Price of Gold at Mint Sydney
The Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint yesterday at £10/13/3 per ounce fine. Sovereigns are £2/9/ each…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1940
2,068 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 104
Mine Leaders Pleased "Grand Display of Democracy" Newcastle Meeting
"It is with the utmost pleasure that I can report that at Kurri Kurri to-day we cave one of the grandest displays of democracy and the solidarity of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →More Mines May Resume Reports in Queensland BRISBANE
Four more collieries—Lanefield, Rosemount, Glencoe, and Malabar—will resume in the Rosewood district next week, according to reports circulated to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Prime Minister Among the Miners: Mr. Menzies at Kurri Kurri
MINERS' LEADER. Mr. T. Hoare, Northern President of the Miners' Federation, puts the point of view of the miners forcibly to the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Miners Not Disloyal" Ms.L.A. at Street Meeting "Mr. Menzies Had to Capitulate"
A resolution calling on the Prime Minister to convene an immediate conference for an early settlement of the mining struggle was carried by a public meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Single Stroke of Pen "Miners Could End Trouble" Mr. Menzies at the Sports Ground
"I cannot believe that you will refuse to go to the Arbitration Court and bring this trouble to an end. A decision to do this would…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Development Likely Next Week in Coal Strike Menzies Back in Canberra Canberra
Following the miners' rejection of Mr. Menzies's final appeal, it is believed there will be a startling development next week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boycotted, Mr. Menzies Changed Plans Strike Drama at Kurri Kurri How Miners' Rival Meeting Was Organised
Remarkable scenes were witnessed at Kurri Kurri, when mineworkers boycotted a meeting at which the Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) gave an address. It was announced that Mr. Menzies's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. Menzies Meets Miners Was Heard After Boycott of Own Meeting Defended Arbitration When Voted a Hearing
After his meeting had been boycotted at Kurri Kurri yesterday afternoon, the Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) faced the strikers who had gathered at the football ground…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Help Miners to Win Aid Urged at Trade Unions' Congress Step Towards Uniform 40-Hour Week Sydney
That members should throw their full weight behind the mine workers to help them win their fight, and then take each industry, one by one, to gain a uniform…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners' Cheques for Grocers
Envelopes containing cheques received by Cessnock grocers this morning from the Miners' Federation in Sydney bore the Sydney postmark…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Loading at Neath
Coal loading operations were carried out at Neath to-day without incident. Only the men engaged on the loading were on the job, the construction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Queensland Mines Resume BRISBANE
Four more mines resumed operations at Rosewood to-day. It was stated that at least two more —Rosemount and Glencoe—would be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moscow Radio on Our Coal Strike Sydney
Moscow radio to-day broadcast the following comment on the Australian coal strike: The Australian Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vital Week Ahead Miners' Leader Expects Move Combined Meeting at Weston
"This week will be a vital one," the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. C. Nelson) told a large audience in the picture…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nazi Planes Near Thames Thought to Have Been Laying Mines LONDON, April 21
The Air Ministry announces that late last night there was air activity in the neighbourhood of the Thames Estuary. The anti-aircraft defences went into…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Decision Likely To-day Federal Government's Attitude to Coal Strike Cabinet Will Hear Prime Minister's Proposals Canberra
The Federal Government's policy on the coal strike is expected to be announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) after a meeting of Cabinet to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ultimatum to Mine-workers by Menzies Reopen Mines Next Week If No Settlement by Legal Means Canberra
In a dramatic statement in the House of Representatives this afternoon the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) declared that unless the mineworkers decided this week to resume work and seek a settlement of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Not Communist Miners' Northern President Admires Mr. Orr
"I am not a member of the Communist Party, due to differences of opinion as a result of which determined efforts have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Ship Reaches Sweden Gothenburg, April 22
The first ship to reach Sweden with a cargo from the outside world since the outbreak of war in Norway on April 9, has arrived at Gothenburg…
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