50,000 More Miners Are Helping Britain to Pay in Coal for the War
"Old King Coal" is helping Britain to pay for the war by providing a valuable export to set against imports of war materials…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
496 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 25
Bingara Gold Mine
The following company has been registered: New Bingara Gold Mine. Ltd. Capital £25,000 in 100,000 shares of, 5/ each. To acquire certain mineral…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CROQUET Gold Brooch Changes
The gold brooch changed hands on the Armidale croquet lawns on Wednesday afternoon, when Mrs. Robins (holder) was narrowly defeated by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Discontent Hughes on Arbitration SYDNEY
The Federal Minister for Industry. Mr. Hughes, in a telegram to Mr. James, M.P., concerning the coal industry position, said if the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Admits Assaulting Defendant Statement by Witness Work on Eleanora Mine
During evidence in a case in the Armidale Warden's Court this afternoon, a Witness admitted having assaulted defendant at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hillgrove Mining Site Inspected by Warden Non-Compliance of Labour Conditions Alleged
At the request of opposing counsel, the Warden (Mr. G. J. Johnstone) inspected a mining site at Hillgrove yesterday before…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →He Found a Gold Mine
A young man recently got married and took a cottage, determined to grow enough vegetables to keep tho household going. He started to dig…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eleanora Mine Case Treating Wash Dumps Profitably Engineer's Evidence Warden Recommends That Lease be Cancelled
Mr. G. J. Johnstone (Mining Warden) on Friday afternoon delivered a verdict recommending that T. G. Faint's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Miners "Irritation Tactics" Major Stoppage Likely Sydney
Unless aggregate meetings of coalmine workers this week deride to abandon what the owners describe as "irritation tactics,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Mines Idle To-morrow BRISBANE
All coal mines in Queensland will be idle to-morrow to enable the miners to attend aggregate meetings to adopt a uniform resolution regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hand Amputated Accident At Rockvale Mine
William Battersby, of Kirkwoodstreet, Armidale, had his right hand amputated at the Armidale and New England District Hospital late last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Irritating Tactics on Coal Fields Lodges Not Unanimous NEWCASTLE
That all mining lodges on northern coal fields are not unanimous on the point of adopting irritating tactics in order to secure their demands for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day's Yesterdays Victorian Gold Rush Petition For Tax by Representation
South Australia s first locomotives, which had been built by Fairbairn and Company, Manchester, had their first trial run 84…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's News Militia—Price of Tea—Naval Practice—Forged Notes—Coal Troubles—Failing to Enlist
Men of the 2/3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, are now being trained at the Ingleburn camp to be the sappers of the Second A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners 40-Hour Week Coal-Owners' Summons SYDNEY
The Vice-President of the Miners' Federation, Mr. G. W. S. Grant, said to-day that it was intended to carry on their 40-hour policy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Salt Mining
The practice of actually mining salt, as coal is mined, has almost entirely disappeared in England, and the usual method now is to win the salt in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Owners Will Enforce Awards SYDNEY
It is expected that colliery owners will lake some decisive action soon to counter the combined mining unions plan for stoppages, limiting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →St. Dunstan's Gold Appeal King Sends Gold Cigarette Box
The King has been graciously pleased to give support to the St. Dunstan's Gold Appeal by sending a gold cigarette box. The gift, which stands about…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hand Amputated Accident at Rockvale Mine
William Battersby, of Kirkwood-street, Armidale, had his right hand amputated at the Armidale and New England Hospital last week as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Meetings Disunity Evident Strong Action Indicated SYDNEY
A miners' aggregate meeting at Wollongong yesterday was the most disorderly in the history of the Miners' Federation…
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