A.C.T.U. SUPPORTS N.S.W. Miners Melbourne
Support for the Miners' Federation in its fight to secure higher wages and shorter hours or its members was pledged by the…
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Mining & the mines, 1937
596 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 19 of 30
218 Miners Declare Stay-in Strike at Burwood Colliery
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Without warning, 218 workers at the Broken Hill Pty.'s Burwood mine decided on a stay-in strike this morning. The reason for the strike is obscure. The men have little food with them, and besides hunger are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Claims Discussed SYDNEY
A conference between representatives of the colliery proprietors and the Miners' Federation to-day discussed the log of claims which the federation has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stay in Strike at Newcastle Mine Newcastle
AS a protest against the pit horses supplied by the management for hauling coal from the mine face to the main…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inspection of Coal Mines Mines Dept. Visit of Officer to Murwillumbah
Mr. E. J. Kenny, an officer of the New South Wales Mines Department, is at present visiting the North Coast making an inspection…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Owners Reject All Demands Made by Miners General Strike Now Likely In N.S.W.
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A general coal strike throughout New South Wales is now threatened as a result of the collapse of a conference to-day between the colliery proprietors and officials of the Miners' Federation. After…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Convict Miners Mutiny. Savage Fight Underground with Guards
BUCHAREST, Tuesday.--Protesting against their food at the Targuocna salt mine, 300 convicts attacked their guards 2,800 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Coast Coal Resources Officer Investigating MURWILLUMBAH
Mr. E. J. Kenny, an officer of the New South Wales Mines Department is visiting the North Coast making an inspection of coal resources. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Telegrams. Coal Miners Restive. Preparing for Big Hold-up. Another Stay-in Strike at a B.H.P. COLLIERY. Sydney
It is stated in an authoritative quarter that if a cessation of work be brought about in N.S.W. collieries union officials will have no hesitation in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Coal Strike Expected Sydney
IT is believed in industrial circles that the coal mines of the State will be thrown idle within a fortnight following the rejection…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Second Stay-in Strike Begins OVER 180 Miners Involved Well Supplied with Food
SYDNEY, Thursday.--Another stay-in strike began to-day, when between 180 and 190 employees at the John Darling mine, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Land Mine Set Off In Belfast Terrorists Try to Mar Royal Tour London
A LAND mine was exploded by Irish terrorists in Belfast under a warehouse in Academy-street, 300 yards from the City Hall, where the King and Queen were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Strike in B.H.P. MINE Nearly 200 Men Remain Below NEWCASTLE
ANOTHER stay-in strike commenced to-day whem 50 wheelers remained underground in John Darling colliery, a B.H.P,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Explodes on Route of Royal Procession Outrage in Belfast Their Majesties Only 300 Yards Away
LONDON, Wednesday.--While the King and Queen were receiving a loyal address at the City Hall in Belfast the air resounded with the shock of an explosion, causing considerable excitement. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stay-In Strike At Colliery Terminates Abruptly B.H.P. to Close Three Mines
SYDNEY, Friday.--The stay-in strike at the Broken Hill Pty.'s John Darling mine ended abruptly shortly after 8 o'clock to-night. In the knowledge that the Company was inflexible in its refusal to change its decision concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Mine-sweepers
OTTAWA, Thursday:-- The Canadian Government is considering tenders for four mine-sweepers, two for the Pacific, which will be constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Gold Diggers of 1937'
"GOLD Diggers of 1937" is the fourth and most elaborate of the famed series of musical movies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miner Killed; Another Badly Injured. Fall of Coal and Earth
SYDNEY, Friday.--Arthur Perkins (40), of Deakin Street, Kurri Kurri, was killed when he was buried beneath a large fall of coal and stone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stay-In Strikers Return To Surface Demands Rejected by Manager Excitement At Mine NEWCASTLE
THE stay-in strike at John Darling colliery, which is owned by the Broken Hill Pty., ended suddenly to-night. It was a dramatic end to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Mining Dispute Queensland's Attitude
BRISBANE, Sunday:— The Secretary of the Queensland District of the Colliery Employees' Union (Mr. A. Phillips) said to-day that as…
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