South Coast Mines Idle for F.E.D.F.A. Aggregate Meeting Wollongong
All the South Coast mines are idle to-day while the members of the F.E.D. and F.A. hold a meeting at Woonona to discuss alleged grievances about…
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Mining & the mines, 1941
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Miners' Wage Deductions
Sir,—Allow me to protest at the excessive deductions from our husbands' wages. My husband is a daily wage man in a colliery. Last pay his wages…
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Sir,—As an experienced miner, I would like to draw attention to probable loss of human life and lose of essential mineral if machinery in mines is not…
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"The question ol timbering in the colliery is a domestic matter and one for consideration between the miners, the management and the Mines…
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Northern mines will be idle to-morrow when stopwork meetings of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association will be held at…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt) said to-day that regulations for the establishment of local reference boards at Newcastle and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shunter Killed by Coal Train
When he was run over by a coal train, William Gollan (40). a shunter, of E[?]ford Avenue. Weston, was killed at Hebburn No. 1 Colliery at 3.30 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pelton Miners Strike Over Timber System
Pelton miners to-day declared a strike in protest against the system of timbering employed at the colliery. The mine was idle to-day, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombs Upset Coal Supply London
German housewives are being asked to use four parts of coke to one of coal, because British bombings have disturbed the railway system and…
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THE New South Wales Railways spend annually on materials about £6,000,000. Approximately 90 per cent. of this amount is spent locally, on such items as coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Timbering Not a Factor Pelton Mine Fatality
Earlier agitation for heavier timbering at Pelton colliery was mentioned at the inquest at Cessnock yesterday on George John Davies, 56, of Prince-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Interpretation by Judge John Darling Miners to Ask
The Secretary of John Darling Miners' Lodge (Mr. D. Lloyd) said yesterday that on the suggestion made at a conference in December, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Mines Idle To-day Enginedrivers to Meet
Mines in the North will be idle to-day because members of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association will attend stop-work meetings. Members…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Breach of Mine Regulations Part-owner Fined at Maitland
"The onus was on the defendant to ensure that every safeguard was taken against accident," said the Magistrate (Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd) in fining a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Muswellbrook Miners
MUSWELLBROOK, Friday.—At a meeting of Muswellbrook miners' lodge, it was decided, by 48 votes to 8, to support Aberdeen Meat Workers' Union,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warning to Miners Who Drink Beer
Notices to be posted on the various pit-tops of the Cessnock field next week will warn miners that, if they persist in flouting the beer ban…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters to Editor Miners' Holiday Pay
Sir,—Hebburn No. 1 colliery returned home from work on Monday over payment for the Christmas holidays. I convened a pit-top meeting over the payment of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Confer After Wonthaggi Resumption Commissioners to Miners
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Leader of the State Labour Party (Mr. Payne) has been informed by the Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Harris), in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney Meeting of Miners' Reference Board Sydney
After their interview yesterday the Federal Minister for Labor (Mr. Holt), district secretaries of the Miners' Federation drew up a list of anomalies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Set Up Reference Boards Soon Mr. Holt Assures Miners
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt) to-day assured representatives of the Miners' Federation that every effort was being made to establish…
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