Kalgoorlie Mine Dispute Perth
While agreeing that a conference should be held to settle their dispute with the Luke View and Star Mines Ltd., the 300 men who formerly worked on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1936
2,541 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 78 of 128
Herald Stop Press Colliery Disaster. London, August 6
It is officially announced that 58 men were entombed by the explosion in the Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery. It is known that 21 were…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Aberdare Cent. Miners Support for Inquiry
Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night decided to support the demand of the Aberdare Central miners for an inquiry into the safety or…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yorkshire Pit Explosion Miners to Cable Sympathy
The Miners' Federation will send a cable to the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, expressing sympathy with the relatives of the miners who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Non-union Labour Dispute at Ibon Mine
A meeting of the Ashtonfields Minters' Lodge, held at East Maitland, late yesterday afternoon, decided to extend the dispute at Ibon colliery until a decision was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners' Federation Newspaper Issue Wonthaggi Wages Increase Sydney
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided to-day to instruct its representatives to a meeting of the shareholders of the official organ of the Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →63 ENTOMBED Colliery Explosion Yorkshire Disaster Many Bodies Recovered (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, August 6
Sixty-three miners were entombed when an explosion occurred in Wharbcliffe Woodmoor colliery, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Thirty-three Bodies Recovered From Yorkshire Mine Feared Others Dead Too Prayers Said At The Pithead LONDON
"After 33 bodies had been recovered, rescue operations at the Wharnclifie Colliery (Yorkshire), where 58 men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pelton Colliery
As a protest against mechanics being employed on work on Thursday which members of the Miners' Federation regarded as encroaching upon work which…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bellbird Colliery
Owing to a breakdown in the turbine, Bellbird colliery was idle yesterday. It is expected that repairs will be effected in time for a resumption on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners and Relief Work
A deputation from Abermain No. 2 Miners' Lodge, accompanied by Mr. J. M. Baddteley. M.L.A. and officials of the Northern Miners' Federation. will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Gold
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank far gold lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended July 31 is at the rate of approximately £7/18/ per standard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Boom-time Gold"
G. W. Wicking borrows American gangster methods to quicken the action in "Boom-Time Gold." Young James McDonald had been to the States, where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold and Minerals Bendigo Goldfield Reports From Fields
Within recent months, the Bendigo goldfield has been favourably pointed to by geologists and mining engineers, all of whom visualise a new lease of life for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exclusion of Miners to Be Discussed by Committee
The exclusion or the Miners' Federation representatives last night from the meeting of the executive of the State branch or the A.L.P…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Exports 43,669 Tons for Week
Although coal exports this week from Newcastle for places beyond the State appear extremely light, compared with last week's shipment of 73,528 tons, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners' Council Opposition to New Seamen's Union SYDNEY
The Council of the Miners' Federation to-day resolved to urge that award wages and conditions should be observed on the proposed Sutherland-Cronulla railway. On…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£11,147 PROFIT Bellambi Coal Company SYDNEY
The Bellambi Coal Company Ltd. made a profit of £11,147 for the year ended June 30. Payment of 3d a share is recommended by the directors, and this will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inquest on 32 Miners Rescue Parties Risk Death London
An inquest was onened today at Barnstey on the 32 victims of the disaster at Wharncliffe Woodmoor colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Disaster 33 Bodies Recovered Many Terribly Injured London, August 8
After 33 bodies had been recovered from the Wharncliffe Woodmoor colliery, near Barnsley (Yorkshire), following the explosion yesterday, rescue operations were…
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