Pensions for Miners "Govt. Should Make Contribution"
A witness at the Royal Commission inquiring into pensions for coalminers, which resumed at the West Maitland Courthouse to-day, expressed the…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
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Not Work with Italians Stockton Borehole Miners Decide
Despite a strong appeal by the President (Mr. T. Hoare) and Assistant Secretary (Mr. J. B. Simpson) of the Northern Miners' Federation, a special meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Price of Gold at Mint Sydney
The Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint on Saturday. and to-day at £10/13/3 per ounce fine. Sovereigns are £2/9/ each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Gold May Be Problem London
Discussing the future of French gold the "Daily Herald" says that the total is officially given as £520,000,000, the greater part of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Board Demands Lifting of Boycott Lodge Won't Work With Italians
Stockton Borehole Miners' Lodge, by its decision not to work with Italians, has incurred the displeasure of the Northern Miners' Management Board,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial News Appeal to Both Parliaments Consider Rival Mining Union
The Northern Miners' Board of Management decided yesterday to ask Northern Parliamentarians to appeal to Federal and State Parliaments on the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Better Road to Colliery Wanted
No officially proclaimed road runs to Hebburn No. 2 Colliery. Because miners and others working at the mine want improved access…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Werris Creek Dispute Settled Miners' Management Board
The President (Mr. T. Hoare) announced at a meeting of the Northern Miners' Board of Management yesterday, that the dispute at Werris Creek over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wives in Pension Scheme Miners' Suggestion to Commission
Giving evidence at West Maitland yesterday, before the Royal Commission inquiring into pensions for coalminers, the Secretary of John Darling miners' lodge,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold at £10/13/3 SYDNEY
The Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint yesterday at £10/13/3 an ounce fine. Sovereigns are £2/9/ each…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal and Coke Rail Concessions To be Discontinued SYDNEY
The Stats Cabinet to-day ordered certain reductions in Governmental charges on coal and coke to be discontinued. The Premier (Mr. A. Mair) said…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Niagara Was Sunk by Mine Another Swept Up by N.Z. Sweeper All Passengers and Crew Rescued Wellington (N.z.)
The 13,451-ton liner Niagara, which sank off Auckland early this morning, struck a mine. Announcing this to-night, the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) said that a New Zealand minesweeper had swept…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Receiver Appointed Hetton Bellbird Collieries
In a circular to shareholders, the directors of the Hetton Bellbird Collieries Ltd. state that as the company has been unable to meet its mortgage obligations, a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine Workers Injured
Frank Barrett, 36, of Alfred-street, Cessnock, a miner, employed at Elrington colliery, received a lacerated eye their struck by a piece of coal which burst…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →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 8 →Questions to Miners Return is Vital in Pension Inquiry
The Chairman of the Royal Commission on miners' pensions (Mr. Justice Ferguson) said at West Maitland yesterday that it was essential to know the number…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Miners' Board Takes Up Challenge Special Meeting on
Stockton Borehole Miners' Lodge, which has disregarded the direction of the governing body in the North, the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial News Italians in Mines Issue at Stockton Borehole
"The Board of Management carried a resolution, which will be submitted to a meeting of the lodge on Sunday morning," announced the President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Swept Regularly for Mines Australian Shipping Routes Minister's Assurance Canberra
An assurance that the Navy was doing everything in its power to maintain the security of Australian waters was given to-night by the Minister for the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Industrial News Miners' Sitting Ends
The final session of the Northern Miners' Board of Management, which began sitting on Tuesday morning, ended at 6 o'clock yesterday. Most of the day…
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