REJECTED Coal Tribunal Plan Cabinet's Decision
The Federal Cabinet rejected the request of the Combined mining Unions for a special tribunal to ceal with disputes in the Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1939
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REJECTED! Miners' Request for Special Tribunal. Aggregate Meetings Early Next Year
A request by the Combined Mining Unions for a special tribunal to deal with disputes in the industry was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Head Injured Fall Of Coal At Aberdare Extended CESSNOCK
Henry Ball, of Sheddon-street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, received injuries to the head when ho was struck by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Antimony Mine Conditions of Lease Warden's Court
A complaint by Clement Horrie Shaddock, of Georgo'a River, Sydney, that labour conditions were not being complied with on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold £10/12/6 an Ounce
The Commonwealth Bank yesterday fixed the price for gold lodged at the bank at £10/12/6 per ounce, fine. The price for sovereigns was fixed at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →40 Hour Week Decision of Miners' Leaders SYDNEY
A conference of the leaders of the mining unions was held to-day in order to decide upon the future policy as a result of the Federal Cabinet's refusal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conference of Mining Unions Stop Work Meetings Next Month. Sydney
The conference of mining unions resumed to-day in order, to .decide upon a future policy as a result of the Federal Cabinet's refusal to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Idle To-day Neath Colliery CESSNOCK
Neath colliery was idle to-day. The dispute concerns the dismissal of a wheeler. A deputation, Including the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Uniform Awards Demand By Mining Unions Combined Decisions Sydney
Unless special Industrial machinery is created to deal with the question of uniform mining awards, the mining unions will withdraw…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dispute at Hebburn Collieries. Miners' Executive to Intervene
The Northern Management Board of the Miners' Federation held its last meeting yesterday. With the exception of a few items the business…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Miners' Ballot
The ballot for the election of officers of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation closed yesterday. Every position is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Crippling the Gold Industry
I would like to propound a few obscure facts which have been evolved from the Government's excise duty on gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government's Deplorable Action. Starving Unemployed Miners
Claiming that the refusal of the Department of Labour and industry by refusing food relief or relief work is starving 120 miners and their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold at £10/12/6
The price for gold lodged at the Commonwealth Bank on Wednesday was fixed at £10/12/6 per ounce fine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mines Closing for Holidays CESSNOCK
To-day is the last working day for the miners this year. The mines will reopen on January 9. Two collieries are out on strike—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lake Tragedy Overturning of Skiff at Coal Point Newcastle
At an inquest this afternoon the Coroner, Mr. A. G. Chiplin, found that George Richard Watt, 37, was accidentally drowned when a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Safety Measures at Level Crossings. Another Conference With Coal Companies. Kearsley Council's Decision
The much-vexed question of the provision, by colliery companies, of safety devices at level crossings, was again…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Production Melbourne
Gold production in Victoria during 1939 is estimated at £1,500,000. This is the highest value for some years. Of this total the Bendigo field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Disputes Maitland Main And Neath CESSNOCK
The dispute over the transfer of an ostler at Maitland Main Colliery from the Miners' Federation to the Colliery Mechanics' Association is still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Device to End Mine Menace English Inventor's Discovery LONDON, December 26
An English inventor claims to have produced a device which will end the Nazi mine menace and enable ships to sail through a…
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