News In Brief Miners' Ballot To Decide
SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., addressing the Cessnock State Electorate Council of the inner group, reiterated his…
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Mining & the mines, 1938
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Stop Press All Coal Mines Were Idle Today
SYDNEY.—Coal mines throughout Australia, were idle today to enable mass meetings to be held at which resolutions will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Greater Mine Output Assures Gain Silverton Tramway Co. Should Maintain Dividends MELBOURNE
WITH prospects of an appreciable increase in the output of the Broken Hill mines during the next few years, the outlook for shareholders in the Silverton Tramway Co. Ltd. is exceedingly bright. Growth in revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vice-Regal Visitors Arrive Ld. Huntingfield Here to Inspect Our Mines Lord Wakehurst On Visit To Menindee
LORD HUNTINGFIELD, acting Governor-General of Australia, arrived in Broken Hill today by Associated Airlines Lockheed Electra monoplane, The Silver City. He will spend a few days here as the guest of the mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Authority to Call Strike Coal Miners Make Decision SYDNEY
At stop-work aggregate meetings throughout Australia today authority was given to the miners' leaders to call a general stoppage should the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inspection of Mines
Although Lord Huntingfield, acting Governor-General of Australia, will be in Broken Hill for only two days he will see a lot of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Discovery
PERTH, Wednesday.—A gold discovery is reported about 90 miles south-east of Laverton, where gold had not previously been discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sporting Activities At Zinc Corpn. Mine Sports Oval Nearing Completion
THE spoiling activities of employees of the Zinc Corporation mine are being fostered in every, way by the management of the mine. The new Zinc Corporation sports oval, which is now nearing completion, will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Keeping Moonta Mine Unwatered
ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Although the Moonta mining scheme has ceased the pump at Hughes' shaft will be kept going for a fortnight to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inquiry Into Safety of Miners
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The mining tribunal to inquire into the safety and health as affecting miners will have the status of a Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Employee Has Thumb Amputated
Ronald Dickson-Erskine, of Chapplestreet, was admitted to Ward 1 at the Hospital today. It is understood that his thumb was caught in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proprietary Mine Will Close No Alternative-general Manager
STATING that there was no alternative but to close down the Proprietary mine, as the ore had petered out, the general manager of the Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. (Mr. L. Bradford) today said that it was most unfortunate that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Broken Hill Is A Wonderful City" Ld. Huntingfield Thrilled "Mine Workings a Revelation"
AFTER spending a most delightful two days in Broken Hill, Lord Huntingfield, acting Governor-General of Australia, left by Associated Airlines Lockheed-Electra monoplane, the Silver City, at 10.30 o'clock for Port Pirie…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appeal To Keep Children From Mine Leases
AN appeal to parents to prevent their children from playing on mine leases was made today by Constable J. Loy, officer in charge at North Broken Hill. The position was viewed seriously by police and mine officials…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Silver Peak Mine
The secretary of Silver Peak (Broken Hill) Limited reports as follows for the period ended September 1: Development.—No. 2 drive north…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner Saturday, September 3, 1938. Danger of Playing at "Miners"
A FEW weeks ago the ambitions of two youths who wanted to become first-rate miners when they grew up nearly ended fatally for one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rupee Mine Dispute
A complaint by James Henry Pearce against Ernest Evan Trewren and others, lessees of the Rupee mine, that they had failed to comply…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mt. Coolon Mines
The manager of Mount Coolon Col Mines N.L. provides the following progress report for the period August 17 to 30:—The mill treated 2369 long…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News In Brief Colliery To Reopen
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Abermain No. 2 Miners' Lodge at a meeting decided to accept the final terms for the mechanised reopening of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrier Miner Tuesday, September 6, 1938. Revising Mining Companies' Log
THE mining companies representa tives did not attend yesterday's conference with the Barrier Industrial Council delegates either to contend…
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