Accident At Colliery
Edward Do[?]herty, 43, married, of Ridley Street Charlestown, was admitted to a private hospital after an accident at the John…
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Mining & the mines, 1943
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Mine Worker Injured
Leslie Brennan, 17, of Swansea, fractured his left ankle and suffered lacerations to the leg when he was jammed between a locomotive…
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Six Northern mines idle yesterday were Pelaw Main (protest against lack of underground transport), Maitland Main (old dispute over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners on Strike Over Arrests
The idleness of 2300 men at four collieries on the South Maitland field to-day was the sequel to the imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Victim Was Dogged by Misfortune
John Mannerfield, the Cessnock No. 2 miner who was killed by a coal fall, was dogged by ill-luck in his underground working…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →President Moves to Prevent Coal Strike
WASHINGTON, March 23.—President Roosevelt has intervened to prevent the threatened nationwide soft coal strike. He has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prosecutions for Mine Stoppages
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin), in the House of Representatives to-day, repeated his statement that certain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Clippers in Gaol Caused Four Mines to be Idle
Imprisonment of two clippers of Richmond Main colliery for having failed to pay absentee fines and costs, amounting to £3/8/, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disputes at 16 Mines Gaoling of Clippers Leads to Widespread Hold-up
The protest against the imprisonment of two Richmond Main clippers to-day caused idleness of nine collieries on the South Maitland field, partial idleness of another and involved 4570 men…
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CANBERRA, Thursday—Detailed figures of the number of disputes, the number of people involved, and the total working days lost were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ships Held Up for Coal
SYDNEY.—An appeal to striking miners to return to work was made by the Miners' General Secretary (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Did Not Respond to Appeal by Leaders
There was no response on the coalfields to-day to the appeals of the Primo Minister (Mr. Curtin). the Central Miners' Executive and the Northern District President (Mr. H. Scanton) that work should be resumed. Sixteen mines'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Urged to Strike Balance "Fate of Union and Government in Balance"
A warning that the general membership of the Miners' Federation could stand aside no longer if the union and the Government were to be preserved was issued by the federation's Central Executive—Messrs. Wells, Scanlon and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Manager's Death
LIGHGOW, Friday.âWhile talking with Mr. S. A. Roy, Vice-president of the Western Miners' Federation, to-day Mr. J. Somner,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Elect to Serve Gaol Sentence
WOLLONGONG. — Sixteen miners employed at Corrimal colliery appeared before Judge Drake-Brockman at a sitting of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Miners Before Court on Absentee Charges
Considerable argument on the interpretation of a Reference Board ruling marked the hearing at a special Cessnock Court sitting to-day (Mr. Atkinson, SM). of 33 charges of absenteeism against 18 Maitland Main…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →26 Fined for Absenteeism Burwood Mine Workers
When 30 employees of the Burwood colliery appeared in a special night court before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., at Newcastle last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Ask for All Prosecutions to Be Held Up
SYDNEY.—A temporary hold-up of all prosecutions issued and pending in connection with absenteeism is being sought by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Ward to Meet Miners' Leaders To-day Move to End Strike Wave
The Minister for Labour (Mr. Ward) will discuss with Miners' Federation officials in Sydney to-day the serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Miners" Prosecutions
Sydney.—Dr. Evatt and Mr. Ward conferred briefly this afternoon on prosecutions of miners, but no result was achieved, and…
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