Gold From Mine in Australian Alps
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—TWO hundred ounces of gold, excluding concentrates, were extracted from two tons of quartz at the Bairnsdale…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
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Five Collieries Idle
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Five N.S.W. coal mines which employ about 1550 men nnd have an aggregate production of approximately 4650 tons daily,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Mines Out; Worst Hold-Up SYDNEY
EIGHT coal mines were idle on the New South Wales coalfields today, while two more are partly idle. This is the largest hold-up to occur in the mining industry since Prime Minister Curtin made his recent appeal to miners and threatened to discipline strikers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Thursday, April 9, 1942 The Coal Crime
YESTERDAY eight N.S.W. coal mines were idle and two others were partially idle. This is the worst hold-up we have yet experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Worked for 10/- a Day Another Pioneer Of Mining
WORKING underground by the light of candles attached to "spillers" for 10/- a day and early days of bullock driving are some of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Miners Still Defiant SYDNEY
FOUR mines in northern, southern and western New South Wales were idle today as a result of industrial disputes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Want To Hold Their Employees
IF the services of a would-be volunteer for defence work are considered essential to the mines, the mining managers ask the B.I.C. to take suitable action. The president of the Mining Managers' Association (Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bowls And Bowlers Fours Final Brown Defeats Gold
Sunday last saw the final of the fours competition between Brown (Father Jordan, J. J. Uhl. S. Purcell and S. Garland) and Go[?] (J. J. Buck, E. W…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Maitland Main colliery in the north and the Vale of Clwydd and Hassans Wall pit on the western field were idle today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disciplining Coal Miners New Regulations Issued CANBERRA
THE Government last night gazetted new regulations which will make it illegal for coalminers to absent themselves for work without reasonable excuse. Employees at coal mines must work unless physically unfit, or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Collieries Idle Today; Men Still Defy Government SYDNEY
It is estimated that almost 3000 tons of coal production will be lost on the N.S.W. coalfields today through idleness at four pits…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Threatened By Coal Strikes: 'Situation Desperate' CANBERRA
UPON the success of the mission of the Minister for Labor (Mr. Ward), who will tour the coalfields in a last-minute attempt to persuade the miners to produce coal, so essential for the Australian war machine,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Coal Mines Were Idle Today Sydney
THREE mines were idle today when the Minister for Lahor (Mr. Ward) began his four days' tour of the New South Wales coalfield's in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bowls And Bowlers Gold Wins the Fours
Sunday last saw the challenge round of the "Fours" Competition between Gold and Brown. The latter team has defeated the Golds in the final of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Want Production Committee SYDNEY
AFTER hearing the views of the Central Executive of the Miners' Federation, the Queensland Miners' Delegate Board, by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →West Miners Hope To End Strike
SYDNEY, Saturday. — Western miners' officials have high hopes of a settlement on Monday of the Vale of Clwydd dispute, where 10 working…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Coal Mine Idle
SYDNEY, Monday.—At the moment when the Federal Minister for Labor (Mr. Ward) was en route to the district on the concluding stages of his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Post for Mr. G. B. GAME Chief Engineer At North Mine
MR. G. B. GAME, chief engineer at the South mine, will transfer to the North mine early next month, it was authoritatively stated today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unions Urge Better Local War Effort "Not After Bigger Pay Envelopes" Conference with Mine Managers
"In asking for a bigger war effort, we are not asking for bigger pay envelopes," said Mr. A. C. Crowhurst, President of the A.E.U., at a conference with the Mining Managers' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Collieries At Full Production
SYDNEY, Thursday.—All mines in N.S.W. are working full production today for the second day in succession. The dispute over deficiency in…
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