AMUSEMENTS "Navy Blue and Gold" At Ozone
"Navy Blue and Gold" is the main, attraction for the Ozone. Theatre tonight. Robert Young, James, Stewart and Lionel Barrymore are co-starred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1938
449 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 23
Dislocation Caused by Coal Strike Stocks At Pit Top Declared Black SYDNEY
INCONVENIENCE already caused by the coal strike will be further intensified as a result of decisions reached by the combined mining…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inter-mine Tennis
The following are the results of last Saturday's Inter-Mine Tennis Association matches: North I. defeated B.H.P. in the second play off for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Mine Mill Inspection
An epoch-marking ceremony will take place at the North mine on Sunday when the gigantic new mill, which is nearing completion and will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Closing To Be Opposed
Following a request from the W.I.U. the Barrier Industrial Council at its meeting last night decided to oppose the closing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Labor Ms.H.R. to Assist Miners
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A letter was received by the miners today from the secretary of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party (Mr. Makin,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Forged Cheque Boilermaker For Trial Mine Manager's Evidence
HENRY JOHN MERCER (36), boilermaker, was committed for trial at the Court of Quarter Sessions on December 13 by Mr. R. Donaldson, S.M., in the Police Court today. He pleaded guilty to a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wages Lost Now £160,000 Miners Confer With Owners SYDNEY
THE result of the conference in Melbourne today between mine owners and miners is awaited with keen interest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Managers and Craft Unions Confer Skill Margins Claimed for Tradesmen Engineers' Case
ARGUMENTS for margins for tradesmen over the basic wage to be paid along the line of lode for the currency of the new agreement were advanced by delegates from the Amalgamated Engineers' Union when in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Discussion Regarding Overtime Elimination By Dismissal Of Miners-Manager Union Delegates Give Views (Continued from Pave 1)
THE North mine could stop overtime tomorrow by putting off about 140 miners. This statement was made today by the general manager of North Broken Hill Ltd. (Mr. O. H. Woodward) when addressing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Silver Peak Mine
The secretary of Silver Peak (Broken Hill) Ltd. reports as follows for the period ended September 22:— Development: No. 2 shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Robbery From Train
LONDON, September 23.—Six masked armed bandits held up a goods train on the Marseilles-Paris line and escaped with gold valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Help For Strikers In Collieries Joinery Ban Discussed
TWO mass meetings were held yesterday, one of unionists affiliated with the Barrier Industrial Council, and the other,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enginemen Confer With Mine Managers Discussion on Shorter Shift Delegates Outline Claims
THE third of the conferences between the Mining Managers' Association and the Barrier Industrial Council and its affiliated unions to discuss the log of wages and conditions to operate along the line of lode at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Miners Ready For Bitter Fight SYDNEY
IN view of the failure of the compulsory conference in Melbourne between the parties to the coal strike, preparations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dawn March on Colliery Men Refuse To Leave Work SYDNEY
Three hundred miners held a march at dawn to a small colliery near Fassifern in an attempt to induce five men to stop work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Seeking Abolition Of The Contract System Delegates Give Health As Chief Reason W.I.J. Conference With Managers
THAT the contract system in operation along the line of lode was injurious to the health of the employees and the men believed the time had arrived when they were prepared to work at a daily wage in preference to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Cabinet Discusses Coal Strike SYDNEY
THE State Cabinet met today to discuss the coal strike situation. The Government is concerned over the possibility of a prolonged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines' Picnic Committees Conference With S.A. Visitors
A CONFERENCE was held last night between representatives of the Zinc Corporation Picnic Committee, the Combined Mines Picnic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Loading Stopped 400 Minen March
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A crowd of men, between 300 and 400, marched this morning to Rhondda colliery in the Taralba district, where coal was…
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