Bellbird Mine a Perilous Task. Sealing Off the First Section. the Men Praised. (From Our Special Representative.) Cessnock
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 May 1924 · page 13
No further exploratory work was carri[?]out at the Bellbird Colliery to-day. The pioneering visit to the tunnel yesterday made it quite clear to the management that the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Coke Men Seek Shorter Hours Evidence at Coal Tribunal -- More Trying Than Other Jobs -- Humidity, Heat, and Dust. Wheelers' Heavy Work
The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 May 1924 · page 3
FURTHER evidence in support of a 46 hours' working week for the Coke Workers of New South Wales was heard by Mr. Hibble…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Greta Coal-mining Co., Ltd
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 11
In their interim report for the half-year ended March 31 the directors of the East Greta Coal Mining Co., Ltd., announce a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 5…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man Electrocuted Coal Mine Tragedy Wellington (N.z.)
Evening News · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 7
James Ernest William, 32, a married man, was electrocuted in the State Coal Mine at Christchurch. He was working a circular saw…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Price of Gold
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 9
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
The Gold Producers' Association reports that the price of line gold in London on Tuesday was £4141 an ounce, a rise of 1d since was Friday. At the price…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In and About the Mines
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 9
New White Crystal report for the fortnight ended May 3 states that the size of the pipe at Murphy's shaft is 7ft. x 2ft., carrying tin and iron pyrite. A small vein at the 100ft. level…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Work at State Mine Lithgow
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 8
Through the re-instatement of a man dismissed, pending an inquiry, the colliery mechanies at the State coal mine, numbering about 80, have resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Notes for Gold. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 12
Mr. H. Brock, who is voyaging from Sydney to London on the Largs Bay, to-day reported the loss of £40, which he had given to a man to change into gold. The man was his…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wagga Gold Cup Bungarley Fancied
Evening News · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 2
Among the Sydney-trained horses that have left for Wagga during the last few days to compete at the Cup meeting to-morrow are Bungarley, Fair Rossieen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. the Share Market
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 11
London metal quotations, excepting for copper and silver, showed further falls on Tuesday. Buying quotations were consequently lower and sales were light in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Slow, But Sure" Progress at Bellbird Colliery Again Entered Cessnock
The Sun · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 9
A party of seven men, with Robert Eke as leader, entered the Bellbird colliery at 10.35 a.m. to-day, to build an airtight barrier about eight feet…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →German Woes Big Mining Lockout LONDON, Wednesday Night
Evening News · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 9
Reuter's Berlin correspondent states that work at practically all the mines on the Rub[?] has come to a standstill owing to the miner' refusal to work…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →B.H.P. Appeal Fails Mining Land Valuation
The Sun · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 10
The appeal by the Broken Hill Proprietary Co. against the valuation for rating purposes for 1923 by the council of the municipality of Broken Hill of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bellbird Mine Work Goes On "They Are Heroes" Praise for Volunteers Cessnock
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 7
"We should raise our hats to these men; they are heroes." As a party of begrimed volunteers, looking weird in the respirator…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bellbird Mine. New Air Base. Good Progress. (From Our Special Representative.) Cessnock
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 9
The more one sees of the operations directed towards investigating the actual conditions of the underground workings and the clearing of the colliery of its foul air,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Liquid Fuel From Coal Source What Might Be Done the Oil Problem
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 6
Whether mineral oil will be found in payable quantifies in Australia -- a matter of first importance -- is still open to question…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Volunteers Prepare to Brave the Bellbird Gas Rescue Work Proceeds Slowly--experts Declare Job Most Difficult in Mining History-- Longest Period Spent in Poisoned Depths the Women Who Wearily Wait
The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 5
LATE this afternoon an improvised trolley, the first since thai fateful day in September of last year, when twenty-one men lost their lives, was set in motion on the familiar track that, prior to the disaster, led into the inner workings of the now shattered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Collieries
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 8
Additional strikes on the northern fields occurred yesterday at Aberdare No. 2 and Seaham No. 2. in the first case the trouble was among the men themselves, and in the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mount Kembla Mine Resumption Expected
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 10
Work at the Mount Kembla Colliery, South Coast, which has been idle for six weeks, causing about 250 men to be thrown out of work, will probably…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →