"Gains for Miners."
"We feel sure that considerable gains will be forthcoming to the miners," said the acting-secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. G. W. S. Grant, yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mining & the mines, 1939
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Scene of Mine Disaster
Inside the South Mine, Broken Hill, where four men were crushed to death in a fall. Three of the bodies were recovered yesterday. The fourth, it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Safety in the Mines
When the Miners' Federation expressed strong concern last year at the rising rate of accidents in the collieries and the incidence of dust disease, the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Australian Gold Price
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including.jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended June, 9, 15 at the rate of approximately £8/9/6½ per…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hurt by Coal Fall
PAXTON, Tuesday.--William Whitton, 61, miner, was struck by a fall of coal while working at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery today…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Spark Placed Again
Gold Spark registered another placing last Saturday—a third in the Rose-hill Handicap. In an endeavour to reach the front…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Support for Miners Sought. Lithgow
Messrs. M. Willoughby and R. Moody, representing the Pelton and Eirington Miners' Lodges, in the northern district, are in Lithgow to secure financial assistance for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mine Too Hot: Men Wait Work
CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--When the men arrived at Aberdare Central Colliery this morning they were informed that there had been heating-up in a section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One Victim Still In Mine Broken Hill
THE body of Alfred Rodda, 22, was recovered to-night from South Mine, where he and three others were killed last Friday. Miners are within a few feet of John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Tenders Up £4000 Problem For Water Board
The Water Board to-day deferred decision on tenders for 41,600 tons of coal costing £45,590. Ald. Campbell said the price…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mount Isa Mines. Proposed £stg.500,000 Debenture Issue
Shareholders in Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., are to be asked to authorise the issue of debentures to the amount of £stg.500,000. At an extraordinary meeting to be held in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, June 20
Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/5½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/8/6 yesterday. BASE METALS. Base, metals were quoted at noon to-day as…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →AN A.W.U. Mining Department. The Editor
Sir,—I desire to reply, to the letters of Mr. Jack Minihan and Mr. T. R. Alexander, published in "The Worker" of the 7th inst. While Mr. Minihan's…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Important Mining Case. Platman Is Not a Laborer
A case of considerable importance to miners was decided in the Cooma Court on June 15. The Union proceeded against the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Broken Hill Mine Tragedy. Three Bodies Recovered. Survivor's Story. Broken Hill
Three bodies of the four victims of the South Mine disaster have been recovered. The fourth, that of John Martin, 31, is…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Price of Coal. Increase Possible. Effect of Safety Measures. Newcastle
An increase in the price of coal appears inevitable, if full effect is given to the recommendations of the Royal Commission on health and safety in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mechanised Mining. Safety Report Sidelight. Employment Problem. by an Industrial Correspondent
The report of the Royal Commission on Safety and Health in the collieries of New South Wales, which has just been released, deals another blow at the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Safety in Coal Mines. Lithgow
The recommendation of the Royal Commission on safety in coal mines that smoking and the carrying of matches should be prohibited in all mines has surprised miners on the western…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Mines Resume
CESSNOCK, Wednesday. -- Aberdare Central and Richmond Main Collieries, which were idle yesterday owing to disputes, both resumed today…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Notes
AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT. Week ended June 17: South drive advanced 8f[?] to 24f[?]. reef [?], value 3dw[?]: passed through 12in [?]uartz 140f[?] 18[?] 146ft. 6in. 150[?]…
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