No Monopoly On Uranium Ore Mining
SYDNEY, Monday.-- The Government does not wish to make the mining of uranium ores a Commonwealth monopoly, said the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1949
432 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 18 of 22
No Monopoly On Uranium Ore Mining
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Governernment does not wish to make the mining of uranium ores a Commonwealth monopoly, said the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia Backs Gold Price Rise Campaign
WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP). -- The United Kingdom, Australia and the Philippines are among the earliest supporters of South Africa's campaign to persuade the International Monetary Fund to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bride Wears Pearl Studded Gold Brooch
For something old, Edna May Lay con wore a pearl studded gold brooch, which had belonged to her grandmother, at her marriage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Stock Plan Not Supported by Shire Council
At its monthly meeting, held on Monday. Kyogle Shire Council "received" a request from the Sutherland Shire Council requesting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Colliery Sealed Off
NEWCASTLE, Friday. --A fire developed in a section of Aberdare colliery this, morning, and the men were withdrawn about 10.30 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Stopping These Miners
Some 300 coal miners in the North of England recently gave a telling demonstration of their determination to maintain the production…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Brooch For Something Old
For something old. Kathleen Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. McNamara, Monto. and formerly of Lismore. were an antique…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →480,000 U.S. Miners on Strike; Stoppage In Steel Industry Warned
NEW YORK, Tuesday (AAP).--All 480,000 members of the United Mine Workers' Organisation went on strike today. The miners' resentment over the suspension of benefit payments from the United…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Unloading
Sir,--In your issue (20949), Mr. J. B. Scott, Gas Engineer, of Lismore City Council, states that no coal could be brought to Lismore by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mechanisation of Q'land Coal Mines Recommended
BRISBANE, Thursday.--Complete mechanisation and reorganisation of production methods in Queensland coal mines would be necessary to meet the State's rising consumption of 1,250,000 tons on 1947 figures by 1960, the Powell Duffryn report to the Queensland Government stated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. Coal for Essential Use 4m. Tons Short
SYDNEY, Friday.--Production of coal in N.S.W. this year would be about 4,000,000 tons below essential requirements, the chief executive officer of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. N. F. Stuart) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Boom in Q'ld. Expected
BRISBANE, Sunday.--The biggest gold mining boom since the 1890's is expected in Queensland. Immediate revival of fields at Charters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet "Recruiting" Germans For Uranium Mines
LONDON, Monday (AAP).--The Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" says that, immediately airier the revelation that they have the atomic secret, the Russians have begun demanding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cawongla Blue and Gold Ball
The Blue and Gold Ball, organised by Cawongla C.W.A. and he[?] last Monday night, attracted a large number of visitors from Kyogle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →S.a. Coal Sold to Victoria
SYDNEY, Tuesday.---The N.S.W. Government has sold to Victoria 30,000 tons of coal imported from South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mill Furnace Coal Shortage
MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday. --Condong Sugar Mill has been burning scantling timber from Murwillumbah sawmills to eke out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Coal for Steel Industry
SYDNEY. Wednesday. --The Joint Coal Board intends allocating more coal to the steel industry from any increase in production from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners to Discuss A.l.p Disaffiliation
WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. --At pit top meetings tomorrow, southern district miners will discuss a resolution carried at today's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail Truck Shortage Blamed For Coal Lag
Lismore had been very short of coal over the weekend, but nine more trucks were coming and the position should improve, said the City Council Gas Engineer (Mr. J. B. Scott) at last night's meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →