Idle Mines
SYDNEY, Monday: Five mines were idle, involving 1468 men and the loss of 4000 tons of coal production. In the north, Hebburn…
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Only One Mine Idle Today
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Only one of the 112 coal mines in N.S.W.—Wongawilli, employing about 300 men—was idle o[?] the N.S.W. coalfields today, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poland's Attitude on Gold Looted by Germany
LONDON: The Polish Foreign Ministry in London has issued a statement concerning gold looted by Germany in various European…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Output Canberra Conferences Mr. Curtin Asks Miners for 1,200,000 Tons a Month
CANBERRA, Tuesday: Arising out of his conferences with representatives of the coal owners and miners in Canberra during…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Miners at Seaham No. 2 Colliery did not were fined by their lodge for work to-day because some miners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nine Mines Idle As P.M. Commences Talk
SYDNEY,—Friday. As the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) commenced his talk in Sydney today with the coal owners and coal miners in an effort…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Idle Over Dismissal of Girl Government Pit Involved
SYDNEY, Thursday: The strike at the Wallerawang Colliery, over the dismiss of a girl assistant from a butcher shop at Portland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The History of the Adelong Goldfield [ARTICLE 4] (Continued from last Friday's issue) 254,000ozs. of Gold From 3 Sq. MILES
In previous instalments I gave a brief cover of all the Adelong field, with a certain number of private returns from crushings put through at the Reefer battery, There were actually dozens of these batteries operating on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Want 1,300,000 Tons of Coal a Month
A plan designed to increase coal production will be submitted by the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, to-day to a conference of Representatives of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War and Coal Mr. Curtin's Ultimatum Other Steps to Be Taken If Production Not Increased
SYDNEY, Friday: Plans put to the British Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) during his trip abroad for the stepping…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] Into the Past— [?]Undagai Gold
[?]out eighty years ago a critic wrote:— “The curse of Gundagai is its ‘vis inertiae’. Stationary as [?] Parnassus, its inhabitants cling to that bare hillside watching a world of progress, indifferent to their own resources,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nine Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Nine mines were idle in the west today, involving 1250 men, and resulting in a loss of coal of 4100 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Miners Mr. Curtin's "Aloofness" Strong Criticism by Mr. Harrison
SYDNEY, Monday: Unless the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) was replaced by a leader who would take firm action against the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Idle Mines
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Seven New South Wales mines were idle to-day, resulting in a loss in production of 5230 tons…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Fourteen collieries throughout New South Wales were idle to-day. The southern district was the only area…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill Mine Fire
BROKEN HILL, Wednesday: After a three-day fight a fire in old open cut workings has been brought under control, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Portland Miners Defy Curtin But Lithgow Strikers Back At Work PORTLAND
Portland miners and butchers are out on strike over the dismissal a girl employed by Peter Darpan, a local butcher, and have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Idle Mines
SYDNEY, Thursday: Three mines were idle in the south and north to-day. In addition eight were idle in the west, because of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The History of the Adelong Goldfield [ARTICLE 5] (Continued from last Friday's issue)
A few hundred feet uphill from the Victoria line of reefs the Old Reef Came in. This was right on the top of the hill and the mines here…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Repatriated Miners
SYDNEY, Friday: The secretary of the Miners' Federation has asked the N.S.W. branch of the R.S.L. to give weight to the demands that miners…
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