Bathroom Complaint Stops Colliery
LITHGOW, Thursday.—A complaint that there were unsatisfactory conditions in the bath and changeroom, led to a cessation of work at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1940
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Industrial News Aberdare Mines
A request by Aberdare Extended lodge that the three Aberdare lodges—Aberdare Extended, Aberdare, and Aberdare Central—have a conference to discuss…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Youth Killed in Unusual Mine Accident
A piece of stone or coal which fell down a 600ft. shaft at Burwood Colliery and passed through a space four to six inches wide between the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Accidents Two Miners Injured
Lake Macquarie Ambulance this afternoon treated two miners for hand injuries. David Parish (30), miner, at Stockton Borehole, had the first finger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Price £10/12/6
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint yesterday at £10/12/6 an ounce fine. Sovereigns are £2/8/11 each…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Coal Co. Made Small Profit
A profit of £238 was earned by the Newcastle Coalmining Co. Ltd. for the half-year ended June 30. The directors state that the coal strike and the reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Central Council Confers on Beeby Award Sydney
Matters engaging the attention of the Miners' Central Council, now sitting to Sydney, include the position which has arisen following the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Still Idle
LITHGOW, Friday.—The Commonwealth colliery, Lidsdale which was to have resumed after several days' idleness, was again idle to-day, owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Coal CO's. Small Profit
Not profit of £238, earned by Newcastle Coal Mining Co. Ltd.. for the half-year, to June 30 last, has been applied to reduce the debit balance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Writ for £5000 Against Miners' Paper
SYDNEY, Friday.—The President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. C. Nelson) said to-day that certain members of the Queensland district branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nazis Take Over British-owned Mines
OSLO, August.—The Hermann Goering works have taken over Norway's British-owned Dunderland mines, which turn out 150,000 tons of iron-ore a year,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Referred to Districts Miners' Council on A.L.P. Suspension
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided to-day by nine votes to six that the question of the suspension…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cannot Load Coal on Sundays Chamber of Commerce Protests
Agents had had difficulty in getting ships loaded with coal at Newcastle on Sundays, the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was told…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Support of War Policy Mr. Scanlon Disputes Figures
The statement by the President of the Federal Executive of the A.L.P. (Mr. C. G. Fallon) that 53 out of 56 miners' lodges in the northern district had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Aircraft Lay Magnetic Mines Off Germany London
Bomber and Coastal Command aircraft, in addition to the Fleet Air Arm's Swordfish biplanes, have gone out nightly for four months to lay…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Mines Idle
Richmond Main and Stockton Borehole mines were idle yesterday because of domestic disputes. Three officials of the Northern Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Objection to Small Mines Union
SYDNEY, Monday.—The appeals by the three New South Wales districts of the Miners’ Federation against the registration of the Coal and Shale Mine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern Mining Disputes
WOLLONGONG, Monday.—Southern miners' officials state that managements of collieries on the coast are claiming the right to pick their own men to work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Wallarah Miners
The Minister for Industry Mr. W. M. Hughes) advised the North Wallarah miners' lodge that he would make inquiries regarding the Registrar not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Subsidence Rate for Merewether
At the annual meeting of the Mine Subsidence Board the board decided that the premium rate for 1940-41 for certificates of insurance covering property within the…
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