Staff Hand Killed in Colliery
Believed to have been run over by a skip in the Victoria tunnel at Burwood Colliery to-day, John Dixon (26), of Pacific Highway, Belmont, a staff…
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 50 of 104
Miners Overcome by Fumes Melbourne
Two miners, James McCaig, 27, and Bob Woods were rescued from a Bendigo mine to-day, when overcome by fumes, MeCalg was admitted to hospital in a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal Produced in West Lithgow
The Railway Department has taken charge of about 550 tons of coal from the State mine and 400 tons from Lithgow Valley colliery which had been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Price of Gold at Mint Sydney
For gold lodged at the Mint yesterday the Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price at £10/13/3 per ounce fine. Sovereigns are £2/9/ each…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining Library for Technical College Students
The mining library of the late Alfred Ashley Atkinson, presented to the Newcastle Technical College earlier this year, has now been opened to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mine & Steel Men Welcome End of Strike Terms Were Well Received
The announcement of the settlement of the coal strike was received with relief to-day by all sections of the mineworkers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Eleven Miners Injured Cars Collide Head-on in Dense Fog Early Morning Smash In Cessnock District
Eleven men were injured when two cars crashed in a head-on collision in a fog at Nulkaba near Cessnock this morning. Not one passenger in either car escaped injury…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Settlement of Coal Strike Peace in Industry While War Lasts Resumption Will Be Immediate Canberra
Settlement of the coal strike was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) early this morning. Representatives of the unions involved in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners in Road Crash
ONE OF THE CARS which crashed head-on in a fog at Cessnock yesterday morning. Eleven men were injured. The car is being towed away…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners' Decision To-day
These men, and thousands of other mine workers, will examine the proposals for coal peace to-day. These scenes, after long inactivity, it is hoped, will be re-enacted. A miner pulls coal after firing a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Combating the Mine Menace
Mind are strewn in thousands about the North Sea and neighboring waters, After a mine is cut from its mootings (see right), expert marksmen, like those in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners Were All Smiles Again
All smiles again now that the pits will be working again next week—a 'bus-load of miners at the Adamstown aggregate meeting this morning. The men decided by 445 votes to 62 to accept the leaders recommendation to return to work. "Talking it over."—Mr. T. Hoare, Mr. H. Scanlon and mine delegates discuss the result of to-day's decisions following the aggregate meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Decision Reserved Small Mines Union Application SYDNEY
The hearing of the application of the New South Wales Coal and Shale Mine-workers' Union for registration as an industrial union of employees was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Price of Gold at Mint Sydney
For gold lodged at the Mint yesterday the Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price at £10/13/3 per ounce line. Sovereigns are £2/9/ each…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Germans Take Dutch Gold LONDON, May 16
ACCORDING to the "News Chronicle," £26,000,000 worth of Dutch gold has fallen into the hands of the Germans. A heavy bombardment…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →11 Hurt, Four Seriously Cars Collide at Cessnock Miners and Military Workers
Eleven men were injured, four seriously, yesterday morning, on the Allan-dale-road, Cessnock, when cars met in a head-on collision…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal for Sydney Hospitals Grant by Newcastle Gas Company "Indicates Absurdity of Restrictions"
About 260 tons of coal have been given to the Government by the Newcastle Gas and Coke Co. Ltd, for distribution to seven Sydney hospitals, which urgently…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners Agree to Resume Big Majorities at All Meetings Mr. Nelson Had Stormy Reception at Kurri
Mineworkers on the Northern coalfields decided by a very big majority at aggregate meetings to-day to accept the recommendation made by their leaders to return to work…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Return to Work on Monday Recommendation for Mine-workers Aggregate Meetings on All Big Fields To-day Sydney
The recommendation to return to work next Monday will be put before the mineworkers by spokesmen of the combined mining unions at aggregate meetings to-morrow. It is thought that the rank and file will accept the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mine Missed Princess Juliana London
When the British i carrying Princess Juliana and and her children was in about to leave the harbor a…
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