Millfield Miners to Retain Policy
Millfield Greta miners decided at a meeting at Cessnock last night to maintain their policy of recognition of seniority on the coal-cutting machines and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1940
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Miners' Leaders Prepare for Mass Meetings
As a preliminary to the mass meetings to be held in the north shortly to review the present position of the cool industry, a meeting of mining…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Neath Miners to Continue Their Strike
Rejecting the advice of the Northern President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare), Neath miners to-day decided to continue their strike…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Magnetic Mines Have Failed London, January 9
The German rebel "Freedom wireless station" to-day referred to the failure of the magnetic mine-laying campaign against the British…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold Threepence an Ounce Dearer Sydney
An increase of threepence an ounce in the price of gold was announced by the Commonwealth Bank to-day. For gold lodged at the Mint on Saturday and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →ABOUT 200 Will Be Present Miners' Conference on Saturday Endorsement of Policy Sought
Preparations for the meeting of the combined mining unions' representatives to be held at the Newcastle Trades Hall on Saturday have been completed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Borehole Colliery Still Idle: Lodge Meeting Called
The Northern Miners' President (Mr T. Hoare) will attend a meeting of Stockton Borehole Lodge to-morrow when a dispute, which has held up the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Sum From Halfpennies British Miners' Welfare Fund
There is an old British adage which says: "Look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves." meaning that thrift in small matters will…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining Union Leaders to Confer in North
The conference of mining lodges and mining union executives to be held in Newcastle on Saturday as a preliminary to the stop-work mass meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Colliery Disputes at Cessnock
Stanford Main No. 2 and Pelton Collieries were idle to-day owing to disputes. Shortage of skips was responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kurri Men Injured in Colliery
Two men were injured in Pelaw Main colliery yesterday. Benjamin Yates, 37, of Wallsend-street, Pelaw Main, had the top joint of his left thumb severed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Millfield-greta Mine Again Idle
Millfield-Greta was still idle to-day, a conference having broken down yesterday on a claim for the payment of water money…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Mine Unions to Confer To-morrow
The policy of the Combined Mining Unions Committee for a 40-hour week throughout the coal industry with no overtime except in cases of emergency,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Price £10/12/9 SYDNEY
The Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price for gold lodged at the Mint yesterday at £10/12/9 an ounce fine. Sovereigns are £2/8/11 each…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Mining Unions To-morrow's Conference
The conference of coalmining unions at the Newcastle Trades Hall to-morrow is expected to devote two sessions to the business set down for discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion Traps 89 MINERS Coalmine Disaster in Virginia Hopes for Rescue Fade (Australian Associated Press.) Bartley West (Virginia), January 11
With seven known to be dead, rescuers are working frantically to release 89 miners trapped 600 feet underground by an explosion at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Buy Mines in America British Barrage in North Sea Wreckage of German Patrolship (Australian Associated Press.) New York, January 11
The British Government is discussing the purchase of mines from the United States for the projected North Sea barrage, says the correspondent of the "New…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mine Unions Meet
A conference of northern miners lodges and other mining unions' representative heard representatives of the combined mining unions' committee explain proposed policy to-day at the Newcastle Trades Hall. At left: The Federation's General President and Chairman of the combine a mining unions committee (Mr. C. Nelson) snapped in a vigorous attitude. Centre: Organiser of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association (Mr. Hugh Sutherland) concentrates upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Mine Workings on Fire
The workings of Old Bloomfield colliery on the Mount Vincent Road, about six miles from West Maitland, were found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelton and Paxton Mines Idle
Pelton and Stanford Main No. 2 collieries were idle yesterday because of local disputes. Pelton miners protested against the…
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