"Mining a Nice Occupation" Dr. May Harris Tells Pensions Inquiry
SYDNEY, Monday.—Coalmining is really quite a nice occupation. That is the opinion of Dr. May Harris, of Newcastle, expressed…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
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Queensland Miners Want State Court
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The main mission of the delegates of the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union to the meeting of the Miners' Federation Council in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Price of Gold at Mint
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint on Saturday and yesterday at £10/11/ per ounce fine. Sovereigns at £3/8/6 each…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bar Steel Shortage and Coal Strike
The shortage of bar steel had been apparent before the coal strike, said Mr. A. R. Dennison, one of the organisers of Newcastle branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Not Surprised" Mr. Hoare's Comment on Mine Award
One combined union for the industry to prevent divisions in industrial ranks was advocated by the Northern President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners to Confer To-day with Mr. Menzies
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Orr) will fly from Melbourne to Sydney to-morrow to join other members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Talked with Miners' Leaders Mr. Menzies on Coal for War
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The question of coal production for the war effort was discussed by the Prime Minister and officials of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inquiry Into Dispute at Colliery
The Additional Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. E. J. Kavanagh), sitting at Newcastle Courthouse this afternoon,…
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LITHOW, Wednesday.—The Renown colliery at Cullen Bullen was idle yesterday. It was stated that the men were discussing a grievance at the pit-ton when…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Coal Award
Once more an award of the Federal Arbitration Court causes serious discussions on the mining field, and once more the miners' leaders have made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Pension Finance Examples from Railway Scheme
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When the Commission which is inquiring into pensions for men employed in the coal and shale industry resumed its sittings to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Apprenticeship in Mines
The Assistant Industrial Commissioner (Mr. E. J. Kavanagh), who presided at a sitting of the Colliery Mechanics (North) Apprenticeship Council at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners' Paper on Beeby Award
The miners' official organ to-day declares that the Beeby award is unsatisfactory to the Miners' Federation. It says that the Court rejected the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Full Investigation Is Suggested Duties of Mine Staff Men
The matter was one far too important to be determined with regard to one individual, but should be fully investigated, said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial News "Not Satisfactory" Miners' Paper on New Award
"So far as the Miners' Federation is concerned, the award cannot be regarded as satisfactory," states "Common Cause," official organ of the Miners' Federation,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Allied Mines Taken Over Yugoslavia Sends Output to Axis Powers
LONDON, August 1.—The Rome newspaper, "Tevere" publishes on its front page a dispatch from Belgrade, stating that British and French-controlled mines…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stockrington Colliery Road
Sir.—Employees of Stockrington collivery living in Kurri have been compelled to ride along bush tracks and railway line to work since the colliery started many years ago, or live in tin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Staff Duties in Mines Full Inquiry to Be Held
Full inquiry into duties to be performed by members of colliery staffs will be recommended to the Industrial Commission by the Assistant Industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' Pension Appeal
Mr. G. W. S. Grant, assistant miners' advocate at the Royal Commission on miners' pensions, has appealed to Northern lodge secretaries to speed up the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell From Coal Box
A top-hand at Wallarah colliery, Harry Hopkins, 63, of Moxey-street, Swansea, fell 15 feet from a coal box on Saturday. He suffered concussion, and an injury to…
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