Unemployed in Support of Miners
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. W. Geraghty secretary of the Uncmployment Department of the N.S.W. Labor Council, stated that unemployed and…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
387 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 20
Coal Strike Vital Meeting Tomorrow Sydney
HOPES of strike settlement now centre on a meeting of combined mining unions in Sydney tomorrow. Having been told firmly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike and Reopening of Sydney Line Transport Minister Gives Hint SYDNEY
THE immediate reopening of the Far West railway services was urged in the Legislative Assembly today by Mr. Davidson. He asked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fears That Govt Will Take Steps To Reopen Mines Union Leaders See Sir George Beeby Melbourne
UNLESS some indication that an immediate settlement of the coal strike is likely is given by tonight, the Federal Government will take steps to force the reopening of the mines…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—It is Reported that secret meetings of the miners has been called in all coal field towns for tonight. A motion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike Losses
SYDNEY, Thursday— It was stated at the conference of Associated Chambers, of Commerce today that the coal strike had already caused a…
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THE recommendations which aggregate meetings of the striking miners will be asked to consider on Tuesday will not be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Sweeper Sunk; 27 Presumed Dead
LONDON, May 2— The minesweeper Dunoon has been sunk by a mine. Three officers and 24 ratings are missing, and presumed lost. Forty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General the Coal Strike
I have listened to more hasty statements on the subject of this industrial dispute than I have about the war itself. Each statement has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mass Meetings of Miners Next Week Lack Of Financial Support SYDNEY
MASS meetings of coalminers will be held next week to consider a recommendation of the Combined Mining Unions' executive that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →National Security Act Powers. to Be Enforced Coal Owners Told to Reopen Mines Sydney
COAL OWNERS have been instructed to resume the production of coal. Under the National Security Act powers, the Federal Government decided last night that.the mines must be reopened, and regulations-were accordingly made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike Unions Ready to Negotiate Sydney
The general president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Nelson), referring to his speech in the Domain yesterday, said that he had told the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike "Return to Your Work" Appeal to Miners By Mr. Hughes CANBERRA
The Attorney-General (Mr.Hughes) stated today that if the miners returned to work now they could do so with all honors…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Fatality Inquest Foreman's Story Of Discovery Of Trapped Miners "Bulk Removal Not Responsible for Happening"
"EVEN if the bulk which was removed from the stope to make way for the fifth set had not been removed the men would still have lost their lives," said Richard Mayne, underground foreman at the South mine, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Checklrispector and Stope Shift Boss Tells Of Action At South Mine Inquest Adjourned
EVIDENCE that the Check Inspector (Mr. A. R. Campbell) had prevented men working in a stope on the 1370 level on April 16-nine days before the fatality-was given by a shift boss, William Roy Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Are Divided 3 Meetings In Favor Of Continuance Of Strike SYDNEY
THREE of the five aggregate meetings held this afternoon were in favor of continuing the the strike. They were Cessnock,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Neglect Says Coroner In South Mine Inquest
"NEGLIGENCE in connection with a jury's verdict is of course criminal negligence which is distinct from civil negligence," the Coroner (Mr. A. B. Collins) told the jury at the South mine inquest when summing up today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike 2000 Majority Needed For Continuation SYDNEY
THERE were no fresh developments this morning in connection with the coal strike. Excluding the Queensland vote,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inspections Of Fatal Stope Miners Tell Of Experiences Inquest Again Adjourned
EVIDENCE of inspections of the fatal stope on the 1370 level at the South mine was given yesterday afternoon by the underground manager (Mr. F. N. Thomas) when the South mine fatality inquest was continued. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barrier Miner Thursday. May, 9, 1940. Communists Amd the Coal Strike
THAT the Communist elements in the unions of the coal miners are working strenuourly for the continuation of the strike has been clearly de…
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