Irregularities at Oakdale State Mine
Police had detected a number of irregularities at Oakdale State mine, the Premier (Mr. Cahill) said on Tuesday. He also said he had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining & the mines, 1953
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Mining Can Boost Aust. Economy North About to Fulfill Its Destiny
"Developments in the north of Australia raise prospects of large scale expansion of activity such as we have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clever Trick by Alchemist of Middle Ages Turned Lead Into Gold
During the Middle Ages the secret of manufacturing gold from base metals was zealously pursued by hundreds of tireless alchemists, many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal-owners oppose rise
SYDNEY, Thursday: Coal owners do not consider they are liable to pay employees in the mining industry the 3/ cost-of-living rise, the secretary of the New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To contest mine union secretaryship
NEWCASTLE, Sunday: The Northern miners' president (Mr. G. Ne[?]lly) will contest the ballot for secretaryship…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Will Not Get 3/- Rise
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Deletion of basic wage adjustment rates from all awards in the coalmining industry w[?] ordered today by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher "I consider myself bound to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Claims "Would Cost Millions" Coal Tribunal claim
SYDNEY, Monday: Granting of miners' claims for a 35-hour week and a £2 weekly rise would cost Australian in-dustry nearly £7-million a year, Joint Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to the Editor Gold Cup once Richest race
SIR,—The Wagga Gold was once probably the richest race in Australia. In [?] conditions of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Ban to Tas. Delegate
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation, meeting in Sydney this week, refused to admit the Tasmanian delegate, W. Haas. Mr. Haas, president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Threat to Coal
Unless the NSW Labor Government spent at least £20,000 a year on research into better methods of coal use, its coal mining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russians sell their gold
LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Continental and London gold dealers report that in recent weeks between £2,500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Overproduced?
BRISBANE, Tues.: There were signs in some Queensland coal - producing areas that production was reaching…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fall of Coal Hurts Driver Inspector Prevents Train Running Late
Despite the fact that he was not dressed for the part, Travelling Locomotive Inspector. Mr. Furner, did not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At The Montreal "Outcasts of Poker Flat," Gold Rush Tale, Arrives
'The Outcasts of Poker Flat," Twentieth Century Fox's new suspense western based on the classic Bret Harte story, opens to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Claim
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The bearing of the Miners' Federation's claim for a new sward for the coal mining…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →W.A.’s Big Gold Output
There is every Indication that the 1953 gold yield in Western Australia will be the highest in the last ten…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Model Mine Unit Made to Scale by Trainees
A model mine that "takes the lid off" coal mining, which was made by the staff and trainees of the Aberaman Training Centre of the National Coal Board in South Wales, is now a permanent exhibit in the geology section of the National Museum of Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Reserve of Coal
SYDNEY, Friday: Miners in N.S.W. will start their annual leave at the end of next week with record coal stocks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Vote for N.s.w. Miners
SYDNEY, Mon.: The new general secretary of the Miners' Federation will be announced this week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners elect anticommunist
SYDNEY, Friday: George H, Neilly, 37, who served as a rating aboard H.M.A.S. Australia daring the war, was…
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