Trial of Strength at Pacific Colliery Machines for Pillars Statement By Hoare
Pacific Colliery was idle to-day as a result of machinery being installed for working in pillars. The Northern Miners' Federation has…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
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Collieries Idle
Bellbird and Maitland Main collicries were idle yesterday. A dispute at Maitland Main concerns the seniority of a former employee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kurri Mine Accidents
Robert Johnson, 31, of Milford-street Pelaw Main, a plttop hand at Richmond Main coillery, was struck by a skip at the mine yesterday. He received head injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trawler Sunk by Mine
LONDON, September 9.—Eight men are missing following the sinking of the trawler Salacon by a mine in the North Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Injured in Fall of Coal
Emery White, 37, of Spencer-street, Cessnock a miner at Pelton colliery, was struck by a fall of coal yetserday. He received a confused wound to his head. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Industrial News Pacific Mine Idle Men Against Pillar Machinery
The installation of machinery for pillar extraction caused Pacific Colliery to be idle yesterday. The colliery management has told the Northern Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Nominations
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two miners' lodges in the Queensland district of the federation have nominated Mr. G. W. S. Grant as General Secretary. They are Blair…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four Northern Mines Idle
Four Northern mines—North Wallarah, Pacific, Maitland Main, and Aberdare Central—were idle yesterday. Bellbird colliery resumed yesterday after having been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tenders for Miners' Offices Soon
Plans and specifications of the offices to be built in Union-street, Newcastle for the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation, have been prepared by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Criticise Owners Slowness in Returning Forms
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Messrs. Campbell Roy and G. W. S. Grant, miners' advocates, at the Royal Commission on pensions for miners, to-day criticised the slowness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Dispute Hearing
If the settlement of a dispute at Stanford Main Colliery were decided as a precedent for all other collieries in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Still Idle North Wallarah and Pacific
North Wallarah and Pacific mines are still idle. Neither mine is expected to resume until disputes over wages and the introduction of pillar extraction…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lay Mines Around Australia Merchant Ship Will Be Requisitioned
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced to-day that plans had been prepared for mining important strategical points around the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Apprentices' First Award
Copies of the draft of the first award for apprentices in the coalmining industry were made available yesterday by the Additional Conciliation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pacific Miners Resume Work
Following negotiations With the management yesterday Pacific Colliery resumed work to-day. The Northern Miners' President (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Offices
MESSRS. JOHN W. OLDHAM and Lees, architects, invite tenders to-day for the erection of offices in Union-street Newcastle, for the Northern branch…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Pacific Mine Resumes
Pacific colliery, which had been idle since. Monday, resumed yesterday. The President of the Northern Miners Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) said a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Settling Mine Disputes
Sir,—As a member and delegate to the Mechanics' Association, I urge the cooperation of all unions in the mining industry with the Miners' Federation in seeking…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Paxton Miners' Nominee For Secretary
Stanford Main No. 2 miners have nominated their former secretary, Mr. D. Davies, for the position of general secretary of the Miners' Federation. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Orr Resigns Miners' Leaders Silent
Miners' Federation leaders in Newcastle are keeping their silence on the resignation of the General Secretary of the…
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