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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines
53 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3
“I HOPE COMMONSENSE PREVAILS AND THAT THERE WILL NO INTERRUPTION TO WORK,” SAID THE MANAGER OF LAKE GEORGE MINE (MR. J. M. IRELAND) THIS MORNING. MR. IRELAND WAS DISCUSSING THE EXPECTED ARRIVAL…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“We are not here to lower conditions. We are here to fulfil a contract to deepen the main [?]aft,” Mr Tom Crottes (selmer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →UNLESS CAPTAIN’S FLAT UNIONS WITHDRAW ALL OPPOSITION TO THE CONTRACTOR DEEPENING THE MAIN SHAFT BY NEXT THURSDAY, THE BIG LAKE GEORGE MINE WILL CEASE NORMAL OPERATIONS AT MIDNIGHT…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →By a special resolution Captain’s Flat miners permitted The Age representative to attend the pit-top meeting of AWU members oh Wednesday afternoon and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE BIG LAKE GEORGE MINE AT CAPTAIN’S FLAT WILL SUSPEND OPERATIONS AT MIDNIGHT TO-NIGHT, AS A RESULT OF THE MINERS' REFUSAL TO WITHDRAW THEIR OPPOSITION TO DEEPENING OF THE MAIN SHAFT BY A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The AWU State president (Mr. Alan McNamara) will attend a mass meeting of mineworkers at Captain’s Plat tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FEDFA and AWU safety [?] kept on at the Lake George Mine Captain’s Flat when it shut down last Friday have given the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →I’ll hand in my oilskin and gumboots, My troubles, I’ll leave them below, With my Long Service Leave in my pocket…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Looking through some old papers at the week-end we came upon the following article reprinted in the "Dispatch" from the "Daily Telegraph"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A reply to a log of claims delivered to the Management of the Lake George Mines at Captain’s Flat will be given to the Unions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“There is no immediate prospect of a resumption of work until the unions lift their embargo on the main shaft contractor,” said the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An interesting link with past history is taken from an article in the "Gilgandra Weekly". It describes a mysterious visit by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Although some families have left the town since the big Lake George Mine became idle on June 25, Captain’s Flat is fear from being a ghost town. The most prevalent feeling is one of hopeful anticipation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A call for a new attitude towards the problems involved in the mine stoppage at Captain’s Flat was made by Mr. Allan Fraser, MHR, on Sunday night. In a radio broadcast Mr. Fraser dealt extensively with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In an attempt to end the deadlock between the management of Lake George Mine and unions at Captain’s Flat, a committee of neutral citizens has invited…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hopes of an early settlement of the deadlock between the management of Lake George Mine and the unions Captain’s Flat were raised yesterday when representatives of Citizens…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At a conference between the Citizens’ Neutral Committee and the Unions at Captain’s Flat on Wednesday bight, Union officials…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hopes of an early settlement of the dispute that closed derail the Lake George Mine at Captainâs Flat over mine weeks ago faded at the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The State Government will be asked to intervene in the dispute that has kept Lake George Mine at Captain’s Flat idle for the last ten weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Imposition of a ’black’ ban on the Lake George Mine at Captain’s Flat is a matter on which the Industrial Arbitration Act has some bearing and the Company is studying that aspect,” the…
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