Springvale Mine to Re-open
LITHGOW, Thurs.--Springvale colliery, near Wallerawang, is to be reopened. Men have been employed cleaning up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining & the mines, 1940
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A.w.u. Hears Miners' Chief
BRISBANE, Thurs.--Delegates at the A.W.U. Convention to-day refused to disclose the convention's decision, following a long debate held in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →May Omit Bosses Mine Pension Claim
The combined mining unions' claim for pensions of not less than £2 a week for mineworkers at the age of 60…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Are Willing to See Owners
THE Combined Mining Unions' Committee yesterday declared that the combined unions were still willing and prepared to meet the owners in conference to bring about uniformity of conditions and remove other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Reject Owners' Terms Government May Have to Intervene
Mine-owners' terms for a conference to discuss a 40-hour week and wage adjustments were rejected by the combined mining unions yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Crisis. Owners' Terms Rejected. General Strike Feared
A deadlock has now been reached in the coal dispute. Hopes of a conference between the parties are fading, and trades union…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Crisis: Last Minute Preparations Sydney, Feb. 15
The combined mining unions are pushing forward their preparations for a national coal stoppage in the event of no conference being called to discuss the urgent questions of the 40-hour week and wages adjustments, by the end of the month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GOLD. Record Movements and Prices. by a Correspondent
With the outbreak of war on September 3, 1939, commenced the major testing time not only for armies, navies, and air forces, but for the whole financial and economic structures of…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Mining Unions Firm Meet Owners On Own Terms
"We are willing to meet the owners on the bases declared by the Combined Mining Unions' Committee yesterday," the vice-president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Yields at High Levels. Western Australia. Largest Output for 23 Years
Western Australian gold production in 1939 reached 1,214,238 fine ounces, the highest for 23 years, and its value (£11,842,964 (Australian) was a record. For 10 years output has…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Claim to Make Gold From Base Metal "False," Says Scientist Wellington (N.z.)
"Mr. X" inventor of a "torpedo deflector," claimed to have been purchased by the Admiralty for £280,000, also said that he could transmute ordinary metals into gold…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Mines' Crisis Intensified
AS a result of this week's decision of Chief Judge Beeby, the likelihood of a general stoppage in the coalmining industry is accentuated. Stating this last night, officials of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Gold Price
SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/. unch. (Commonwealth Bank). GOLD: Pine ounce, £10/13/3, unch., standard ounce (22 carats). £9/15/5. unch…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Collieries and Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District
The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burwood Mine to Resume Work
NEWCASTLE, Friday.--It was decided at a meeting of the District Combined Mining Unions Committee today to resume work at Burwood colliery, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Dispute Widens
The dispute between mine-owners and the combined mining unions has become intensified…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seek Facts in Other Countries Miners' Pensions
ACTION had been taken to collect all the information possible about the payment of pensions to coalminers in other countries, it was announced yesterday by Mr. Justice Ferguson, Chairman of the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining. Brisk Trading. Mt. Lyell's Rise
Dealings in the mining share market yesterday were again brisk. Copper producing companies attracted lively attention…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pensions for Miners. £2 a Week Suggested. Unions' Tentative Proposals
At yesterday's sitting of the Royal Commission, which is inquiring into the pensioning at the age of 60 of employees in the coal mining industry, it…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Gold Ore Is Found in Raid Kalgoorlie
Breaking an all night vigil at dawn to-day, the gold theft detection police raided a camp near Mt. Monger and discovered valuable stone, alleged…
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