Miners' Policy Unions Disagree Northern Fields Meetings. Newcastle
There was a diversity of opinion on the northern coalfields to-day, when the rank and file voted on a motion put forward by the Combined Mining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1940
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France's Finance Gold Reserve Doubled. Paris
The Governor of the Bank of France at a conference revealed that France entered the war with a gold reserve double that of 1914…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Like Hitler's Union Leaders' Policy Mr. Hughes on Coal Strike. Sydney
The coal miners must know they will be beaten if they attempt to strike, declared the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collieries Idle Ban on Overtime. Newcastle
Because of the strict adherence by members to the instructions given them by the Combined Mining Unions' Committee eight collieries were idle on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Defendant Fined $25 Company Shares Charge of Hawking Formation of Mining Company
At the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., William John Beckett of Deagon, Brisbane, was charged that between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LOCKOUT At Neath Coal Mine Trouble About Overtime. Newcastle
Marking what is considered the first move by the mine-owners to counter the irritation tactics adopted by the Miners Federation the Neath mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wonthaggi Mines Idle
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. All pits., at the State coalmine at Wonthaggi were rendered idle this afternoon, following a dispute between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Salute Impressive. Sydney
Between races at Victoria Park this afternoon, St. Constant, Gold Salute and Early Bird, with the colors up. raced over four furlongs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion Kills 26 Miners. Brussels
Twenty-six were killed in a firedamp explosion at a colliery at Marchien Neupont, during the night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Copper Destined For Germany? Prussian Ship Lands Gold Cargo. San Francisco
Speculation as to whether Manzanillo, in Mexico, is a point of transhipment of American copper destined for Germany, via the trans-Siberian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Planned Planning Economic Future of North-eastern N.S.W. Mines Minister's Vision Translated Into Action
A vision of war-torn European peoples, anxiously scanning the world to find a place where they can forget the nightmare of "power politics" and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Direct Action Coal Miners' Threat Mr. Menzies Outspoken Spread of Dispute Feared Sydney
The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, was outspoken to-day in his comments on the threatened strike in the coal mining industry. '…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Gold Shipment. Washington
The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Morgenthau. said to-day that the shipment of gold valued at £1,750,000 from Russia to the United States, was an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Strike Nation-wide Threat Unionists Fatalistic Leaders Consider Tactics Sydney
Mining unions' executives are considering finance and tactics for the nation-wide strike which has been threatened for March 1…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Salute May Run in Oakleigh Plate. Melbourne
Gold Salute is likely to run in the Oakleigh Plate on Saturday, said the owner, Mr. A. Cooper, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Weekly Stop-work Mining Unions' Policy Mr. Hughes' Promise. Sydney
The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) said to-day that if mining unions retracted from, the present position he would be prepared to consider…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →40-Hour Week Not For Craft Unions Miners' Application Fails. Sydney
In his reserved judgment, given in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, the Chief Judge, Sir George Beeby, refused to grant a 40-hour week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Near Armidale
Gold worth more than £500 was deposited in an Armidale bank a few days ago. It came from the direction of Hillgrove, but efforts have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Strike? Stalemate Reached Owners' Offer Refused Mr. Hughes Warns Parties Sydney
The colliery proprietors' terms for a conference to prevent a general coal stoppage were rejected by the Combined Mining Unions' Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Dispute Powers Of Government Unlimited in Wartime. Sydney
The Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Hughes, to-day reminded the parties in the threatened coal mining dispute that the Federal Government had…
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