See Mechanisation Miners' Delegates to Inspect Burwood
Delegates from Victoria, Queensland, Western District, South Coast, Broken Hill, and Northern District will visit Burwood colliery to-morrow to inspect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1941
1,884 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 95
Stay-down Strike in Fife Mine London
Nineteen miners at Bowhill colliery (Fife) have staged a "stay-down" strike, rendering 1000 miners idle. The owners had mode a claim against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →County Council May Build Up Coal Reserves
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Plans for increasing its coal reserves by 100,000 tons to 360,000 tons will be considered soon by the Sydney County Council. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →First Meeting in Newcastle Miners' Council Begins Sitting
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation began yesterday the sitting of its first meeting in Newcastle. Delegates from three States attended, The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Only for the Deserving" Judge on War Bonus for Miners
The war bonus for miners was only for the deserving, Judge Drake-Brockman indicated in his judgment on the 5 per cent, increase for offhand miners and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga Gold Cup Won by Fearless Wagga
Fearless won the Wagga Gold Cup this afternoon from The Squire, with Many Ways third…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Workers 5 Per Cent. Up for Mechanics and Engineers
At a sitting of the Central Reference Board in Sydney last Monday, Judge Drake-Brockman dealt with claims made by the Federated Mining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Use of War Coal Reserves "Not to Defeat Wage Increases"
Legal or industrial action would be taken to rectify a position in Queens land, where the City Electric Light Company of Queensland was using reserves…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Gold Cup To-day Tel Asur May Beat Strong Field
Tel Asur may win the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup to-day. The field is well up to the standard of other years. Most danger to Tel Asur may come…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' Officials Visit Colliery
The Miners' Central Council, accompanied by the Northern Miners' Executive, paid a visit of inspection to-day to Burwood Colliery, portion of which is said to be the most highly mechanised in the Commonwealth. This photograph of the inspection party, with the Superintendent of B.H.P. Collieries (Mr. J. Jeffries) in the front row, was taken at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Millfield Greta Mine Dispute
The attitude of the management of Millfield-Greta Colliery in sounding the "no work" whistle yesterday afternoon while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Mechanics and Engineers
Three applications by the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association and the Amalgamated Engineering Union were heard by Judge Drake-Brockman, at a sitting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining Pioneer
Mr. Thomas Hancock, who was the standard-bearer at the May Day demonstration held at Swansea, and in which the men from Catherine Hill Bay colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Claims for Coal Board
The Chairman of the Northern Coal Boards of Reference (Mr. J. Connell) received from the Miners' Federation the following list of claims for Millfield Greta colliery—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →36 Hours in Old Mine
A 75-year-old East Greta pensioner was imprisoned in old mine workings at East Greta for almost 36 hours before he escaped and staggered to the home of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kurri Hit by Coal Fall
Bernard Hepworth, 47, of Harle-street, Abermain, received abrasions to the left side of his back, and probable fractured ribs, when he was struck by a fall of coal at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lithgow Evictions Miners Ask Government to Intervene
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—The Management Board of the Western Miners' Federation decided to ask that the National Security Regulations be amended to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extra Pump at Elrington Undertaking to Miners
Elrington colliery was Idle yesterday because of the refusal of the management to find suitable working places or shift work for men working in excessive water. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Press for Pensions Miners to Begin Campaign
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation in Newcastle yesterday adopted a recommendation to form a committee to campaign for miners' pensions without…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Industrial News War Loading for Miners Review by Council To-day
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation will make a full review to-day of the war loading given offhand mine-workers and contract workers by Judge…
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