Extra Shift for Miners? Sydney
"No proposal has been made by the N.S.W. Government for miners to work extra shifts, but the State Mine authorities at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1940
2,068 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 104
Coal Strike Cost Railways £800,000 SYDNEY
N.S.W. railway accounts snowed a deficit of about £400,000 for the year just ended, said the Assistant Commissioner for Railways (Mr. F. C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lakeside Mining Another Pit May Open
The group of small collieries at Swansea are working at top pressure. A large volume of the trade requirements of Sydney is being filled from these pits…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sudden Death of Miners' Official Late Mr. J. L. Halliday
The secretary of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. John Leslie Halliday). who was one of the bestknown officials af Newcastle Trades…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Secret of Nazi's Magnet Mine Secret No Longer New York, June 15
By this time the secret of the magnetically detonated mines which the Germans have been laying at the mouths of estuaries is pretty well known. Indeed, there was so little of a secret that engineers at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aberdare Colliery to Work To-day
Aberdare colliery, which has been idle since Friday, is expected to resume to-day. The miner's oil Friday alleged that the safety lamps were not efficient. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Would Oppose Afternoon Shift
Introduction of an afternoon shift would be opposed by officials of the Northern Miners' Federation, it was stated Yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosives in Filled Coal Waggons
Because 10 explosive caps were found in a filled waggon on Friday, Durham pit was idle yesterday after the men held a meeting. The Northern President,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Miners' Secretary Sudden Death of Mr. Halliday
After a brief illness, the Secretary of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. John Leslie Halliday) died suddenly at his home at Junction yesterday. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Skilled Men in Mines Shortage, Official Tells Pensions Inquiry
SYDNEY, Monday.—H. C. Morton, of Maitland, Secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, told the Royal Commission on pensions for coalminers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Board
The special meeting of the Northern Miners' Management Board, which had been abandoned earlier in the week due to the death of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Dash for Safety
In one of the most extensive "falls" in recent years, in which thousands of tons of roof fell over a wide area in a pillar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Coal Reserve Planned
LONDON, July 16.—The Secretary for Mines (Mr. D. R. Grenfell) told the Mineworkers' Federation's conference that it was hoped to have a reserve of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Pensions Commission Seeks Cost
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Royal Commission on pensions for coalminers has submitted a number of questions to the Government statistician and actuaries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Mine Idle Hoare Criticises Company
The Northern Miners' President (Mr. T. Hoare) said this afternoon that a conference regarding an earlier dispute at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reopen Mines to Meet War Needs
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Officials of the Miners' Federation said to-day that if coalmines now closed were reopened, employment would be given to 5000 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners and New Industrial Panel Scheme Sydney
Separate conferences of representatives of the mining unions and the Metal Trades Group will be held in Sydney to-morrow to consider points…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Miners Firm Times Too Serious for Disunity London
Britain hopes to have a reserve of 20,000,000 tons of coal before the winter, the Minister for Mines (Mr. D. R. Grenfell) declared in a speech at the conference of the Federation of Mineworkers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial News Know at End of Week Miners Lodges' Vote on War Policy
By the end of this week all lodges in the Northern district of the Miners' Federation will have voted on the minutes of the last Board of Management meeting,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Appeal
LONDON, July 17.—The annual conference of the Miners' Federation adopted a resolution appealing to miners every-where to participate in defence measures…
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