Miners' Pensions
The public sittings of the Royal Commission whirh is inquiring into pensions for coal minors who are compulsorily retired at 60, have been suspended indefinitely…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining & the mines, 1940
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Mining Notes
KING ISLAND SCHEELITE.—Week ended March [?] (five working days): Main mill treated 590 tons; tailings retreatment mill, 460 tons: scheeltte concentrates produced, 4 tons 12cwt; estimated value,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Gold Price
SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/, unch. The price for gold lodged last Saturday and yesterday will be announced by the Commonwealth Bank to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Orders for Coal Supplies
The Sydney County Council to-day authorised contracts for the purchase of 928,700 tons of coal, the cost of which, including [?]reight, will be in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Support Miners Sydney, Mar. 26
The meeting of the Darlinghurst Labor League, held last Monday, set up a committee to support the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Won't Handle "Black" Coal
LITHGOW, Monday.--Twenty-three employees of the Lithgow Pottery to-day refused to work while "black" coal was being used…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Liquid Coal" As New Motor Fuel
An interesting new fuel, "liquid coal," is being tested as a [?]itule for petrol under the direction of a Chicago technologist, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Ambulance. 200 Receive Gold Medals
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, said yesterday that a feature of the annual meting of the Railways Ambulance Corps in the Railway Institute on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Potato Shortage Feared. Effect of Coal Strike
Produce merchants, at their weekly price fixing meeting yesterday, said that, the coal strike might cause a shortage of potatoes in New South Wales because lack of coal had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →'Hands Off Russia!" Miners' Strong Support Newcastle, Apr. 1
In a signed joint statement, the five Northern Miners' delegates to the A.L.P. Easter conference have wholeheartedly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Approach Menzies To End Coal Strike MELBOURNE
Efforts are being made late this afternoon to arrange a further conference between the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A.I.F. Men "Trapped By 'Gold-Diggers'"
"Many 'gold-diggers' marry soldiers with the intention of divorcing them when they return from the war." Mrs. R. C. Firebrace, wife of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cut in Train Services. Saving Coal. Steelworks Men Lose Jobs. Deregistration Threat
It is understood that the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, has decided drastically to curtail railway services throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Strike Enters Fourth Week Leaders, Rank and File Solidly United Miners, Troops Fraternise CESSNOCK, Mar. 30
The Australian-wide general strike of mineworkers entered its fourth week today, with leaders and rank and file solidly united, and determined to win a decisive victory…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →B.h.p. Steel Works to Be Idle 5000 Employees Out of Jobs To-morrow Coal Shortage
THE B.H.P. steel works at Newcastle, with the exception of the section engaged on armament work, will close down to-morrow morning, more than 5000 employees being affected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Ultimatum
BULLI, Tuesday.--Two hundred striking miners delivered an ultimatum to Corrimal colliery deputies and shot-firers at the pithead when they ceased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ngahere Gold Dredging
Ngahere Gold Dredging Ltd., reports that during March the dredge worked 362 hours and dug 200,000 yards for a recovery of 308 ounces of smelted gold. The dredge was stopped for 136…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australian Gold Price
GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/13/3, unch.; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/5[?] unch. (Commonwealth Bank). SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/, unch…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Caledonian Coal's Improved Results
Mr. A. Howard Smith, chairman of Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., told shareholders at the annual meeting to-day that there had been a greater…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →La Pericolosa Ricerca delle Mine
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