Price of Gold
The Commonwealth Bank fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint on Tuesday at £10/14/ per ounce fine. Sovereigns are £2/9/3 each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1941
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Cessnock Two Injured in Mines
William Watson, 39. of Kearsley, an electrician at Abermain No. 2 colliery, was struck by a bar from a coalcutting machine yesterday He received an injury to his…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Board Matters Mounting Up
Nine matters connected with the penalty provisions of the miners' annual leave clause are awaiting consideration by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Seer Shorter Work Hours Award Expires in August
Shorter working hours in coalmines will be sought by the Miners' Federation in August, when the award made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Oppose Move for Deregistration N.s.w. Coal Workers' Union
"As for as the members of our organisation are concerned we will just wait till the application is lodged and then fight it," said the Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Idle Collieries
Elrington colliery was idle yesterday over a question of excessive water in a working place. The lodge has a rule that where excessive water appears in a working place…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Coal Boards Will Be Busy
Newcastle and Maitland Coal Boards of Reference face a heavy agenda at future sittings. These will be held when members are available after the conclusion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →N.s.w. Gold Production
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The production of native gold of New South Wales origin for March, 1941, is estimated at 8888.8 ounces fine, valued at £37,757 (standard rate), or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Seek Release of Man in Gaol
Representatives of eight miners' lodges decided at Cessnock last night to consider the position of Herman Richard Hall, a member of Aberdare Extended miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rothbury Miners' Union Will Fight Move for Deregistration
The application by the Northen Miners' Federation to deregister the New South Wales Coal and Shale Mine Workers' Union would be fought, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Western Mines Work Broken Time Owners Mystified by Slackness
LITHGOW, Thursday.—A number of collieries are working broken time. The reason given is slack trade. Colliery proprietors say that they are mystified, in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Does Not Know What to Do Judge and Mine Stoppages
SYDNEY, Thursday.—"I do not know what I am going to do about it; I am not managing the mines," maid the Chairman (Judge Drake-Brockman) at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Colliery Accident
Kenneth Mitchell, 33, of Four Mile Creek, East Maitland, a top hand employed at Bloomfield South No. 3 colliery, received contusions to the back of his left hand, with a probable…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Industrial News Idle Collieries
Aberdare Central colliery was idle yesterday. Enginedrivers and firemen claimed payment for attending the pit on Thursday when it was thrown idle by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Price of Gold
The Commonwealth Bank fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint on Thursday at £10/14/ per ounce fine. Sovereigns are £2/9/3 each…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federation and Rothbury Miners' Union
According to the northern miners' president (Mr. J. Kellock, the full force of the federation will be mobilised in support of its application to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Ask for More Tolerance
A plea for tolerance of opposing viewpoints and for an endeavor to improve the conditions of the people was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Pension Bill Introduction at First Session
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) has advised the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) that he proposes to bring down…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Secretary Married To-day at St. Philip's
LOVELY shades of pinK and blue were used in the smart frocking of the bride and her bridesmaid at the marriage of Miss Grace Ellen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Deputation to Mr. Baddeley Seek Improvements in Conditions
While giving the assurance that he would do everything possible to improve conditions in the coal mining industry, the Deputy-Premier (Mr. J. M. Baddeley) told a deputation of miners' leaders at…
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