£10,000 From Secret Gold Mine
MELBOURNE, Friday: In the past 18 months nearly £10,000 has been taken from a secret gold mine in Wedderburn, 150…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining & the mines, 1950
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Miners Agree With T.B. Plan
SYDNEY, Sunday: The Miners' Federation has agreed with the Joint Coal Board for a mass T.B. survey of all engaged in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fresh Dispute on Newcastle Fields Further Serious Loss of Coal Production
NEWCASTLE, Monday: Miners at the Lambton Colliery walked out of the mine and went home after the settlement of the earlier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Walk Out After Strike Settlement B.h.p. Steelworks Again Held Up
NEWCASTLE, Monday — Miners at Lambton Colliery walked our of Hie mine and went home today after a settlement of the earlier strike, preventing the B.H.P Steelworks and its subsidiaries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hundreds Join in Gold Rush at Small Town
MELBOURNE, Monday: Hundreds of goldseekers from all over Victoria are flocking to the small township of Wedderburn, where a 75 ounce nugget of gold was unearthed 10 days ago…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →M.L.A. Says He Made Mines Pay Their Way Royal Commission Hearing Resumes
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Mr. F. J. Cahill, M.L.A., giving evidence before the Royal Commission today, said he had been instrumental in setting up magnesite mines and placing them on a profitable basis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury Gold Cup Fixture Popular
Enthusiasm already shown for the Albury 1950 Gold Cup Indicates it should be the best meeting ever staged by the club…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Beauty in Gold Rush
AN ATTRACTIVE 21 year-old brunette, who recently won a Northern Victoria beauty contest this week, began digging for gold in Chapel Street, Wedderburn. She is Mrs. Norman Evans, mother of a 16-months-old boy and formerly Miss Joyce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.s.w. Coal Losses Mean Less Exported to Other States
SYDNEY, Thursday: The Joint Coal Board had been forced to reduce the export of coal to other States because of heavy losses on the New South Wales coalfields, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Production Still Rising
British coal miners last month maintained the increase recorded in January, with a total output of 21,650,000 tons. This figure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Warning Floating Mine and Cyclone
BRISBANE, Tuesday—Ships off the North Queensland coast have been warned or a floating mine and a cyclone, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Southern Miners Strike Over Crimes Act Watersiders' Executive Meet in Vital Meeting
SYDNEY, Tuesday—Five mines on the Southern Coalfield are idle today as a protest against the Commonwealth Government invoking the Crimes Act in the Brisbane wotersiders'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some Mines Stop and Seamen Threaten Action Over Use of Crimes Act
SYDNEY, Tuesday: While Brisbane waterside workers at a mass meeting tomorrow morning will be instructed to continue working for the time being, resentment is growing in certain unions over the action…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Leaders Go to Canberra
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Miners' leaders will go to Canberra to-morrow for discussions with the Federal Minister for Labor (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.s.w. Coal Output
NSW had only exported 46,444 tons of coal a week to other States this year—13,556 tons short of the bare interestate requirements, said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Albury's 1950 Gold Cup Meeting
Nominations for the Albury Gold Cup Meeting to be held on Wednesday and Thursday, April 19 and 20, close on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sport and Recreation Turf Albury 1950 Gold Cup Meeting
Nominations for the Albury Gold Cup meeting, to he held on Wednesday and Thursday, April 19 and 20, close on Tuesday next,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Joint Coal Board Booklet on Strike Losses
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Joint Coal Board is circulating among N.S.W. coal workers a booklet interpreting coal losses in terms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Uncovers Gold at Bathurst
Small pieces of gold were uncovered by flood water at Sofala about 30 miles from Bathurst, and it is expected that a minor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extension of Newcastle Steelworks More Coal Needed to Expand Output
When the Legislative Assembly was dealing with bills, by which the Government is making an exchange of land with the…
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