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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

948 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 48

Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

Harold Capper, of 232 Cornish Street, a miner on the North, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for an injury to the back…

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South Mine Bursaries

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 2

The general manager of Broken Hill South Limited (Mr. Anlrew Fair-weather) has intimated that the successful students for the current year's…

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Mines Trouble Conference Resumes Today

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 3

Aim meeting representatives of the unions and representatives of the mining managers separately in conference. yesterday the commonwealth…

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Eight Mines Idle Sydney, March 3

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 2

Owing to industrial disputes and mechanical breakdowns eight mines were idle in New South Wales today. The pits employ 2,700 men and the loss…

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Conciliation Fails in Mines Dispute Arbitration Only Alternative To Parties Agreeing

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 1

CONCILIATION Commissioner D. V. Morrison, when he met mi[?]ing managers and unionists this morning at the Town Hall, gave what amounted to a last chance to both parties to achieve conciliation. He opened the meeting by…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 1

Con Tsigos, miner at the South was filling dirt when a rock fell and cut his leg. He was treated at the Hospital for a lacerated wound in the left leg and…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 7

J. Hopkins was taken from the North mine to the Hospital last night and admitted suffering from a fractured left leg and a lacerated…

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Arbitration Court To Hear Mines Dispute On

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 5

ALTHOUGH rumors were rife yesterday that a last-minute compromise had been reached between the managers and the unionists to…

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Mines Trouble No Change In position Arbitration Court Sittings Arranged for

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 3

The mines trouble is no nearer settlement than it was early in the week and the Conciliation Commissioner has arranged for the sittings of the…

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Mines Trouble No New Developments

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 2

No new development arose during the week-end in connection with the mines dispute. The representatives of the B.I.C. and…

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South Coast Mines May Stop Sydney, March 7

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 1

It is feared that all mines on the South Coast will be idle tomorrow or until the dispute at the Corrimal Mine is settled following a vote taken at…

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North Mine And Dunstan's Quarry Employees Registrations Today for Pay

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 2

All men who have been retrenched or who have last time because of the dispute working on the north Mine and for Dunstan's Quarry during the…

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Surprise Move in Dispute on Mines Conditional Offer By Companies Of 3 Weeks Holiday

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 1

A SURPRISE development in the mining dispute this morning, which was due to go to the Arbitration Court, was an eleventh hour offer by the mining managers of a concession on the claim for three weeks holiday in lieu of…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 4

N. H. Buchecker suffered a bruised right fool at the Zinc Corporation yesterday. He was treated by ambulance men and then takes to his home at…

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Mines Dispute (Continued)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 1

Mr. Brady expressed again his belief that the surface workers were being "run over," also this belief that Mr. Fairweather was afraid to…

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Mines Dispute Ended by Mass Meeting Companies' Latest Offer Of Three Weeks' Holiday Adopted By Large Majority

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 1

The local mining dispute, which has concerned about 900 men either through retrenchment or reduction of working hours, and which caused a drop in production as low as to 30 per cent. of normal at some mines, ended…

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21 Coal Mines Idle Sydney, March 9

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 4

It is estimated that a production loss of 23,000 loss of coke and 1,000 tons of coke resulted today from strikes involving 11,000 miners at 24 pits on three…

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26 Coal Mines Idle in N.s.w

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—In addition to five large coke pits, 26 mines were idle on the N.S.W. coalfields today in one of the most serious mass stoppages…

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Resumption Of Mines

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 4

The Broken Hill South Limited announces that on account of the shortage of are, mill operations will not be resumed today…

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Companies' Offer Accepted Mines To Resume Normal Work Today About 3,000 Men Attend Mass Meeting

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 3

The largest mass meeting for several years decided at the Jubilee Oval yesterday morning to accent the latest offer of the mining companies, and normal work will be resumed on the mines this morning. Almost 3,000 men attended the meeting, a…

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