Big Refund Ordered Of United Miners' Fine
WASHINGTON, Friday: Federal Judge Goldsborough-yesterday ordered a refund of 2,800,000 dollars, being part of the 3,500,000 dollars fine imposed…
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11 Trapped in Canadian Mine
MALARTIC (Quebec). Friday: Eleven men were trapped alive in the rich East Malartic gold mine to-day by an underground…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hope Abandoned For 11 Canadian Miners MONTREAL (Canada), Sunday
All hope was abandoned to-day for the 11 men who have been trapped in the smoke-filled Malartic gold mine since Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Panoramic Picture of To-day's Wagga Gold Cup Course
Wagga racecourse showing the various distances. The Gold Cup race will start at the 10 furlong mark. LAST YEAR'S WAGGA CUP FINISH, showing PETER winning from Caladin, with The Trapper third, followed by Bragger and Gay Joy and Pyramus together…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →6000 See District Horse Win 1947 Wagga Gold Cup
More than 6000 people thrilled to the finish of the 1947 Wagga Cup yesterday, when Clyde and Tattling battled out a neck-and-neck finish…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Mines Idle for Mayday
All N.S.W. mines were idle today; when miners celebrated May Day: The first Monday in May is and official holiday for the miners. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REJECTED Miners' Claim for Weekly Pays
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A claim by the Miners' Federation for compulsory weekly pay on Australian coalfields was rejected by the chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Claim for Weekly Pays Rejected
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A claim by the Miners' Federation for compulsory weekly pays on Australian coalfields was rejected by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£143 Profit From Blue and Gold Ball At Wagga
It was announced at the meeting of the Wagga C.W.A. Younger Set last night that the proceeds of the Blue and Gold ball on Cup night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barnsley Colliery Explosion Nine Men Dead; 20 Suffered Burns
LONDON, Thursday: Four rescue teams recovered the bodies of nine men in the Barnsley colliery explosion. Fumes hampered the rescue work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Gold Yield Improves
Gold production of N.S.W. in February last was 3,117 fine oz, compared with 1,332 oz in February, 1946. The value was £33,543, against £14,331…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coolamon Blue and Gold Ball in Aid of Baby Clinic
The Coolamon Blue and Gold Ball, held on Princess Elizabethâs 21st Birthday in aid of the proposed Baby Health Centre, was finalised this week. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oaklands Colliery Begins Production on
The Clear Bilk Colliery, at Oaklands, which has a field estimated to contain 100,000,000 tons of black coal, will begin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ballarat Miners on June 4
Ballarat Miners' Turf Club will hold its next meeting at the Redan course on Wednesday. June 4. The chief event will be the June…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Doings in the World of Sport Gundagai Gave Strong Cootamundra Team Severe Shock Incompetent Refereeing Handed Narvo and Co the Match Wearers of the Black and Gold Had Game Won Until Wrestling Exhibition Reached Climax
Leading by 9 points to 8 with only ten minutes of play remaining Gundagai would have beaten the strong Cootamundra team in the Group Nine competition game yesterday if Referee Ibbotson had controlled the fixture as a first class referee would have done…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Won on Temora Field
To the end of 1907 the Temora field had yielded gold to the value of £558,271. Operations in the alluvial ground proved that the wash dirt was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Coal Loss Miners Demand Inquiry
SYDNEY, Thursday: Thirteen mines on the northern coalfields and also six open cut mines are idle again today as a result of the withdrawal of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Europe Faced with New Food Crisis Ruhr Miners Begin Go-slow Movement
LONDON, Wednesday: Disturbing reports from various keypoints throughout the British zone of occupation in Germany, where the basic food ration is down to 800 calories, suggest more definitely than ever that Europe is approaching another crisis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. Faces Coal Strike
SYDNEY, Thursday: Strikes on the New South Wales coalfields arc threatening a breakdown in gas supplies and steel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →May Avert Tie-up of Coal Mines
SYDNEY, Friday: The threat of a tie-up of all New South Wales coal mines next week may be averted following certain…
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