Executive Oficers Opposed Miners' Nominations SYDNEY
Nominations for official positions in the Miners' Federation closed to-day. The General President (Mr. C. Nelson) is opposed by Messrs. C. E. Anlezark…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
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Lambton Mine Idle Empty Cage Crashed 240 Feet
An empty cage became detached at the surface at Lambton colliery on Thursday night and crashed 240 feet to the pit bottom. The accident prevented the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rowley Mile Gold Salute Should Win Again
THE NEW ZEALAND three-year-old, Gold Salute, looks almost certain to continue on his winning way in the Rowley Mile. He has had two starts since…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Industrial News Lambton Mine Check Inspector's Report Shotfiring Conditions
The District Check Inspector (Mr. W. H. May) has furnished the Northern Executive of the Miners' Federation with a report on Lambton colliery, following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Warns Shipping Mines in North Sea LONDON, September 22
The Admiralty announces that mines have been laid in an area of the North Sea extending roughly from the Humber to the Tyne…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Regulation for Gold Excise Duty Gazetted Give £1,000,000 This Year CANBERRA
Regulations under the National Security Act to give effect to the Commonwealth excise on gold, were gazetted to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Tax Bill Modified Duty Fixed at Rate of 50 Per Cent. CANBERRA
Shortly before the House of Representatives adjourned to-night, the Assistant Treasurer (Mr. R. C. Spender) brought down the Excise Duty on Gold Bill. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Aberdare Central Colliery Idle
Aberdare Central Colliery was idle to-day. The stoppage occurred alter a pit-top discussion. Some of the men objected…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mine Deputy's Death at Gessnock
Victim of a mine accident a week ago. William Young, 63, a deputy, of Cooper-street. Cessnock, died in the Cessnock Hospital lost night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Northern Mining Disputes
Lambton B Mine was idle to-day over a safety dispute. The mine will resume work in the morning. Issues in dispute have been referred to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Leadership of Miners Keen Election Campaign
The stage is set in the Miners' Federation for one of the keenest fights in recent years for the Central leadership…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Struck Mine British Warship Damaged LONDON, September 23
It was officially announced by the Secretary to the British Admiralty that H.M.S. Kittiwake struck a mine in the English Channel on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Polish Gold Flown to Britain COPENHAGEN, September 23
FLYING so low that it markings could be plainly seen, a Polish plane flew over Gothenburg, in south-west Sweden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Industrial News Northern Mines Two Groups Get Full Time in Fortnight
Two of the largest groups of collieries on the Northern filed had full time for the fortnight. Hebburn and Pelton pits also recorded good time, but Dudley…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Excise Duty on Gold Producer Must See to Payment CANBERRA
Regulations under the National Security Act applying to excise duty on gold were gazetted on Saturday. The regulations place the obligation of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bravery by Searchers New Zealand Mine Disaster Night-long Work in Gas-filled Tunnels Auckland
Search parties braved deadly gasses throughout last night seeking three bodies that were not recovered from the Glen Afton mine, near Huntly, where eleven men perished yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →11 Dead in N.Z. MINE Gas After Fire Party Investigating Defect Wellington (N.z.)
Eleven married men lost their lives in Glen Afton coalmine, in the Huntly district, to-day when noxious gases developed after a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Impressive Victories at Rosehill New Zealanders, Beau Vite and Gold Salute Win Again SYDNEY
New Zealand colts, Beau Vite and Gold Salute, aspirants for A.J.C. Derby honours, won at the Hawkesbury meeting at Rosehill yesterday. Beau Vite was much too good for Reading, High Caste and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bloomfield Colliery
The Northern District Vice-president (Mr. H. Scanlon) attended a meeting of Bloomfield lodge yesterday, and later with the lodge officials discussed with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Leader Criticises Oil From Coal Report Charge of Persistent Side-tracking SYDNEY
The report of the Standing Committee on Liquid Fuels against the production of oil from coal was but a further example of the…
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