Colliery Idle Effect of Heavy Rain
Glenrock No. 2 colliery was thrown out of commission throughout yesterday by the subsidence of about 40ft, of the colliery siding line, as a result of Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1936
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Miners' Claims Hearings at Newcastle Compensation Commission
Six applications were disposed of and one was left part heard by the Workers' Compensation Commission in Newcastle yesterday. Judge Perdriau presided. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Cigarette Case Awaits Owner Sydney
Detective-sergeant Mallon (Darling-hurst) has recovered one of the most valuable cigarette cases that has ever been in police hands. Engine turned, it it of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Industrial News Northern Miners Aberdare Central Machines Conference Abortive
The conference between mineworkers and proprietors on the question of the installation of an electrical coal-cutting machine at Aberdare Central colliery was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Work at Collieries
During the past six months both Hebburn No. 1 and Hebburn No. 2 collieries have worked exceedingly well. The practice of each employee working two days…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Colliery Mechanics
The General Secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association (Mr. H. C. Morton) stated yesterday afternoon that, as a result of a conference with the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Northern Miners
A special meeting of the Northern Miners' Board of Management will be held to-morrow at the Trades Hall. Matters of vital interest to members…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Coal Traffic
The Adamstown-Belmont railway line is now carrying the maximum number of trains during the day. The section of line from the John Darling colliery to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Price of Gold
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended June 19 is at the rate of approximately £7/18/ per…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Industrial News Northern Mines Officials Visit Lodges
The Acting Vice-president of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Scanlon) attended a meeting of the Buttai Lodge. Minmi, yesterday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →£800 for Widow Husband's Death in Mine Compensation Claims
A widow who claimed £800 for the death of her husband in Pelaw Main colliery, on March 3, was awarded the full amount, with costs on the higher scale,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Gold and Minerals Geological Survey Reports From Fields (Contributed.)
The report of the committee of direction and control of the Northern Australian Survey for the half-year ended December 31, 1935, was recently tabled in…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Coal Companies Talk of Concessions Railway Losses Select Committee Motion Rejected SYDNEY
A move to have a Select Committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the heavy revenue loss which it was…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Small Mines at Min[?]
A report on the small mines in the Minml area was considered by the Northern Miners' Management Board to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Safety in Mining
It may be an open question whether the boy should be fully trained before he enters the mine; and there may be a question as to what is the best form of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Big Increase Newcastle Coal Exports
The quantity of coal shipped from Newcastle this week was a big increase on last week's exports. Shipments, including bunkers, for places beyond the State,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Northern Miners Special Meeting of Committee
The Assistant Secretary of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. B. Simpson) said yesterday that a special meeting of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners' President Health Reported to Be Improving
The President of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare), who was recently overcome by illness while travelling in Russia, and is now at a rest…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Damaged Clothes Jury's Novel Claim Inspection of Mine Sydney
A novel application, probably the first to come, before the Courts, was made to-day, when the trial of Richard Brooking, 49, a miner, and William Smith, 32, a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners' Federation
Sir,—Mr. Bland talks of "why the British financier prefers Russia as an investment rather than Australia." He then suggests that I study the problem…
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