Vital Meeting Miners' Central Council SYDNEY
Great importance attaches to the meeting in Sydney to-day o£ officers of the Miners' Federation Central Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1938
1,318 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 66
Tragic Fall of Coal at Aberdare Central Colliery One Miner Killed and Brother Has Miraculous ESCAPE.Miraculous &cXpe. * Coroner Inquires into Circumstances of Fatality
Echoes of the tragic happening at Aberdare Central Colliery on June 21, when James Harrower of Aberdare, was killed in a fall of coal, and his brother, Peter Harrower, who was also entombed by the fall, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Correspondence Page Miners' Ballot (To the Editor)
Sir,—While not desiring in this letter to raise the question as to whether the miners should vote 'yes' or 'no' in the coming ballot on A.I.P…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Maitland Coal-fields District A.l.p. Assembly
The following officers were elected at the initial meeting of the Coalfields A.L.P. District Assembly, held in the School of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal Industry Dispute Mr. Baddeley Asks a Question. *
In the Legislative Assembly the other day Mr. J. M. Baddeley. M.L.A., asked the Minister for labour and Industry (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragedy at Aberdare Central Colliery. Inquest Story Two Brothers Overwhelmed Manager Injured Cessnock
"I do not think that all the timber in the world would have stopped the fall," said Peter Harrower, a miner, who was miraculously rescued after being buried for eight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Dispute Wollongong
The Wollongong Traders Association, after a meeting today, sent a telegram to Mr. Stevens requesting the Government to intervene in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Injured Kurri Kurri
Two miners were injured while at work in Hebburn No. 2 colliery to-day. William Thirties. 34, of Third-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fixing Coal Price Continental Difficulties CESSNOCK
The Minister for Mines (Mr. R. S. Vincent) has informed Kearsley Shire Council that the question of, a fixed selling price for coal had been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unique Strike at South Bulli Miners Objected to Press Article
A unique strike occurred at South Bulli, one of the largest collieries on the South Coast, on Monday. A pit top meeting was called on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government's Attitude to Mine Fatalities. Condemned by Men. Demand for Safety Problem Probe CESSNOCK
The suggestion that too little notice had been taken by the Government to the destruction of men in coal mines and that this disregard bordered on utter indifference, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trouble on Mining and Other Fields Conference This Morning. Sydney
A preliminary conference of the Interstate and New South Wales members of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation opened this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Memorial Services at Collieries Four Thousand Men Idle Cessnock
All but three of the collieries on the South Maitland field were idle to-day, the day set aside by the Miners' Federation for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Most Momentous Issues For Year's" Mine Convention Delegates Stand In Silence Tribute Paid to Dead Sydney
The National Convention of the Miners' Federation, which wa s opened in Sydney to-day, was inaugurated with unusual solemnity, all delegates stand ing with bared heads in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mining Industry
From the Miners' Federation, drawing attention to the unsatisfactory conditions prevailing in the coal mining industry at the present time, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Idle Miners' Complaints CESSNOCK
A dispute which followed the failure of the management to repair a machine screw, caused Elrington colliery to be idle to-day. The men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greater Than Toll of Roads. Deaths in Coal Mines. Mr. Hepfron on Miners' Perils
Addressing Botany A.L.P. on Wednesday night, Mr. Heffron, M.L.A., State Labor Leader of the Industrial Section,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Accidents
Two minor accidents occurred in Hebburn No. 2 colliery on Wednesday. Both employees were treated at the Kurri Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Aberdare Central Miners' Meeting Old Proto Apparatus Condemned. Methods of Mining
Aberdare Central, Aberdare and Aberdare Extended collieries were idle on Wednesday. The three last-named decided not to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Official III
Mr. Tom Burke, President of the Pelton Miners' Lodge, was suddenly taken ill at the Miners' Convention in Sydney yesterday,…
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