Wheelers' Dispute Hebburn No. 2 Colliery Idle
Hebburn No. 2 colliery was idle yesterday owing to a wheelers' grievance. It was complained that in certain roads the wheelers were being underpaid…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1939
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Northern Mines Conferences in Newcastle
Matters in dispute at a number of the mines were considered at conferences between the executive of the Miners' Federation and the Northern Collieries'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold to U.s. for Safe Keeping
Rush to ship gold to America during European crises. Portion of £12,000,000 worth of gold being checked at South-hampton for loading aboard the U.S. liner Manhattan. It is said to be the largest shipment of bullion ever carried by one liner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Accidents Majority Should Not Happen
It is well-known that the same injury that may cause a boy or an old man to lie off work for more than three days may see the breadwinner of a large family…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Gallops Gold Rod's Fast Half Mile SYDNEY
Gold Rod was the outstanding galloper at Randwick this morning. Next to the rails on the A grass track he ran four furlongs in 48½sec. Red Thespian and Duke Claro ran…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal Miner Crushed to Death Accident In S. Coast Pit BULLI
William Montgomery, 57, mine employee, was crushed to death to-day between a moving cage and the pit wall,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Rod May Defeat Ajax Champions Meet at Randwick To-day Spear Chief for Cumberland Plate Sydney
Gold Rod is selected to defeat Ajax in the All Aged Plate at Randwick to-morrow. A month ago it would have been ridiculous to say that Ajax would not start at long odds on in the All Aged Plate, but he was defeated by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →14 Miners Killed in German Colliery Berlin
Fourteen miners weer killed and many injured in a coal pit explosion in Thuringia to-day. MAN'S SPINE FRACTURED…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wealth From South African Gold Mines London
The weekly gold shipments from South Africa, which were suspended during the September crisis owing to the rise in war-risk rates, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' Federation
The committee of management of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation will meet on Monday, in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Northern Miners' Board Meets Next Week
The Northern Miners' Management. Board will meet on Monday. The executive will submit architects' sketch plans and a report on the proposal…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Secret Hike by Mines Inquiry Members
At the Royal Commission into Health and Safety of Coal Mines at Welt Maitland this afternoon, when Mr. Justice Davidson asked what was to be done…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hebburn Miners for James Heffron Party Surprised
The continued support of Hebburn No. 2 Miners' Lodge for Mr. R. James, M.H.R, despite the decision of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kurri Two Miners Injured at Richmond Main
Two miners were injured at Richmond Main colliery yesterday. After treatment at the colliery they were taken to Kurri Kurri District Hospital, and admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Underground Test Eliminated Examination of Mine Surveyors Witness Tells Royal Commission
A statement that an under-ground test with instruments had been eliminated from mines surveying examinations,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rand Miners Units for National Service Voluntary Organisation Cape Town, April 12
Underground workers at mines on the Witwatersrand (Transvaal) are forming units to start training for civilian or military service, so as to be ready for any…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mines Inspector Answers Critic "No Bias" Breaches of Regulations Royal Commission at Maitland
A denial that Government mine inspectors showed favouritism to colliery managers in dealing with breaches of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Higher Rail Freights for Coal Protest Entered By Armstrong, M.L.C. SYDNEY
A strong protest against increased rail freights on coal and coke in New South Wales was moved by Mr. T. Armstrong, M.L.C. (Newcastle) at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shipping Coys. and Coal "Myth" Says K.C. Claims in Federal Arbitration Court Sydney
"The talk which Mr. Orr (for the Miners' Federation) had indulged in about the shipping companies exacting money from the coal industry was a myth, said Mr. Cassidy, K.C. (for the mine owners) in resuming his address in the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →14 Miners Killed Explosion in German Colliery BERLIN, April 13
Fourteen miners were killed and many injured in a coal mine explosion in Thuringia…
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