Price of Gold
The Commonwealth Bank fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint on Tuesday at £10/9/ an ounce fine. Sovereigns are…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
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Five Mines Did Not Work
Of five mines idle on the New Sooth Wales coalfields yesterday, four were held up by strikes, but at the fifth-Hebburn No. 1, on the Northern field…
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SYDNEY. —More than 1500 miners are on strike at five NSW mines to-day, with a loss of production of 4560 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners to Get Their Household Coal
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A deputation comprising Messrs. H. Stow and T. Etheridge, representing the Went Wallsend combined miners' lodges, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Discuss Miners' Pensions
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Many matters affecting mineworkers' pensions will be discussed by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) in the Northern district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Rescue Men's Award
SYDNEY, Thursday.—at a conference to-day, representatives of the employers and employees in the coalmining industry expressed their willingness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Southern Mines Idle
Including three of the largest mines in the South five New South Wales collieries, employing over 1500 men, and producing about 4560 tons of cool…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Developing Coal Near Wonthaggi
MELBOURNE. Thursday.—Nearly 10,000 tons of coal a month is available from Western and Kirrak coalfields, which adjoin the State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proposed Site for Coal Trimmers' Shed
Following an interview by their secretary (Mr. A. McLugan) this week with the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan). Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.C.T.U. President Surveys Coal Position
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—According to the President of the A.C.T.U. (Mr. A. E. Monk), production of coal from New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Peace 12,000 to Consider New Code
First review of the peace code machinery for the coal industry will be made at a conference of lodge officials…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Claim Increase
A meeting of the combined Coal Reference Boards of Newcastle and Maitland districts yesterday dealt with claim on behalf of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Mines Idle
Four mines idle in Now South Wales yesterday were Milfield in the North, Keira and Bulli in the South, and Huon in the West. Bulli's dispute was new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scope of Miners' Pension Act
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) explained to a deputation at Cessnock last night that for a man to come within the pension scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scope of Miners' Pensions Act
Men engaged on the electric lighting system at Cessnock are to be brought under the Miners' Pension scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Owners Accept Rise for Miners
LONDON, June 26.—Coalowners at a meeting in London unanimously accepted recommendations for an increase in miners' wages from June 1,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →W.a. Depends on Gold
PERTH, Friday.—Cessation of gold-mining would be of minor consequence to the Eastern States but an almost fatal blow to Western…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Conference to Review Coal Code
Lodge officials, representing 12,000 miners on the Northern field, will attend a conference in Newcastle to-day convened to review the code…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Miners' Delegates Adopt the Canberra Code
An attempt to have the Canberra coal code rejected was defeated to-day at a conference of northern miners' lodge officials. The president of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Baddeley on Control of Mining
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) told members of the Cessnock branch of the A.L.P. last night that the future might…
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