The Courts Mine Manager Fined
A colliery manager was lined £5, will 8s costs, at Newcastle Summons Court to-day on a charge of having failed to carry out a pre-shift…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1936
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Explosion in Mine Man Killed at Mt. Isa BRISBANE
While working in a drive at No. 4 level at the Mt. Isa mine to-night. Richard Williams, 26, a native of Wales, was blown to pieces. His mate, named…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Higher Wages British Miners' Claim Owners' Negotiations London, January 6
The meeting of the National Executive of the Mineowners' Federation, which was adjourned from before Christmas till to-day, has been further adjourned till…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clan Macarthur Maiden Voyage in March Coal-burning Freighter
Another freighter, built specially for the trade between Australia and the United Kingdom—the Clan Line vessel Clan MacArthur—is expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Being Dismantled Glen Ayr Mine Slack Box Workings Flooded in 1930
The slack box at Glen Ayr colliery, near East Greta Junction, is being dismantled by a gang of men employed by the West Maitland Municipal Council. The timber…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Order Cancelled 4000 Tons of Bunker Coal Nestor Goes Elsewhere
A number of large bunker orders have been cancelled by ship owners because they do not de[?]re to take the risk of their vessels being held up at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Smouldering Coal Firemen Work Through Night Silo to Be Replenished
The smouldering coal which burst into flame in a silo fit the Sulphide Corporation's works at Cockle Creek on Monday night had been almost put out at dawn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners and A.C.T.U. Conference Held in Sydney Some Angry Exchanges Sydney
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation met the executive officers of the Australian Council of Trade-unions to-day, and asked that the emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Turn Down Strike Motion Overwhelming Majority Result of Aggregate Meetings in Northern Districts 785 Votes to 32 at Kurri
Miners' aggregate meetings to-day turned down the general strike proposals by overwhelming majorities. Late this afternoon only two meetings, at Wonthaggi and Helensburgh, had voted in favor of the strike motion. All mines in the north were idle while the vital meetings were being held…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike Issue Miners to Decide on All Fields To-day Conference Held with A.C.T.U. General Secretary Explains Attitude of Leaders
All interest in the possibility of a general strike now centres on the aggregate meetings of the mineworkers, to be held on the different fields to-day. An official explained yesterday that unemployed mineworkers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kurri Mines Resume
Richmond Main and Pelaw Main collieries both resumed work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Failed to Inspect Mine
George Wilfred Taylor, of Thornton, manager of the Blackhill Borehole colliery, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having failed to make an inspection of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Decision of the Miners
The miners have spoken through their aggregate meetings, and their decision is definitely against a general stoppage of work in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Miners Strike Proposal Supported MELBOURNE
Miners at meetings held at Wonthaggi and Korumburra to-day voted solidly in favour of a strike in the mines. The voting at Wonthaggi was 374 to 44,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Increase in Wages Mine Owners Make Offer Below Demand London
Representatives of colliery owners met representatives of the Mine Workers' Federation to-day and placed before them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Miners Were Wrong" Attitude of A.C.T.U. President MELBOURNE
The President of the Australian Council of Trade-unions (Mr. Monk), who returned to-day, said he had refused to agree to any extension of the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WORTH £7,000,000 Coal Deposits Near Glasgow LONDON, January 7
A proposal is under consideration for the development of coal deposits near Glasgow, estimated to be worth £7,000,000, and calculated to give employment to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Strike Miners Reject Recommendation of Combined Unions Big Majorities in North Leaders Address Aggregate Meetings
Mineworkers on the Northern Coalfields yesterday rejected the recommendation of the Combined Mining Unions, that coal production should be stopped until the application of the Transport Workers Act to seamen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seamen's Strike (Continued from Page 9) Leaders in Reply Reaction to Vote of Miners Reasons Canvassed
"I am disappointed but not discouraged," said the President of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Strike Resolution Rejected at Northern Meetings Union Leaders State Case Fight to Defend Australian Unionism and Miners' Conditions Speeches at Belmont and Swansea
The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation(Mr. W. Orr) and the union leaders stated the case in support of seaman at Belmont and Swansea. Opponents of the resolution asserted that the Federation was…
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