Bellbird Miners Idle Dispute Over Casual Work
After going to work as usual this morning, Bellbird miners were forced to return following a domestic dispute which developed on the pit-top…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1938
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Miners and National Insurance Report Submitted by Officers
The Northern Miners' Federation, which was first in the trade union field to make application for registration as a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Question of Expenses Wonthaggi Mine Inquiry SYDNEY
The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Orr) said to-night that officials of the Wonthaggi branch had informed him to-day that there had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soaring Gold Production Australia's Higher Output Canberra
Australia's gold production for the first six months of. this year is expected to be about 730,000 fine ounces, valued at more than £6,250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strike Machinery Miners Continue to Prepare "£200,000 Worth of Credit" Sydney
Indications are that the national convention of mining unions, to be held in Sydney on August 1, will advocate the declaration of a general coal strike…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Oil From Coal What South Africa is Doing Tests on Bigger Scale
In the South African Parliament recently the Minister of Commerce and Industries (Mr. A. P. Fourie) made a statement on the production of oil from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining Methods a Comment on Colliery Management
"Whither, our colliery managers?" asked a competent observer on the Coalfields yesterday. "In more recent years," he said, "we…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bellbird Colliery Idle
A domestic dispute arose at Bellbird colliery yesterday due to the application of the district rule in regard to seniority in a number of classifications…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Three Miners Injured Yesterday's Accidents
Three miners employed at mines on the Newcastle coalfield received slight injuries in accidents yesterday. Two of the men were injured by falls…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Record Coal Shipments for Eleven Years
The heaviest weekly coal shipment for the last 11 years was made from the cranes at Carrington this week. At noon to-day the figures reached 105,514 tons. This is the best week since August, 1927,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waterside Unions Will Confer Support for Miners
A mass meeting of Water Transport Group unions will be held at Newcastle Trades Hall to-morrow to discuss the miners' campaign for shorter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greater Production Gold in Australia CANBERRA
Figures made available by the Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. R. Wilson) to-day indicate that the production of gold in Australia in 1938 will greatly…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Industrial News Northern Miners Circular to Lodges National Insurance
As preliminary to registration under the National Insurance Act, a circular was issued to lodges in the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heavy Loadings 83,100 Tons at Cranes Coal Exports Advance
Coal loadings were heavy at Newcastle this week. At the cranes working was constant, and the total reached 83,100 tons. Before work finishes to-day the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining Mechanics Interest in National Insurance Delegates for Conference
The President of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association (Mr. T. G. Moran) and the Secretary (Mr. H. C. Morton) were directed at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Benefit Fund for Dependents of Mine Victims Levy to Be Struck in West Australia Kalgoorlie
To create a fund for the benefit of dependants of victims of fatal mining accidents, the mining division of A.W.U. has decided to make a levy of is on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Coal Strike
Sir,—Is the Newcastle business man ("Newcastle Morning Herald," June 24) right in assuming that the general community views with indifference the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Methods
Sir.—Having read with interest the articles which have appeared in the "Newcastle Morning Herald," I may say that I was amused, because, had these…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Support Miners Waterfront Unions Decide
A conference of waterfront unions, convened by the Seamen's Union, Newcastle branch, decided at Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday morning to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rich African Gold Reefs
New gold discoveries which promise to become of great importance to the South African Union have just been made around Odendaalsrust, in the Orange…
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