Miners Back Evatt
CESSNOCK, Tues.--A mass meeting of Cessnock and Maitland miners to-night declared for Mr. Clive Evatt, K.C., selected and endorsed Labor candidate for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining & the mines, 1939
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An Investor's Diary. Assets of Gretamain Collieries Ltd
According to the special report published with the annual accounts of Gretamain Collieries, Ltd., a serious position has developed. Almost the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mine-owners' New Delegate
The State Government has appointed Mr S. McKensey as the wineowners' representative on the Mines Health and safety Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Want Heffron Supported
CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--A mass meeting of Cessnock and Maitland miners at Cessnock tonight called upon northern Labor members of Parliament to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Gold Price
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended March 3, is at the rate of approximately £8/9/7 per…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining Notes
ADELONG GOLD.—Week ended March 4: Treated 12,000 cubic yards for 36oz 16dwt smelted gold. L'AIGLON GOLD AND TIN.—Week ended March 3: Shaft sunk to 90ft in hard quartz diorite; the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Check Inspectors in Metaliferous Mines
Following the appointment of W. Anderson as Mining Organiser, the Executive Council of the A.W.U. decided that a deputation from the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →£1 Claim Costly To Mine Men
CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--A claim for £1 on Christmas Eve by a Bellbird miner today cost 2000 tons of coal and £600 in wages, when the mine stopped work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Falls of Stone Hurt 3 Miners
WESTON, Tuesday.--A fall of stone severely injured two miners at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery today. James Greig, 56, suffered a fracture…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Reef Discovered. Temora
A reef about 10 feet wide, carrying a fair prospect of gold, has been discovered in an old iron cold mine at Temora. The reef shows improvement as the shaft goes down…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Shadow Of Death In Mines NEWCASTLE
IT is surprising how many people living on the coal fields have never been underground at the collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Hours. Effect of 30-hour Week. Increased Cost
The effect of a 30-hour week in the coalmining industiy was mentioned in argument before Mr. Justice Drake-Brockman in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court during the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Tribunal. Mr. S. McKensey Fills Vacancy
The State Government has decided to appoint the superintendent of Hebburn, Ltd., Mr. Stanley McKensey, to the Royal Commission on Health and Safety in Mines, in place…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mining Disaster That Left Trail of Tragedy
PERHAPS no mining disaster in the past 50 years so vividly illustrates the need for vigilant and full observance of safety precautions as the Stockton Colliery tragedy of 1896. THOSE people who claim that mining is not a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City's Fight for Water Coal Co.'s Threat To Council Our Own Cable Service
WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--Two local companies are threatening to out off Philadelphia's water supply because they claim that the City Council owes them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Notes
Al CONSOLIDATED GOLD.—No. 11 Intermediate Level north prospecting drive off old stope at 180 feet from ho[?]st shaft extended 8 feet to in feet. stone 2 feet wide giving payable prespects: No. 10…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Stack on Fire
Firemen yesterday saved a stack of about 2,000 tons of coal which caught fire at the Waverton woiks of the North Shore Gas Company. They had to pour tons of water over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Chiffon Bridal Gown. Sydney Interest in Melbourne Wedding. MELBOURNE
A WEDDING of Sydney interest was celebrated at the Scots Church, Melbourne, this afternoon, when Miss Vallie Woodside, youngest daughter of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →This Racing Game Rosehill to Mark Autumn Start Gold Rod May Reappear
Rosehill events on Saturday week will mark the opening of the Autumn racing carnival in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →"War" at Mining Township. Rival Factions. Assault Charges Withdrawn. Newcastle
Mention of a "state of warfare" at the small mining township of Kahibah on the southern outskirts of Greater Newcastle, was made in the Newcastle…
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