Miners Help Firemen Bush Alight at Swansea
Assisted by miners, Swansea and Belmont Brigades waged a long fight yesterday against a fire which swept through the scrub at Bowman-street,…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
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Coal Shortage in Japan London, January 31
Industrial centres throughout Japan have come to a standstill, says the Tokio correspondent of the Associate Press of America. The coal shortage has caused…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Price of Gold at Mint Sydney
The Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint on Saturday and yesterday at £10/12/9 per ounce fine. Sovereigns are £2/8/11 each…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Industry Threatened Acute Shortage of Coal London
Japan's rice and charcoal shortages have been alleviated but the breakdown of electric power supply, mainly because of lack of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining Union Policy Big Majority at Lithgow Confusion Fatal, Says Mr. Nelson Lithgow
Miners at Lithgow, by a big majority, endorsed the combined unions' policy. The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. C. Nelson) said he had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining Union Leaders Have a Fresh Mandate Campaign for Uniform Conditions Solid Support in North and West Executive Now Has Full Power to Direct Policy
A majority of mineworkers in the Northern and Western districts yesterday endorsed combined union policy which aims at securing uniform conditions in the industry…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Richmond Main Colliery Still Idle
Richmond Main Colliery, which was idle yesterday owing to a dispute regarding the machine men, was again idle to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Support Roosevelt Columbus (Ohio), February 1
The United Mineworkers' Convention empowered the executive board to formulate a policy for the presidential campaign, but the speeches from the floor of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Price of Gold at Mint Sydney
The Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint yesterday at £10/12/9 per ounce fine. Sovereigns are £2/8/11 each…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Statement of Miners' Leader Analysis Of Vote At Meetings SYDNEY
"We still intend to carry on our 40-hour week policy," the Vice-President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Hostile to Motion Wollongong Uproar Policy Adopted at Three Centres Wollongong
At the end of a disorderly meeting at Wollongong to-day, the combined mining unions' policy for uniformity in the industry was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Attack on Miners' Leaders "Policy of Hitler," Says Hughes "Masquerading As a Desire for Peace" Sydney
"The policy of the coal mine union leaders is the policy of Hitler," declared the Federal AttorneyGeneral and Minister for Industry (Mr. Hughes) in Sydney to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Electrocuted On Pole At Lithgow Mine LITHGOW
Martin Kane (28), fitters' laborer, of Laurance-street, Lithgow, was electrocuted at the State Mine this morning. Kane was working on a pole 24…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Might Easily Lead to Strike" Miners' Leader Says Owners Provoke Stoppages Irritation Policy Is Retaliation
"The attitude of colliery owners in the dispute hours might easily lead to a general strike," said the Secretary of the Combined Unions' Committee (Mr. Orr) to-night. In a subsequent statement, Mr. Orr replied to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →'Court May Decide Issue' Despite Threat of General Strike Coal Award Interpretation May Be Sought SYDNEY
The threat of a general strike in the coal industry is contained in an official statement issued last night by Miners' Federation officials, but indications are that the Federal Arbitration Court will again become…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Industrial News Hope for Shale Oil Industry A.W.U. Expansion Planned Departments for Mining and Dredging Coolangatta
A new department for the New South Wales branch, to cover members engaged in mining and dredging, was advocated when the convention of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal Conveyor Destroyed by Fire at Hexham
[?]. Which was destroyed by fire early this morning. The fire was fanned by a strong wind and spread rapidly. The conveyor crosses the main Northern road at Hexham and traffic was held us for some time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Inquire Into Blaze in Coal Plant
Newcastle detectives this morning continued inquiries into the fire which partially destroyed the Hetton-Bellbird Coal Company's coal conveyor at Hexham early this morning. Police declared to-day that there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Salute Runs Three in 35½ AT V.P. SYDNEY
Gold Salute indicated his fitness for his Melbourne engagements by running three furlong at Victoria Park this morning in 35½ seconds…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Conveyor Destroyed Early Morning Fire at Hexham Rail and Road Traffic Disorganised
The Hetton Bellbird Coal Company's coal-loading conveyor at Hexham was destroyed by fire early this morning. Breaking out about 1 o'clock, the fire…
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