Colliery Idle. Wollongong
Miners did not work at Wongawilli Colliery to-day as a protest against an alleged defect in a portable boring machine, from which a miner in the colliery received a shock…
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Shock Causes Mine Strike
BULLI, Friday. -- Wongawilli miners were on strike today because a miner named Lorensi received a shock from one of the portable boring machines…
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consolidated Gold Areas N.L. reports that, subject to the balance of plant requirements coming to hand at an early date, development and production at the Blue Spec mine should…
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BLUE BIRD GOLD.—Crushed at Noresman State battery 60 tons for 260oz. 14dwt smelted gold; resumed crushing. BLUE BIRD WEST GOLD (fortnight ended April…
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Harold Badger, the Victorian jockey, will be presented with a goldmounted whip at the State Theatre on Monday night for his win on…
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KALGOORLIE, Friday. -- Two amazingly-rich yields, worth more than £11,000 in the aggregate, were reported here to-day by small gold-mining leaseholders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Wages. "Community Would Pay Increase." Judge's View
Judge Drake-Brockman said in the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday that, obviously, the community would have to pay if claims by coal-miners…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Mining Shares Fall. Barriers Turn Back. Light Turnover
Prices of all classes of mining shares were lower yesterday. Keeping to the course taken during the week of rising and falling on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Pours Into U.S.A. May Be Used To Ensure Peace Our Own Cable Service
WASHINGTON, Friday. -- In consequence of European war scares, gold stocks held by the United States Government have now reached the stupendous total of…
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NEW B.H. CONSOLIDATED.—Four weeks ended March 25: Airshaft sunk 70ft to 628ft, concreting advanced 63½ft to 609ft: No. 12 level, 1.702ft main south drive advanced 57½ft to 538ft;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wagga Gold Cup
Entries for the Wagga Gold Cup, of a mile and a quarter, to be decided on April 26, are of good class, and from Melbourne as well as Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A Dig At Minister For Mines
When a Douglas airliner was bogged at the Canberra aerodrome, the Minister for Aviation (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Outflow to America London
At the end of last week four liners took £22,000,000 worth of gold to the U.S.A…
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EUROPEAN TENSION has caused a continued flight of gold to the United States in recent months -- a record shipment, valued at £11,000,000, being unloaded from the Manhattan into armored cars at New York…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Trade at Port Kembla. Port Kembla
Coal shipments from Port Kembla during the quarter ended March 31 totalled 12,032 tons, valued at £11.765. Oversea coal cargoes, which amounted to 7,617 tons, were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Victorian Mine Award. 40-Hour Week Introduced MELBOURNE
An agreement has been reached between the Chamber of Mines and the Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Association under which a 40-hour week for all workers underground will be…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners in a Legal Quandary Resent K.C.'s Comments
Many objections to the intricacies of the law and to the attitude adopted by Mr. Cassidy, K.C. (for the Mine Owners) were raised by Mr. Orr (for the Miners' Federation) in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 16
Gold was quoted yesterday at £7/8/6 an ounce fine, which was unchanged from Friday.—A.A.P. CAPTAIN A. S. CUNNINGHAM-REID…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gold for U.S.A. Shipments From England. From Our Own Correspondent London. April 16
Large quantities of gold were shipped to the United States at the week-end. The Queen Mary and the President Roosevelt each left Southampton yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners' Decision
MT. KEMBLA, Monday.-- Mt. Kembla miners, at a meeting this afternoon, decided to work to-morrow on condition that a conference takes place on the same day…
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