Drive Under Highway Lease for Beresfield Colliery
The granting of a mining purposes lease to John Roger Stevenson, produce merchant, of Cessnock, to enable Kent Collieries Ltd. to drive a heading under…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1941
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All Mines Idle at Cessnock
Every mine on the Cessnock field was idle to-day as miners put into effect their protest against the detention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ambulance Unit for Russia: Plan for Miners
The levying of miners sixpence a fortnight is to be suggested to raise funds on the coalfields to support the appeal for the provision of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Clarion Call" by Miners to Fed. Opposition
The President of the Northern Miners Federation (Mr. J. Kellock). in a statement this afternoon on behalf of his organisation, which has nearly 12,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Curtin Denies Delay on Miners' Complaint
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Replying to criticism by the Secretary of the Iron-workers' Union (Mr. P. McHenry), the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Busy State Session Miners' Pensions on Priority List
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Important legislation, to be given priority in the first session of the new Parliament, was announced by the premier (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Should Be Made Legal Miners on Communist Party
SYDNEY, Thursday.—In view of statements by Mr. Sharkey, on behalf of the Communist Party, Messrs. Nelson and Grant, on behalf of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Survey Coal, Shale Deposits Mr. Baddeley is Keen
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Government has requested the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) to appoint two geologists to survey the coal and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Mines Idle To-day Sympathy with Hunger Strikers
Production in the Northern fields will be almost at a standstill to-day when mines in the Cessnock area and some at other centres will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Follows Mine Injury
George Lindsay, 21 years old Kurri miner, was injured by a coal fall at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery on Tuesday, died in Cessnock Hospital last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Bus Service Delayed
A Bus service, which was to have begun next Monday to convey men employed at John Darling, Burwood and Lambton B collieries, to work, will not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed When" Mine Was Exploded
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Two naval ratines were killed at Beachport. South Australia, last Monday, not by a premature explosion of n mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Attitude to Hunger Strikers
The possibility of further mine stoppages if the hunger-strikers, Max Thomas and Horace Ratllff, were not released was hinted by Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Stoppages in North Mr. Kellock's Appeal to Lodges
"We request that no individual lodge take action on this question until a policy is decided upon to govern the whole of the miners' organisation in conjunction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One-day Stoppage Threat by Board of Miners
The Northern Miners' Board of Management at a special meeting in Newcastle to-day passed a motion demanding the immediate release of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Draft New Miners' Award
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation will meet in Sydney to-day to consider a draft of the new award prepared by the General President (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Decision on Elrington Dispute
A dispute at Elrington colliery arising out of the manning of a mechanical unit was discussed by the Board of Management of the Northern Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Millfield Greta Hold-up Angers Miners
A threat to involve all Northern mines in a strike "until the issue is fought to a successful conclusion." was made in a resolution on the Millfield Great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Insist on Job for 62-Year-old Hand
The appeal of Aberdare Extended miners for the employment of an old man at the pithead was responsible for another stoppage it the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Machinery in Mines Legislation
SYDNEY, Wed.—Cabinet has agreed that the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) should submit legislation for control of…
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