Coal Commissioner to Resign
SYDNEY. Wednesday: The Coal Commissioner (Mr. H. L. Williams) announced to-night that he would resign on January 81…
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Miners to Confer on Meat Prices
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: The Northern Miners' Board of Management decided this afternoon to convene a conference of all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last Round of Hogan Gold Cup Competition Teams Fighting To Gain Semi-Finals
Next Sunday the last game in the Hogan Gold Cup competition will be played, and on the result of same depends which teams will contest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners Angry at Newcastle Meat Lockout
NEWCASTLE, Thursday: Newcastle and district butcher shops are still closed and have been closed since January 6…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital's £200 From Gold Found in Drain
KALGOORLIE, Thursday: Leekathara District Hospital has netted £200 from gold found in earth used to fill in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Final Coal Board Appointments
CANBERRA, Friday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) to-day announced the remaining two appointments to the Joint Coal Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane with Gold Cargo Crashes Into Sea
HONG KONG, Sunday: The reports that a Philippines Airlines Douglas Dakota, understood to be carrying 18,000,000 dollars'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No German Mine Equipment For Australia
MELBOURNE, Monday: Coalmining or gold-mining equipment, would not be among the reparations sent from Germany to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open-Cut Coal Mine Machinery From Germany
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Specialised machinery for open cut coal mining will be supplied by Germany following negotiations between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Bars Found on Refugee Ship
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Bars Of gold about 2in long by 5-16th of an inch thick were found to-day by Customs officials when searching…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No German Mine Equipment for Australia
Coal mining or gold mining equipment would not be among the reparations sent from Germany to Australia, a Commonwealth official said on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junee to Play Temora for Gold Cup
Junee will visit Temora on Sunday to play for the Marshall Gold Cup. Temora has defended the trophy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Science Aids the Search for Black Gold
PETROLEUM has become a cornerstone of modern civilisation. Besides its more obvious uses as petrol, kerosene, fuel and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miner Digs Mate From Heap of Coal
LITHGOW, Friday: Working desperately against time, Reg Glendinning saved the life of his miner mate. Alphonsus Soanlon, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Coast Mines All Idle
SYDNEY, Monday: A mass meeting to discuss grievances on dust and compensation payments have laid all South Coast coal mines idle today,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floating Mine Sighted Near Royal Ship Britain's Naval Might Farewells King and Family
LONDON, Sunday: A floating mine was within two miles of Britain's mightiest battleship, H.M.S. Vanguard, soon after she left England yesterday morning, carrying, the King and Queen and the two Royal Princesses to South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Decline in N.s.w. Gold Yield
Gold produced in Now South Wales 30. 1946. showed a substantial decline for the 11 months ended November compared with the output for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Upheavals Expected at 55 Ports Nation-wide Miners' Threat
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A general stoppage of work at 55 ports throughout Australia, including Sydney, appears inevitable within a week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia-wide Coal Strike Mooted
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Moves for an Australia-wide coal strike may be made at the miners' central council meeting which will open in Sydney to-morrow. Such a stoppage would result in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Food Dropped Down Mine to Stay-in Strikers
TAMWORTH, Tuesday: The stay-in strike, involving 20 miners and eight other employees, at Preston Coal Colliery, Curlewis,…
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