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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1940

2,068 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 104

Miners' Management Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 4

The Northern Miners' Management Beard sat yesterday. Special business related to the two Hebburn and Elrington mines. Internal business connected…

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Conference on Coal Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 7

The Northern Miners' President (Mr. T. Hoare) said to-day that at the conference with Federal Government representatives…

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Rival Mining Union Seeks Registration

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 7

The application, by new mineworkers' union for registration as an industrial union of employees will be before the Registrar in Sydney…

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Ready for Spring Gold Salute Prepares SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 9

Gold Salute has been brought back to Randwick by Mr. A. E. Cooper and the gelding is quartered at J. T. Jamieson's stables…

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Short Stay-in Strike North Wallarah Miners Conference Arranged for

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 7

One of the shortest stay-in strikes on the Northern Coalfields ended at 6 p.m. yesterday, when 94 men who had been in North…

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Fall Of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 6

Sydney Davies, 54. miner, ol Aberdare Street, Kurri, was caught by a fall of coal at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery to-day. Cessnock Ambulance treated…

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Breach of Mines Regulations

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 6

At the Kuril Police Court to-day, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. P.M, Reginald Darlington, of Northcote Street, Kurri. was charged with two…

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600 Men Idle at Abermain Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 6

More than 600 men were idle to-day at Abermain No. 1 and No. 2 mines, these being the first stoppages on the South Maitland field since the…

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Price of Gold at Mint Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 4

The Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint on Saturday and yesterday at £10/13/3 per ounce fine. Sovereigns are £2/9/…

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Registration Granted N.S.W. Coal And Shale Union SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 6

Dismissing the objections of the Miners' Federation, the State Industrial Registrar (Mr. Ebsworth) to-day granted the…

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Chief Judge Beeby Gives Warning Stoppages at Mines May Suspend Hearing Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 6

A warning that he would suspend the present hearing of the claims of the unions if hold-ups continued in the coal mining…

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Industrial News More Government Control North Wallarah and Rothbury Mines No Peace Otherwise, Says Mr. Hoare

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 4

More Government control of the North Wallarah and Rothbury mines would be sought at the conference with the Federal Government representatives on Friday…

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Miners Found Wanderer Lithgow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 11

Hermitage colliery did not work to-day. When the men arrived it the pit it was fond that Amos Grocott, aged 68 years, a resident of McKellar's Estate, had been…

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Two Mine Unions First Time in This State

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 11

The granting of registration as an industrial union to the New South Wales Coal and Shale Mine Workers' Union has come as a…

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Price of Gold at Mint Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 6

The Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint yesterday at £10/13/3 per once fine. Soverieg[?] are £2/9/ each…

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U.S.A. Now Has Nearly All World's Gold London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 9

Almost the whole of the world's monetary gold reserves win now be deposited in the United States, says the "News-Chronicle's" financial correspondent commenting on the news from New York of the arrival of huge consignments of English…

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Chief Judge Warns Suspend Hearing of Union Cases Attitude to Coal Stoppages Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 11

It local strikes continued to occur in the coalmining industry, Court proceedings for the hearing of union claims arising from the recent general strike would…

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Judge Is Having a "Rough Passage" Complaint in Mine Unions' Case Objection By Mr. Sutherland SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 11

"I want you to meet me as much as you can, as I am having a pretty rough passage," Chief Judge Beeby told Mr. H…

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Small Mines Union Is Recognised Objections Dismissed by Registrar "Federation Not a Bona Fide Industrial Union" Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 11

The application of the New South Coal and Shale Mine Workers' Union for registration as-an industrial union of employees was granted to-day by the Industrial Registrar (Mr. S. R. Ebsworth)…

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Arbitration Judge at Coalfields Inspection Made of Collieries

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 6

Four collieries on the South Maitland coalfields were visited to-day by the Chief Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court (Sir…

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