Opposition to Strike. Rank and File Miners. Outcome Feared. NEWCASTLE
It is evident that opposition to a general coal strike is growing among the rank and file of mineworkers. Many of them feel that funds will…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mining & the mines, 1940
3,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 176
First Impressions COAL dispute: Major trouble is a miner one
THE old school tie is really a choker. IN the published war news there is no censor reason. TROOPS complain at having to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Literary Gold Medal. Award to Mr. R. D. FitzGerald
Mr. Robert D. FitzGerald, of Sydney, has been awarded the gold medal of the Australian Literature Society, Melbourne, for the best book published by an Australian author in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Copper Shares Rise Sharply on Heavy Trade Arahura Gold Higher
HEAVY trading in Mt. Lyell and Mt. Morgan at higher prices provided outstanding features on the Stock Exchange yesterday. After rising to 344b on a turnover of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A.C.T.U. to Meet Miners Strike Threat Will Be Discussed MELBOURNE
The secretary of the Australasian Council of Trades Unions. Mr. C. Crofts, will attend a meeting of the combined coal mining unions'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Through Smith's private Projector AAA: Gold Cup. Highest award. AA: Bouquet. Outstanding excellence. A: Handclaps. Good. B: Bee. Average. BB: Raspberry. Inferior. BBB: Fair Cow. "The Housekeeper's Daughter" (United Artists)
A HAL ROACH comedy, and the brightest of its sort for a long time. JOAN…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Near Gold MELBOURNE
FIRST horse to leave the machine in the Oakleigh Plate to-day was the £10,000 colt, Gold Salute. From his position…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1000 retailers offer miners strike credit
One thousand shop-keepers on the minefields have agreed to accept credit dockets, now being issued by the Miners' Federation to members of the coal-mining unions, in preparation for an Australian-wide coal strike…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wagga Gold Cup Worth £450
The Wagga Gold Cup meeting will be held on April 10 and 11. Prize-money for the Wagga Cup (1¼ miles), which will be decided on…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →£16,000,000 recoverable gold in Bulolo
If the Bulolo dredges merely recover the estimated content of the company's areas, then there is £16,632,000 in gold to be won before the life of the property ceases…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Another Paralysing Coal-Strike Looms on the Industrial Front Did Arbitration Court Err?
THERE appears to be some justification for the stand the Miners' Unions are taking, and for their contention that the Full Arbitration Court made serious errors in its judgment of October 4 last…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →"Midget" McLachlan's Life Story—No. 8 Famous Jockey This Week Tells of My Rides on Desert Gold
BILLY McLachlan will ever remember his association with the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Gold Mine to Be Worked
CASINO, Sunday.--A new gold mine found near Tabulam, on the Casino-Tenterfield Road, has provided promising assays made br the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threatened Coal Strike
The threatened general strike in the coalmining industry will be discussed by the combined mining unions at a meeting in Sydney this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australian Gold Price
SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/, unch. (Commonwealth Bank): GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/13/3, unch.; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/5¾, unch…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stop Press No Mine [?]Ch
LONDON,--On we[?] one [?] soldier was [?] and [?] were seriously [?]ded by [?]of a German [?] when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Unions' Meeting
The combined mining unions' committee at a meeting at 10:30 a.m. today will review the position on the coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gretamain Coal Reduction In Dividend
Accounts of Gretamain Collieries, Ltd., for the year ended November 30 last, show net profit of £1379, compared with £1480 for the previous 12…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Southern Miners' Leader Appeals For Conference BULLI
The president of the southern district of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Lowden) appealed tonight to the colliery proprietors to meet the unions in conference…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Can Have Peace" Hughes Tells Coal Parties
Everything turns on the spirit in which the parties to the coal dispute approach the possibilities of a…
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