednesday:—Information reaching the Ministry of Econmic Warfare reveals a tremendous fall in coal production [?]n…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Requirements for N.s. Wales Railways
The New South Wales railways spend annually on materials about £6,000,000. Approximately 90 per cent, of this amount is spent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sweeping Up Mines Private Vessels Converted Sydney
The Australian Navy's minesweeping force has been increased in recent weeks by a number of private vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Mine "Gets" Japanese Soldiers Hong Kong (Aap)
Three hundred Japanese soldiers were- killed when a troop train hit a mine in North. Hupeh Province[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ban Supported by Miners, Engineers and Engine Drivers
SYDNEY, Monday:-- At Old Bulli to-day miners, went home as a protest against the tax on overtime. At the pit meeting they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electricity Supply "Coal Provides Most Economic Generation" ALSTONVILLE
"I remain firmly convinced that the most certain and economic method of electricity generation in this district is by coal, and that until the source of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Needs for State Railways 1½ Million Tons Per Year Aust. Materials Favoured
The New South Wales Railways spend annually on materials about £6,000,000, of which approximately 90 per cent, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amusements "Hidden Gold" at School of Arts
Clarence E. Mulford's "Hidden Gold." starring William Boyd, will be presented at Murwillumbah School of Arts to-night. This latest adventure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →50 Miles of Coal Cut in Year by Scottish Robot
LONDON; Four coalcutters,-built by a Scottish firm, have just been shipped to Chile to join the 17 already at work there. These machines, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Favor Retention of Gold
WASHINGTON, Saturday:—Senators who are friendly to the British aid programme are at present proposing that Britain and other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Fatality
MELBOURNE, Thursday:—Walter White (24), single, was killed instantly by a fall of five tons of coal in an underground tunnel at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Buried Under 150 Tons of Coal: Broken Leg and Abrasions
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Rescued two hours after he had been buried by a fall of coal estimated to be between 1OO and 150 tons at Elrington colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minister Slates Miners' Delegate
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—"The contribution to Australia's war effort which he presumably recommends is bigger and better strikes. I do…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Ashore
WELLINGTON, N.Z., Thursday.—A mine has been washed ashore in Hauraki Gulf. Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Durham Miners Cause Crisis
LONDON, Wednesday:—The refusal of unemployed miners to move from Durham, where 10,000 are out of work,…
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