Miners Defy Union Leaders Mt. Isa to Close
BLAIR ATHOL, Sunday:—Miners here to-day decided by an almost unanimous vote in defy the instructions of the management…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
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Some Collieries Draw Coal
SYDNEY, Monday:—Several of the largest collieries in New South Wales were drawing coal to-day, according to…
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LONDON, March 2:—A colliery without pithead grime or noise, its lawns and flower beds merging into the surrounding country, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mt. Isa Mines to Resume Full Schedule
BRISBANE, Monday:—A mass morning [?] Athol miners to-night by 61 to 49 votes agreed to abide by instructions from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Salute Joins Geebung at Top of Quotes
SYDNEY, Monday:—Declaration of the first acceptances for the Doncaster Handicap infused lift into the discussions. Bookmakers, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →50 Men Entombed Explosion in Mine in America New York
Fifty coal miners are entombed in the Willowgrove pit, Beliaire (Ohio). An explosion took place while 180 men were below…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To Lift Coal at Grass for Mt. Isa Brisbane
A massed meeting of the Blair Athol miners to-night, by 61 votes to 49, agreed to abide by an instruction from the Combined…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cut in Victorian Train Services to Save Coal
MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—The curtailment of interstate and main country line train services in Victoria to conserve coal stocks was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Strike: Statement By Menzies To-day CANBERRA
The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) to-day promised a statement on the coal dispute after he had conferred with the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Strike. Move By Owners In Q'land State Regulation of Industry
BRISBANE, Tuesday:—Colliery proprietors in Queensland decided at a special meeting to-day to approach the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Strike. Govt. Will Not Intervene
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) in a statement on the coal dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Special Tribunal for Miners— Canberra
The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) reiterated to-day that the Commonwealth Government would not appoint a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Salute's Fast Five at Randwick Sydney
Gold Salute ran the fastest five furlongs at Randwick this morning, registering 1.3½ for the journey and defeating High Caste by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Miners' Pay
LONDON, Thursday:—British miners are receiving a further increase of 4d per shift, making the total war-time advance 1/5. As the result of the cost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Disaster in England
LONDON, Thursday:—An explosion occurred in Mossfield colliery at Stoke-on-Trent. Eight were killed and four seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Hughes's Attack on Miners' Official
SYDNEY, Friday:—The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. W. M. Hughes) in an attack on the General Secretary of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Production In Queensland BRISBANE
Gold won in Queensland In 1939 was worth £1,428,600 in Australian currency. This was revealed in the annual report of the under-secretary for Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Buried to Armpits in Coal Man's Plight in Elevator
SYDNEY, Friday:—For nearly an hour to-day, William McMillan (41), of Kensington, was buried up to the armpits in coal with about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buried Under 25 Tons of Coal Lucky Escape From Death SYDNEY
Buried under a fall of 25 tons of coal to-day at the Australian Glass Ltd. works at Waterloo, William McMillan (41), of Kensington, had a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Geebung Chosen for Doncaster To-day Mildura, Gold Salute Next Best Reading for St. Leger
Geebung, Mildura and Gold Salute are expected to fill the places in the Doncaster Handicap at Randwick to-day. High Caste, the conqueror of Ajax, is an acceptor, but at the time of writing there is doubt…
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