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AT 10 a.m. today, thirteen men were entombed by an explosion at the Wonthaggi Colliery. At 8.30 tonight the first body was recovered. It could not be identified. Never have I stood among a crowd so tragic as that which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Directors of Loloma (Fiji) Gold Mines, N.L., have decided to issue at £1 each 75,000 shares of 5/ each, paid to 1/6 a share. Shareholders will be given an opportunity to subscribe to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Gretamain Collieries, Ltd., whose income consists ot interest paid on a mortgage given by Maitland Main Collieries, Ltd., had receipts last year of £2064 (ended November…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. W. Orr, left Sydney for Wonthaggi last night. He will represent the organisation at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eleven of the 13 victims of the disastrous explosion in 20 shaft of the Wonthaggi State coal mine on Monday are still buried in the terrifying…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mr. Justice Cantor in the Industrial Commission yesterday ruled that the tradesmen and employees assisting trademen on repairs to fans. wiring engines, main haulage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schoolchildren at the Wonthaggi school bow their heads in silent prayer for the entombed miners…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Whether employees of contractors working inside the boundary fence of a mine for the colliery are employees employed "in or about coal mines north of Sydney." within the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The general secretary to the Miners Federation (Mr. W. Orr) left Sydney for Wonthaggi last night to make an investigation on behalf of the federation into the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A number of mines in the Northern Coalfields, including Aberdare Extended, Bellbird and Elrington, were Idle to-day as a mark of respect to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners at several northern collieries, out of respect to the victims of the Wonthaggi disaster, did not work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →At London yesterday the price of gold was £7/2/01/2 an ounce fine as against £7/2/1 an ounce fine on the previous Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended February 12, is at the rate of approximately £8/2/1 per…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →THIRTEEN men were entombed as the result of an explosion in the Victorian State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →SEVEN miners were killed and four injured in an explosion today at the Waterloo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AN intensive programme of prospecting and development is to be undertaken at Tennant Creek almost immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NONE of the track gallopers at Caulfield today worked better than Gold Rod, who reeled off half a mile on the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →With the possibility of the recurrence of a disaster such as has been experienced at Wonthaggi in their mines, Bellbird miners refused to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Silver-lead: North Broken Hill 80/, 80/3: Broken Hill South 48/6, 48/9, 48/6; Zinc Corporation, ord., £7/10/; New B.H. Consold., con., 19/. Gold: Central Gold, /; Chapmans, con., /8½,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →After hoisting the blue and gold Rotary flag on the foremast of the Taiping to-day. the Australian Rotary Goodwill Mission to the East…
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