Coal Facts
Coal production in New South Wales during 1939 rose to 11,195 832 tons, which compares with 9,570,930 tons in 1938…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining & the mines, 1940
628 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 32
Wagga Gold Cup Races
Owing to the expectation of an extremely large attendance at the Gold Cup Meeting on Wednesday and Thursday next, arrangements have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Miners Intend Working Sydney
A message from Brisbane this morning stated that the miners at Rose wood Colliery, near Ipswich, had announced their intention of working;…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Visiting Sportsmen for Wagga Gold Cup Meeting
Among the visitors to the Wagga Cup meeting for the first time will be a quartette of well-known Melbourne sportsmen, Dr. C. N. Raphael, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Intervention Urged in Coal Strike Federal Cabinet to Consider Coal May Be Obtained From N.Z. C.P. Ministers May Urge Drastic Action SYDNEY
A request by a deputation from the northern coalfields to the Minister for Industry (Mr. Hughes) in Sydney yesterday for Commonwealth intervention in the coal strike will be considered by the Federal Cabinet to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Rod to Retire to the Stud Has Won £20.000 SYDNEY
Gold Rod has finished his racing career. After his win at Canterbury races to-day owner Mr. E. J. Watt announced the retirement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Rod Brilliant Canterbury Victory Rimveil Downs John Handicap to Plutus Opportunist SYDNEY
Giving the leaders a considerable start at the half mile, Gold Rod finished at a great rate to beat Trimmer by a length in the Frederick Clissold Handicap at Canterbury this afternoon. It was a performance in keeping with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Strike
Even the residents of this district are beginning to feel the effects of the coal strike. As the result of the revised railway time-table, Monday's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Werris Creek Miners Tamworth
According to Mr. Scully, M.H.R., (Gwydir), members of the Werris Creek miners' lodge are willing, providing the management agrees, to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mysterious Mine Explosion Newcastle
Mystery surrounds an explosion which occurred in one of the tunnels at Rothbury Mine early this morning. No one was injured and the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Werris Creek Miners Willing to Supply Hospitals Tamworth
According to Mr. Scully, M.H.R. (Gwydir), members of the Werris Creek miners' lodge are willing, providing the management agrees, to mins…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Strike Deregistration Move Pickets Busy in Queensland BRISBANE
A number of mining companies have lodged applications with the State Industrial Court for the deregistration of the Queensland Colliery Employees'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Allies Mine Norwegian Waters Retaliation For German Brutality and Injustice LONDON
To prevent the German use of territorial waters for the carriage of contraband, the Allies have mined three areas of Norwegian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike State Ministers Confer with Mr. Menzies No Federal Intervention Canberra
An important development in the coal strike to-day was the special visit to Canberra by New South Wales Ministers to confer with the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Potatoes Scarce Owing to Coal Strike £6 a Ton Rise in Sydney Sydney
Owing to the non-arrival of expected shipments of potatoes the price for first grade Tasmanian potatoes was fixed at £20 a ton by Sussex-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maher Cup Is It a Pot of Gold at End of Football Rainbow?
Whether the Maher Cup continues to serve any useful purpose in Rugby League football or whether it should be discarded, wholly or partly, in favor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest Second Edition Allies' Mines in Norway's Waters Stir In Europe German Warships Reported Moving Towards Norway LONDON
The first of the three minefields is roughly, in the vicinity of Vodo, commanding the entrance to the Vesta Fjord and Novak. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Still Working Brisbane
Quiet reigns on the Queensland coal-fields. Roughrigg Colliery it still working…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railwaymen Lift Coal
The Northern Miners' Federation was informed by officials of Neath Lodge that railwaymen, with the aid of a mechanical grab, were lifting 1000 tons…
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