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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
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By the "opencast method,"Britain is mining outcrop coal in Yorkshire to increase her coal output. Valuable deposits are won a few feet below the surface. Soil above the coal is removed by excavators drawn by tractors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Owing to industrial disputes and a mechanical breakdown, eight mines were idle in New South Wales today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday: Mosquitoes from Bomber Command, one of which is missing, attacked crushing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday: As a result of miners' aggregate meetings today it is probable that all mines on the South Coast will be idle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday.—All southern coal mines were idle to-day as the result of a dispute over rates of pay to one man. Approximately 350[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Monday: Every name on the South Coast of New South Wales was idle today because the miners at nine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) stated in the House Representatives today that the announcement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It is estimated that a production loss of 23,000 tons of coal and 1000 tons of coke resulted today from strikes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A truck and a motor car were used today for demonstrating the efficiency of metane gas pumped from a Baimain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANEBERRA, Tuesday: Miners Federation officials are believed to have Federal Ministers that the coal industry is again…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday: Twenty-six mines in New South Wales were idle today through strikes, making a new record for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the Warden's Court at Murwillumbah yesterday the hearing was commenced of an application by James Patrick Murphy, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEW YORK, Wednesday: The Berne correspondent of the New York Times says: Swiss newspapers publish stories of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Condemning strikes in wartime, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) told the House of Representatives today that he was considering declaring all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CANBERRA, Thursday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said in the House of Representatives today that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Methane gas at the rate of 80,- 000 cubic feet a day-- the equivalent of 800 gallons of petrol-- was Dumped from Balmain col…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Thursday: It was learned tonight that the Opposition leader (Mr. Fadden) is likely to move…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The adjourned hearing of the application by James Patrick Murphy, of Coolangatta, for mining Special Lease 62, Parish of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced in the House of Representatives to-day that legal proceedings would be launched in the case of 27 coal mines reported idle to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Friday.—The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Wells) said to-day that action taken by the Central…
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