Australia's Gold Production Highest for 22 Years Valued at £14,000,000 CANBERRA
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 14
The production of 1,590,406 ounces of fine gold in Australia in 1938, valued at £14,012,414, was the greatest quantity produced in any year since 1916, said the…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 10
A meeting of Dudley miners' lodge officials will be held at Whitebridge at 2 p.m. to-morrow to discuss the Dudley colliery dispute. The colliery has only…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 10
The work of the year will be reviewed in reports to be presented to the delegates at the annual meeting of the Northern Miners' Committee, to be held at…
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The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 7
The first meeting of the Northern Miners' Management Board since, the annual election, which resulted in almost a clean sweep of the old board,…
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The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 9
According to figures released to-day by the Berthing Master at Newcastle (Mr. E. W. Keats) 74,880 tons of coal were exported from the cranes at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Concessions Rail Freights on B.H.P. Coal Review on Expiration of Contract Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 8
The Minister for Transport (Mr. M. F. Bruxner) yesterday denied a report that while railway freight rates had been raised generally concessions had been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cowboys Arrive for Show Prominent Miners Confer
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 5
He had no stockrail: An American cowboy who found a ship's rail a good substitute for the corral fence when he arrived in Sydney yesterday…
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The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 7
Charles Patfield, 45, an electrical fitter at Abermain No. 2 Colliery, had his left lee and thigh injured while travelling in the care at the colliery…
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The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 8
The former Miners' Federation cheek inspector on the Newcastle field (Mr. I. Hoare) is to return to the coal at Seaham No. 2 Mine within three or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One-day Stoppage Aberdare Miners Protest Against Delay Management Blamed
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 10
Employees of Aberdare colliery went home yesterday as a protest against delay in dealing with a number of grievances. Having obtained an assurance from the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Safety in Mines Inquiry Northern Evidence Next Week SYDNEY
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 7
At the Safety in Mines inquiry this afternoon, Mr. Justice Davidson said that he hoped to start on evidence from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Industrial News Northern Miners New Committee Meets Violation of Special Rules Claimed
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 10
The Northern Miners' Committee of Management, elected at the annual ballot in December, met for the first time at the Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Jurisdiction Challenged Coal Case Judge's Powers and Miners' Claims Sydney
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 10
The jurisdiction of the Federal Arbitration Court to determine the hours claim of the miners in the coal industry, was questioned by Mr. J. E. Cassidy, K.C. (for the coal owners) when the hearing of the case…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 11
Edward James 20, of Pokolbin-street, Kearsley, a timber cutter, had the top of the index finger of his left hand severed at Elrington colliery yesterday,…
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The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 1
George Tuxworth, 46, of Gordon-avenue. Hamilton, an engineer at Burwood Colliery, was admitted to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital…
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The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 9
A coal loading plant to handle coal drawn from Beresfield is to bo built at Hexham. Messrs. S. S. Mitchell and G. P…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 7
The General Superintendent of the collieries of the Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd., and Australian Iron and Steel Ltd. (Mr. J. Jeffries) was welcomed at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Safety in Mines Commission Inquiry Again Adjourned Sydney
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 9
For the second time the Royal Commission, which is inquiring into safety and health of workers' in coal mines, has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Safety in Mines John Darling Addresses Loud Speaker at Pit Top
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 12
The Acting District Check Inspector of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. H. Hoare), in a statement yesterday, recalled that on the occasion of the visit to America…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →South Coast Miners Delegate to Conference of A.C.T.U. WOLLONGONG
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 10
The Southern Miners' Delegate Board to-day selected Mr. J. Martin, delegate for South Bulli Miners' Lodge, as the representative of Southern miners at the…
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