Talk Of "Tin Hats" For Miners
Representatives of the Miners' Federation. mineowners, and insurance companies conferred in Sydney yesterday on the proposed use of tin safety hats by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining & the mines, 1939
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Spain’s War Orphans Miners Speed Aid SYDNEY
At its meeting during the week the miners’ Central Council decided to assist the Spanish war orphans in France who are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Coal Trade Busy Week At Cranes
The Newcastle cranes were very busy for the week which ended on Thursday last; but the export of coal was not unusual, though more than…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mechanisation in Mines. Fewer Accidents Result. Superintendent's View
A colliery superintendent gave evidence before the Royal Commission on safety in coal mines yesterday that mechanisation had led to a great…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners Want Safety Hats To Be Provided By Owners
No finality was reached yesterday at a conference to deal with the use of safety hats in coal mines. Miners' reps. proposed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Metal Shares Dull. Better Trend. Gold Shares Steady
All classes of mining shares were dull yesterday. Base metal leaders had nominally a better trend…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tone Remains Firm on 'Change Rise in Leading Industrials Interest Lacking In Mining Shares
Trading was quiet on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day, but although turnover was small the underlying tone remained firm. Several of the main industrials, including Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Non-union Coal Mines Miners' Federation to Toke Action
THE Federal council of the Miners' Federation decided last week to bute a campaign against nonUnion collieries. A conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Safety in Coal Mines Objection To New Regulations
If new regulations governing the use of electricity in coal mines were introduced, some collieries would have to scrap machinery, it was stated on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big American Labor Victory. Coal Barons Concede Union Preference in Mines
ONE of the greatest and most, far-reaching victories in American Labor history was won by the United Mine Workers of America last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Kalgoorlie Miners Stop Work
KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.-- Acting on the advice of the executive of the mining division of the A.W.U., men engaged on sinking the Ajax shaft at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Compensation For Miners' Families
The dependants of five workers, killed in colliery accidents this year, were given compensation in the Workers Compensation Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Gold Price
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne, Mint for the week ended May 12 is at the rate of approximately £8/9/5 per…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining Notes
COCKS ELDORADO.—Week ended May 12, hours dredged, 160; yards treated, 30,833; smelted gold. 102oz, tin concentrates 2.75 tons, estimated value £1,440…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fatal Mine Accident. Cairns
Percy Edward Sharpe, 23, was killed and a man believed to be Frank Densley, 37, was injured in a premature explosion at a mine about eight miles from Portland Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A Mining Department
The Editor. Dear Sir,—In your issue of April 26 appears a letter, over the signature of J. E. De Moleyns, in opposition to the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Higher Profit for Guinea Gold
Guinea Gold, N.L., shows a profit of £49,486 for the year ended February 28, compared with £45,843 for the previous year, and £41,843 for 1936-37. Income…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Plane To Aid Injured Miners CAIRNS
One man was killed and three injured in a mine accident eight miles from Portland Roads today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dangers to Miners. Dermatitis Cases. New Electrical Code
A medical witness told the Royal Commission on safety in coalmines yesterday that men working in the faces of a coalmine were likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To-day's Race Programme. Seven Events at Rosebery. Gold [?]an and Benburb Have Sound Prospects
Gold Pan, who is engaged in the Trial Stakes, and Benburb, who is to run in the Flying Handicap, seem to have outstanding prospects at Rosebery to-day. There is a seven-event programme due to begin at 1.30 p.m and…
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