Gold Cup Cricket Nevertire v. Macquarie Rovers
Nevertire, holders the Gold Cup, retained the trophy in a drawn game with Macquarie Rovers, at Nevertire on Sunday…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Narromine Gold Cup Winner
Narromine's president, Mr. G. H. R. Barlow, presents the famous Narromine Gold Cup to Mr. E. L. Marshall, of Bourke, whose mare, Florrie (held by Mr. Harry Skinner, of Cobar), won from the favourite, Royal Fallow, and Neimby in 1m. 31s. Record time for the Gold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Frenchman Invents a Coal Plough Saves Labour and Increases Production PARIS
M. Poubelle, an engineer in the mines at Bethune, is working on a new machine, for extracting coal, which he calls a "coal plough." This machine consists of a windlass…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Destroyers Strike Mines Off Albania Heavy Loss of Life London
Total casualties on board the British destroyers Saumarez and Volage, when they struck mines in Corfu Channel, comprised one officer and 37 ratings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Re-opening Mines Peak Hill Proposal
A [?] the mines may be [?] of [?] Peak Hill Chamber of Commerce It was [?] out that of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal
The largest coalmine in N.S.W. vis., Burwood Colliery, is idle to-day. The strike ia the result of a dispute, over alleged victimisation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fortune From Mine
The death occurred recently at his home at 15 Wongee Road, La kember, of Mr Charles William Winter, at the age of 77 years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Govt. Railways Annual Report Complete Dependence on Coal Finances adversely affected by £1,407,249
THE Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has presented to the Minister for Transport his report on the operations of the Department of Railways for the year ended 30th June, 1946. The financial figures disclose that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Electric Schemes Converted From Coal To Oil
Calculated to save 70,000 tons of coal annually, the largest coal to oil conversion so far contemplated in Britain, is being undertaken by London Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike Influences Stock Exchange New York
Stocks again defined on a light trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. This is believed to be due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike Causes Losses On Exchange New York
The coal strike caused heavy selling on the Stock Ex-change yesterday and the ticker was three minutes behind transactions. Many stocks were dumped at new lows when pessimism…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Hope for Recovery of Bodies of Fishermen Blown Up by Floating Mine Townsville
NO hope is held out for the recovery of the bodies of three professional fishermen who were killed when their 45-foot launch Topsy struck a floating mine near Palm island, 60 miles from Townsville, at 5.30 a.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Communist Youth Ordered Into Mines MOSCOW, Thursday
Authorities have taken immediate action to counteract the production lags of coal in the Donbas area, where production is 89,000 tons behind the quota…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leader And United Mine Workers Face Federal Court Contempt Charge Historic Legal Battle Washington
The trial of John L. Lewis, leader of 400,000 striking miners, on a charge of contempt, commenced in the Federal Court yesterday and after lengthy arguments, was adjourned until tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Machine Cuts and Loads Coal
A new British machine which should help materially to increase coal production in the United Kingdom is now going into some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrorist Mine Kills Four British Soldiers Jerusalem, Tuesday
It was afficially revealed today that the terrorists' electrically-exploded mine killed, four soldiers of the British Sixth Airborne Division…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Allege No Contract With U.S. Government WASHINGTON
When the contempt of court case against the striking miners' leader, John L. Lewis, was resumed in Federal Court yesterday, the whole of the morning, was occupied by cross-examination of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Fines for Mine Workers and Leader Washington
Judge Goldsborough in the Federal Court yesterday, fined the united mine workers three and a half million dollars and its leader, John L. Lewis, 10,000 dollars for contempt of court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dutch Soldiers Killed by Road Mines in Java Batavia
Fourteen soldiers were killed and ten injured when two Netherlands Bren gun carriers struck a mine on a road east of Padang. An Army…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria Plans for Self-supporting Coal Industry Melbourne, Friday
The Victorian Premier, (Mr. Cain), said today that Victoria intended to make itself independent of N.S.W. for coal…
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