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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1946

36 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

New Strikes At Three Coal Mines SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

New strikes occurred to-day at three coal mines and they included Richmond Main, the second biggest producer in the Commonwealth…

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"Failed in Their Duty to People." Governments and the Coal Strikes. Sydney

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

The Federal Government was entitled to credit for standing up at long last for the rule of law and the principles or arbitration, but the…

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Worked in Jap Mines P.o.w. Is a Son of an Old Araluenite

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 2

Our memory was taken back to the dim and distant past when a young soldier, Sig. Mark Hyndes, who has been a prisoner of war in Japanese…

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An English Mine the Romans Started

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 4

In a current “Radio Trek”—a BBC overseas series—Marjorie Nisbet gave listeners a verbal snapshot of Derbyshire. “One of the finest tramping…

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Mine Disaster 537 Still Trapped HERFORD, Germany, Thursday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 1

Rescue squads are digging feverishly through tons of debris in the Unna mine, where an explosion occurred on Wednesday, have thus far brought out…

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Coal Strike Averted

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 2

Threatened coal stoppages on northern and southern fields were averted to-day and coal production will be at a satisfactory level. Seven mines…

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U.s. Coal Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 3

WASHINGTON:—The Secretary for the Interior, Mr. Krug, has announced that the bituminous coal strike has been settled.—…

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Dutch Ship Hits Mine LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 1

The Dutch steamer Meerkerk, 8000 tons, bound from Rotterdam to Australia, struck a mine near Westkapelle, on the island of Walcheren…

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Another Klondyke Big Gold Rush in South Africa

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 4

The greatest gold rush since the Klondyke was on, says a recent exchange. But most of the prospectors were the slick, sharp-eyed…

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Telegraphic News Serious Coal Position

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 3

With 13 mines idle on New South les coalfields to-day a production of 16,900 tons is the heaviest for one day this year. Meanwhile,…

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Lost Gold Reef Near Big Badja

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 1

Over Big Badja Mountain winds an old track, occasionally used by drovers. The name of the man who surveyed it, Lindo, has been given to the…

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Telegraphic News Paralysing Coal Strike

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 3

Industries on the South Coast may be paralysed and the whole area may be cut off fro melectricity unless there is a speedy solution of the coal mines…

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Telegraphic News Miners on Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 2

More than 2000 South Coast coal miners to-day defied instructions from their leaders last night to resume work while the authorities gave a decision…

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Combating Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

Because of the serious position confronting New South' Wales railway; from the view point of coal supplies, Mr. Railway Commissioner Hartigan…

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The Coal Situation

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 3

Sir,—The coal situation must be pretty bad when union officials, at a N.S.W. Trades and Labour Council meeting, warned of a possible…

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Latest Cable News Fatal Mine Explosion

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 3

TRIESTE.—Forty-three persons were filled and 57 injured, including two British soldiers hurt, when several mines exploded at Vergarola, near…

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The Coal Crisis (To the Editor of the "Review")

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 4

Sir,—The coal position must be pretty bad when union officials at a N.S.W. Trades and Labour Council meeting warned of a possible collapse…

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Hull Holed by Mines Refugee Ship in Haifa Bay LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

Saboteurs last night blew an 8ft, by 3ft hole below water level in the hill of the British troopship Empire Rival while she was lying…

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Mr. Chifley' and the N.s.w. Miners "Vital Part of Story Left Out," Says Bruxner

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

"It was interesting to see Mr. Chifley's reference in Western Australia to the N.S.W. miners," S[?] the Leader of the State Country Party…

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The Davidson Coal Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 3

"Some of us are glibly accused of arguing a special case for the coal owners," said the Leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr. Ft. G. Menzies, in…

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