Production Figures for Central Mine
Production figures for the Central mine for the six weeks ended February 10 are given below, the figures for the corresponding period last…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
387 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 20
Memories Of Early Day tnginedriver On Big Mine
IN March of this year, Edward James Gribbin, veteran enginedriver, is to retire, after 52 years' continuous service with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lives Of Twenty Miners Endangered
SYDNEY, Friday.—Twenty miners were endangered in Tongarra mine, hear Dapto, yesterday when a bushfire swept up the gully to the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Coal Strike Threatened Intervention By P.M. Sought SYDNEY
THE general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Orr), referring to the threatened strike, Baid that coal stocks held by public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leading Zinc Officials Coming For Mine Picnic
Many leading officials of the Zinc Corporation Ltd. will attend the annual picnic of the Zinc Corporation Employees. Picnic Committee to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Final Plans for Coal Strike "Crass Stupidity" Says Mr. Hughes SYDNEY
FlNAL plans for a strike in the coal industry will be discussed at a special meeting of combined mining unions today. lt is believed that…
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Sydney —It was reported today that should the miners decide in favor of a strike there would be fuller recognition by the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pensions for Miners Sought
SYDNEY, Wednestlay.—The combined mining unions have proposed a mine workers' pension scheme to the Coal Industry Royal Commission, in…
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SYDNEY— Today's aggregate meeting of mineworkers at Cessnock, by a majority of 2000 to 200 carried motions in favor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strike on March 11 Miners Will Decide Today SYDNEY
MINEWORKERS on the northern coalfields are holding aggregate meetings today to vote on the recommendation by their union leaders to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Acts Against Italian Ships Alleged Carrying of German Coal From Dutch Ports Surprise Expressed in Rome (Special to "The Miner") LONDON,March 5
SIX Italian ships from Dutch ports, suspected of carrying German coal, have been escorted to the British contraband control base off Deal. Other vessels are reported to be at the northern entrance of the Downs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inter-mine Tennis Competitions
Results of last Saturday's Inter-Mine Tennis Association matches were:—North No. 1 d. North No. 5 9"sets 54 games to 12 games. Zinc…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Working of Block 10 Will Not Greatly Extend life Of Central Mine
THE working of Block 10 by the Sulphide Corporation Ltd. will not extend the life of the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Owners "Unhelpful" —Mr. Hughes SYDNEY
THE Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes), referring to his efforts to bring about peace in the coal industry, said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Wanted for Sewerage Work
It is requested that men who are registered as miners at the Laber Exchange and are desirous of being considered in connection with any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike Federal Govt. May Intervene SYDNEY
IT was stated in political circles today that the Premier (Mr. Mair) is leaving no stone unturned to bring about a settlement of the threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arbitration Court to Intervene New Development In Coal Strike Decision
THE Chief Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court (Sir George Beeby) has agreed to intervene in the coal dispute if requested by either…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Premier Appeals To Miners And Owners ALBURY
THE Premier (Mr. Mair) today made a last minute appeal to both coal workers and colliery owners. He said it was to be hoped that in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cabinet Decision On Central Mine Disappointing
KEEN disappointment was exp ressed today at tho State Cabinet's refusal to grant assistance to the Sulphide Corporation to enable it to keep the Central mine operating, by the president of the Broken Hill Chamber of Commerce (Mr. R. E. A. Kitchen)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike Begins Men Can Last Six Weeks Leaders Claim SYDNEY,Monday
THE general coal strike began today and coal production has ceased, except in a few small pits where…
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