Wells's Message to Miners
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The retiring president of the Miners' federation. (Mr wells) declared today that the declared intentions,…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
632 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 32
U.s. Miners Appeal Over Fines
WASHINGTON, Wednesday: The Supreme Court heard argument on an appeal by the miners' leader (Mr John L. Lewis)and the United Mine Workers against the Federal District Court's fines of 3,510,000 dollars…
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NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP).— Thirteen miners at Plymouth (Pennsylvania) were killed and two were injured when a colliery…
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JERUSALEM, Friday (AAP).— Two buried mines exploded neat Hederah last night. They shattered the military underground…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →11,000 Arrests in Hamburg for Coal Theft
LONDON, Friday: Eleven thousand people were arrested in Hamburg last week for stealing coal, says the Evening…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tanker Strikes Mine
COPENHAGEN, Sunday (AAP). —Built only last year, the 8000 ton tanker, British Earl, had to be beached after striking a mine off…
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ATHENS, Sunday.—Reuter's correspondent says that about 300 passengers are reported to have been killed when the liner Chimarra bound for Pireaus with 600 passengers struck a mine. (Lloyds say that they are unable to trace a vessel…
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PERTH, Sunday. — An ounce of gold worth £10, in a tobacco tin, sent Umberto Bonon, 41-year-old miner, to gaol for four months…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →300 Reported Killed when Liner Hits Mine Ships Leave for Rescue
LONDON, Sunday; About 300 passengers are reported to have been killed when the liner, Chimarra, bound for Piraeus with 600 passengers, struck a mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Now Faces New Competition
NEW YORK (A.P.): One result of the 17-day late autumn walk-out of coal mines in the United States, caused by union…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Cut for U.K. Steel Industry
LONDON, Monday: Cuts in the coal allocation of such severity that, steel output may be forced down by a million tons in 1947,…
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LONDON, Monday (AAP).—Cuts in the coal allocation of such severity that the steel output may be forced down by millions of tons in 1947 are…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: There would be outbreaks of strikes on the New South Wales coalfields unless the Coal Mines Regulations…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr H. Williams) announced to-night that his resignation,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Threat on Meat
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— The Northern Miners' Board of Management decided this afternoon to convene a…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— A number of prominent applicants for the position of general president of the Miners Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Threat Over Meat Dispute
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Miners Federation will urge a general strike in a industries in northern New South Wales if the meat dispute is not settled on the basis of pre-stoppage retail prices…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →36 Dead, 28 Injured Recovered from Mine
LONDON, Wednesday: Renter's Belgrade correspondent says that 36 are dead and 28 injured so far have been recovered from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Find Reported In New Zealand
WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Wednesday: The possibility of a gold rush follows the claim of a Maori bulldozer driver, William McLean, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board Personnel Completed
CANBERRA, Friday. — Mr. Chifley to-day announced the remaining two appointments to the joint Coal Board to control…
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