Colliery Explosion; Six Miners Dead
LONDON, January 1.—Six miners are known to be dead and 44 others are still entombed following an explosion at Sneyd Colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1942
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Mines Resume
There were a few absentees from work when the South Mine, and the Zinc Corporation resumed productive operations at 8 a.m. today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Stoppages Queried
CANBERRA, Monday.—The Coal Commissioner (Mr. Michell) will be asked by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) for an immediate report on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrier Miner Wednesday. Jan. 7. 1942. a Rebuke for the Coal Miners
BECAUSE of the extraordinary irresponsibility of N.S.W. coal miners, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) is faced with one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Curtin's Warning to Miners
SYDNEY. Tuesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) this afternoon strongly warned the Miners' Federation against strikes. "Strikes must…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Southern Miners May Resume
SYDNEY.—Reports received in Sydney today by mine owners indicate that only four collieries but of 24 in the northern field were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Opposition to Annexe No Reply to Offer By Mining Companies
IN spite of their offer of assistance mining companies have received no information of when the proposed munitions annexe will be set up in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Ordered Back to Work
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— Miners' officials are not supporting the strike at present delaying coal production. This is indicated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →America Buys Gold From Russia
WASHINGTON, January 7.—The Treasury has announced the purchase of an additional 20 million dollars' worth of gold from Russia. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Stop Coal Strikes Drastic Action Proposed By Prime Minister CANBERRA
THE Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) is expected to gazette drastic regulations within the next few days if there is not an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Miners Urged To Resume SYDNEY
Mr. Curtin's ultimatum to coal owners and miners will expire tomorrow, when regulations will be gazetted unless the men are at work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Tin Mines Dynamited
SINGAPORE.—Kuala Lumpur, capital of the Federated Malay States, still in British hands, is like a dead city. The tin mines in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Bullring" of Coal Reference Boards
NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The chairman of the Northern Coal Reference Board (Mr. Connell), in an outspoken statement yesterday, claimed that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike Crisis Govt. Ready To Take Action SYDNEY
NOTWITHSTANDING the Prime Minister's demands that all mines should resume work by noon today, 11 mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clipper's Foreign Stamps for U.S.A. Worth Many Times Their Weight in Gold
A unique collection of British, Guiana stamps, conservatively valued at £3,000 has been [?]own by Clipper to New York for dispersal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Expected to Obey Mr. Curtin
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Indications today were that the miners on the northern and southern fields would resume work on Monday. Union…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Another Colliery Idle
SYDNEY.—As A result of a dispute between miners and enginedrivers Aberdare Central Colliery was thrown idle today, involving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Miners Still Out
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Although the Aberdare Central miners were back at work today, negotiations in relation to five other industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Vote Ousts Mr. C. H. Nelson SYDNEY
MR. C. H. Nelson, who has been general president of the Miners' Federation for seven years, was yesterday defeated for the position by a young Cessnock miner. Mr. H. Wells, who obtained a majority of 140 votes in a poll of 15.178. It was the biggest poll for a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Coal Mine Idle
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Old Bulli mine, on the south coast field, was again idle today when negotiations for the resumption of production…
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