Fall of Coal Miner's Predicament Maitland
Little hope of recovery is held for a miner. "Sandy" M'Kay, of Maitland, who at 11.30 o'clock to-night lay with his legs pinned under a huge fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining & the mines, 1930
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Miners' Strikes and Economics (To the "Daily Advertiser")
Sir,—The coal miners, by ballot, at last decided to end a senseless strike. Can it be possible that they, as a body, have by this time developed sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cheaper Coal Railways Will Save £100,000 SYDNEY
It was learned that the Railway Department will save at least £100,000 a year as a result of a reduction in the price of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern Mines Log for Reduced Rates. Wollongong
A log for a reduction in the hewing rate by 15 per cent and the day rate by 7½ per cent., has been served by southern colliery proprietors on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holiday Racing Wagga June Meeting Opens in Gold Weather Hot Favorite Last in Field of Three Sensational Falls in Hurdle Race and the Club Handicap
The June Meeting of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club opened on Saturday, but the weather was rather bleak following rain in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soviet Coal Mines £9,000,000 to Be Spent Safety Devices and Ventilation Moscow
The Soviet has allocated the sum of £9,000,000 for the introduction of better safety devices and better systems of ventilation and hygiene in coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Discovered in Old Reef Orange
Daniel O'Neill, a prospector, who has been working around Forest Reef for 12 months, states that he has located traces of gold near a field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Mines Government Grant of £9,000,000 MOSCOW, June 8
The Soviet has allocated more than £9,000,000 for improvements to the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal for New Zealand Dominion Miners Protest Wellington, N.Z.
West Coast miners have requisitioned the Government to protect local industry against the importation of cheap coal from Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Fields Seniority Trouble Cessnock
The seniority question is likely to cause further trouble on the coalfields. Thirty men affected at Aberdare mines in the Cessnock district were not at work to-day pending a settlement of the trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Coal Anti-dumping Duty Considered New Zealand Move Wellington (N.z.)
The West Coast mine owners have asked the New Zealand Government to protect the local mines against cheap coal from Newcastle. It is reported that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wonthaggi Coal Price Reduction Melbourne
A reduction of 3/ a ton has been made in the price of Wonthaggi coal for industrial purposes. The price of slack coal will be 21 a ton at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Southern Coal Price Reduction Sydney
Members of the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association have reduced the price of southern coal by 3/3 a ton, when supplied at Port Kembla or…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bulli Strike 500 Miners Idle Sydney
Owing to half a dozen men being suspended, about 500 miners, are Idle as the result of the Coalcliff (Bulli) trouble. The Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South 'America Buys Newcastle Coal Sydney
The Albermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd. has received an order for about 6,000 tons of screened coal for ports on the west coast of South America…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Southern Coal 33 Per Ton Lower Sydney
Members of the Southern Colliery Proprietors Association have reduced the price of southern coal by 33 per ton when supplied at Sydney or Port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Have High Hopes Bendigo Scents Boom like Old Times
The discovery of payable gold on the old alluvial leads at Myer's Flat a few miles from Bendigo, has awakened the interests of prospectors who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Bounty Deputation From W.A. MELBOURNE
An influential delegation from Western Australia arrived today to advocate the granting of a bonus of £1 an ounce for gold. They claim that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Coal Orders Lithgow
Australian Iron and Steel Ltd. has received orders for coal from the Railway Department totalling 268,000 tons It is now expected that work will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gold Cup Cootamundra to Play
Orange is to play for the Gold Cup on Sunday next, and Cootamundra has been allotted the following Sunday. YOUNG'S WIN…
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