Ventilation, Solution of Dust Problem Inspector's Opinion In South Coast Mines SYDNEY
The solution of dust concentration trouble, according to Mines Department Inspector David Brewster (southern…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1939
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U.S.A. Dust Expert To Give Evidence At Mines Inquiry SYDNEY
When the Royal Commission, which is inquiring into safety and health in coal mines resumed sitting to-day, the Chairman, Mr. Justice Davidson, said that he…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Masked Men Alleged Attack at Mine Watchman's Evidence Two for Trial on Assault Charges
Allegations that two men wearing masks attacked him at the North Wallarah mine, near Swansea, about 9 p.m. on December 9, were made by Paul Bernard Klutz,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Witnesses in North Chairman's Plea to Parties Curtailment Sought Coal Commission Evidence SYDNEY
There was another reference at today's sitting of the Health and Safety in Mines Royal Commission to the time the inquiry was taking, and the need for reducing the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accidental Death Miner Crushed in Neath Colliery Coroner Told of Coal Fall
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns), who held an inquiry at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday into…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Inspection of Aberdare Cent. Colliery
An inspection of Aberdare Central Colliery to determine the condition of the seals in the No. 1 Danel east dip section was made to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Management Committee
The Northern Miners' Management Committee will hold its annual meeting at the Trades Hall on Monday. In the ordinary course of events…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Special Trains Chartered for Miners' Picnics
John Darling, Abermain and Pelton Miners' Lodges nave chartered five special trains for picnic trips to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Neath Colliery Four Fatalities in 32 Years Officials Proud of Record
Although Neath colliery has been operating for more than 30 years, only four fatal accidents have occurred in the mine. It is a record of which every official…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Industrial News Miners' Opposition New Railway Union SYDNEY
Allegations that the Railway Operatives' Union had been formed within by a political party with the object of either smashing or weakening the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dust Expert From America To Appear Before Coal Commission Inspector Gives Evidence Sydney
The Safety and Health in Mines Royal Commission continued its sittings to-day. The Chairman (Mr. Justice Davidson) said he had ascertained that a prominent…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →New Goldfield in New Guinea Cairns
About 180 whites are how mining Bold on the most remote field in New Guinea—at Altape, on the Sepik River, which recently welcomed its first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Application
The Metropolitan Mining Warden (Mr. F. A. Hynes) will visit East Maitland next Thursday to hear an application by Cecil Gulliver, a Rathluba dairyman,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Miners' Levy to Support Unemployed
North Wallarah Miners' Lodge has recommended to the Northern Miners' Federation Board of Management that a general levy should be struck in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Died From Burns Explosion at Pelaw Main Colliery
Alexander McAlpine, 68, a storeman, living in Barton-street, Kurri Kurri, was fatally burned in an explosion in the storeroom at Pelaw Main colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Aberdare Central Miners Will Meet To-morrow
Aberdare Central miners will meet to-morrow to hear the report of miners' inspectors on the inspection which they carried out yesterday in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Industrial News Northern Miners Mr. T. Hoare's Return
The District President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare), who has been occupied at the Central Council meeting in Sydney for nearly a fortnight, returned…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Strike Lesson Coal Stocks in Defence Scheme BRISBANE
Stating that it was an aspect of defence provisions that had received little attention, the Premier (Mr. W. Forgan Smith) to-day advocated the purchase of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rise in Coal Freights Owners Protest to Premier SYDNEY
A protest against the 10 per cent. increase in coal freights from March 1 was made to the Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) to-day by a deputation led by the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gold Production Figures Rise in Australia Highest For 22 Years CANBERRA
Gold production in Australia last year was the highest since 1916. Last year 1,590,406 fine ounces were produced compared with 1,665,816 in 1916…
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