Counting Miners' Ballot
The count of the ballot for the election of the Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation is proceeding. The result will probably be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1940
2,068 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 104
Industrial News Northern Collieries Working Times Reduced
Working time available at the mines of the Northern district was reduced to five days during the fortnight owing to the holiday. The large pits stopped on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tax Refunds on Gold Won Sydney
The Commissioner of Taxation advises that the regulations under the Gold Tax Collection Act have been approved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Officials Re-elected
Messrs. W. Morgan (councillor and member of the Northern Miners' Management Board), G. Russell (Board of Management) and E. Grant (councillor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Get Ready for Mass Meetings
A conference of the executives of Northern mine lodges will be held at the Trades Hall shortly as a preliminary to the mass meetings to be held…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unrest in Coal Industry Stop-work Meetings On All Fields Metal Workers Also Dissatisfied Sydney
Prospects of industrial peace in the metal and coal industries for the new year are not bright, according to union officials…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Miners' Ballot For Board Members
The Deputy Returning Officer (Mr. J B. Simpson) to-day announced the outcome of ballots for the dual position of councillor and board member…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Change in Miners' 1940 Board
Mr. J. Snedion, from Stockton Borehole, succeds Mr. R. Mowbray, who did not [?]ominate, in the dual position of mners' councillor and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Price of Gold Unchanged Sydney
The price for gold lodged at the Mint yesterday and to-day remains unchanged, according to an announcement by the Commonwealth Bank to-day. Gold is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Guinea's Rich Gold Yield Canberra
The importance of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea as a gold-producer is shown in a return compiled for the League of Nations…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Industrial News Miners' Ballot Messrs. Shakespeare and Wallwork Elected
Messrs. Shakespeare and Wallwork were declared elected to the Board of Management of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation yesterday. The former…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Leaders Forecast Decisive Action Hours, Wage Rates and Holidays
Announcing "decisive action to enforce uniform hours," the Miners' Federation Executive in a statement in the miners' official organ says, "Negotiations have virtually been broken off—the time has arrived for action."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Go Back on Monday 40-Hour Week Limit in Force Meetings to Be Held Sydney
Collieries throughout the Commonwealth will resume work on Monday as usual. Restrictions imposed by the combined…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fighting the Mine Menace
Fighting the mine menace. British minesweeper crew lowers a "kite" over the side. "Kites" act as weights on sweeper cables and ensure the sea being swept from the surface to the bottom…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Denmark's Mine Barrage London
Denmark is laying a mine barrage south of Zealand—which would guard certain exits from the Baltic—and net and chain barrages elsewhere…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Prices Unchanged Sydney
The price of gold and sovereigns is unchanged. Gold is £10/12/6 per oz fine and sovereigns £2/8/11 each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. G. F. Thomas Dead Manager of Whitburn Mine
The Manager of Whitburn colliery, Mr. Griffith Francis Thomas, collapsed and died at his home at Greta early last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Effect of Mining Inactivity Fewer Serious Accidents
The period of comparative inactivity in the coalmining industry towards the end of last year is reflected in the records of serious accidents treated by Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →North Wallarah Miners to Meet Dispute at Colliery
A meeting of North Wallarah Miners' Lodge will be held at Swansea tomorrow at 10 a.m. to discuss the dispute which has held up work at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines to Resume on
COLLIERIES of the Newcastle and Maitland fields will resume on Monday. The last working period in 1939 was…
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