Rich Gold Strikes in W.a
KALGOORLIE, Tuesday —Two more rich gold strikes have been reported in the past 48 hours. At…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Court Order to Leader of U.s. Miners
WASHINGTON, Tuesday: The Supreme Court ordered today that its mandate in the Lewis case be issued on Thursday,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Queensland Miners' President (Mr. Miller) said mineowners in Queensland had agreed to demands for…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The State Parliamentary Labor Party today approved an increase of 5/ a week in pensions for miners. This…
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AMSTERDAM. Thursday (AAP). —The Greek steamer, Alexandra, 4355 tons, struck a mine off Terschelling Island and is…
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AMSTERDAM, Thursday: The 4355-ton Greek freighter Alexandra, struck a mine off Terschelling Island and is reported…
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MOSCOW, Friday (AAP).—The French Foreign Minister (M. Bidault) informed the Foreign Ministers that France would not be a party to any agreement on German economic unity, the level of German industry,…
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SYDNEY. Friday. — The Coal and Oil Shale Mine Workers' Pensions Amendment Bill pa[?]ed the second and third reading in the…
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VALENCIA, Friday: Nine coalminers were shot dead when police discovered what they called a "Communist plot" to…
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LONDON, Monday: The Daily Express says: It is officially disclosed that Britain last month exported…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday: The early departure from Germany of two highly qualified chemical engineers who would study…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday (AAP).—With the known death roll already 21, an additional 94 men are still trapped 540 feet…
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BELGRADE, Wednesday (AAP). —One man was killed when the United States food relief ship, Saint Lawrence Victory, bound…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Unless claims made by, shot-firers regarding compensation are settled by Monday all South Coast…
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LONDON, Wednesday: Reuter's Belgrade correspondent says: The United States ship Saint Lawrence Victory, bound…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russia Uses Veto on Albanian Mine-laying Issue
NEW YORK, Wednesday: The Russian delegate to the United Nations (M Gromyko) used the veto to block the Security Council decision in Britain's favor in her dispute with Albania over mine-laying in the Corfu Channel…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday: Mine officials now fear that 135 men perised in the Illinois mine disaster. Fourteen hours eiter the blast swept through the mine, at Centralia, rescuers were unable to reach sections where 114 men are entombed…
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NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP).—With carbon monoxide fumes filling the tunnels, hope has been abandoned for 110 miners still trapped in the coal mine at Wainac, near Centralia (Illinois)…
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CENTRALIA (U.S.). Thursday: A coal company official reported that 31 miners had been brought out alive, but 110…
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BRITISH railways arc tackling the problem of converting locomotives from coal to oil burning, under the Government authorised scheme by which the main line companies will save a million tons of coal per year. Only heavy duty locomotives…
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