Miners Threaten General Strike on All Coalfields
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) informed the Miners' Federation from Canberra, to-day that he…
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Europe Remains in Icy Grip Coal Freezes in Waggons
LONDON, Tuesday: Europe and Britain enter the second month of freezing weather with no relief in sight. Temperatures continue to drop in Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Strike at Sebastopol Near Temora Quartz "Studded With Cold"
TEMORA, Wednesday A gold strike reported at Sebaslopot, near Temora, may prove one of the richest in recent years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold "Strike Is Not Sensational"
JUNEE, Thursday: Juneeites would be very unwise to start rushing off to Sebastopol pegging out their claims, because the Southern Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Strike Near Temora May Start Rush
As a result of a rich strike near Temora this week, a gold rush may be started. Mining authorities in Temora say that it is the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Coal Stocks Steadily Building Up P.M.'s Statement
LONDON, Thursday: The Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, announced in the House of Commons a general resumption of the use of power…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sebastopol's Gold Strike "Fever" in Mild Form 130 Claims Pegged
TEMORA, Thursday: Following, the discovery of a rich gold reef at Sebastopol, where a successful syndicate has been working an old mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rich Gold Strike Made Near Temora May be Offshoot of Old Sebastopol Reef
A rich gold strike has been made at Sebastopol, 12 miles from Temora, by four residents of the Temora district. Mining authorities in Temora who have seen quartz from the reef say it is the richest deposit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Miners Demand Transport For Demonstration
SYDNEY, Thursday: South Coast miners will ask for concession railway [?]res and special buses if the Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sebastopol Gold Strike
Old miners estimate that samples from the Sebastopol mine of James Haggart indicate a yield of four to six ounces of gold to the ton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mild Gold Rush Follows Sebastopol Strike
TEMORA, Thursday: Residents of the Temora district have started a mild gold rush at Sebastopol, where a rich gold reef was found a few days ago. In addition to 100 acres registered by the successful…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Americans Seek Gold in Northern Queensland
SYDNEY, Friday: Among the passengers who arrived in Sydney to-day on the Marine Phoenix, from San Francisco, are two American…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Wants State Coal Mine
MATTLAND, Sunday: Cessnock wants a State coal mine. The Deputy Mayor of Cessnock (Ald. Brown) said at the council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Blitz On Illicit Gold-Buying Ring
SYDNEY, Sunday: customs checks at airports and on the waterfront are being tightened up in an effort to defeat the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Explosion. In Sydney Mine Museum
A lift well was wrecked, parts of a concrete floor were torn up, doors were hurled from their hinges, dozens of windows were shattered, and exhibits…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gas Explosion In Sydney Mine Museum
SYDNEY, Monday: A lift well was wrecked, parts of a concrete floor were torn up, doors were hurled from their hinges, dozens of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5/ a Week More Sought for Miners' Pensions
SYDNEY, Monday: The State Cabinet is to be asked by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) to increase miners' pensions by 5/ a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Will Demand Govt. Join in Coal Talks
SYDNEY, Monday: When more than 1000 couth coast coalminers demonstrate in Sydney on Wednesday they will demand among…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Charge Remand
KALGOORLIE, Tuesday: Walter Stanley McColl, 50, mine manager, and Robert Kenneth Edward Beer, 37, taxi driver,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Miners More Than 1000 to Demonstrate
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Trains from the South Coast brought to Sydney to-day more than a thousand miners for a demonstration outside Parliament…
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