Manganese Ore. Lease of Old Mine
A recommendation that a lease of 11 [?] at Mt. Miller, seven miles from Gladstons (Q.), [?] granted to Kenneth Campbell Churrh. of Newcastle, for mining for manganese…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining & the mines, 1940
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Miner’s Disease Causes Suicide Wollongong, Apr. 4
Charles Carr, a miner, hanged himself at Thirroul on March 26 while temporarily insane through suffering from miners’ nystagmus…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rail Levy to Help Miners Melbourne, Apr. 1
Mass meeting of over 600 members of the A. R. U. and Locomotive Enginemen today decided to operate rules and regulations 100 per cent., and to endorse the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Troops Unload Coal For Navy At Darwin
DARWIN, Thursday.--Sailors, soldiers, and airmen today unloaded 50 tons of coal which had been held up in the railway yards because of a dispute between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →W.A. Gold Yield. Three Months' Increase
The Western Australian gold production for the first three months of 1940 was 296,452oz, valued at £3,158,008, compared with 276,161oz for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Try To Stir Railmen Against Miners SYDNEY, Apr. 4
“The policy of the Railway Commissioner, Mr. Hartigan, is to play off the railwaymen and the public as a whole against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Interview Miners of W.A. Stand Loyal
WEST AUSTRALIAN miners, as a body, are wholeheartedly behind the struggle of the miners, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Citizens Favor-- Federal action to end coal strike
REPRESENTATIVE citizens selected haphazardly yesterday in Sydney endorsed the Daily Telegraph's view that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mediation Hope. Ending Coal Strike. Secret Moves. Melbourne
Hopes are still entertained by mediators on behalf of the coal-miners on strike that a way will be found to bring about an early settlement of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Coal Strike. Way to Arbitration Open. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—There is every indication that with the continua[?] of the coal strike, thousands of wage-carne[?]s employed in other industries will lose their employment, and suffering will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Women, Kids Help Pickets “Black” Labor Stopped at Mine Support Grows Says Orr BRISBANE, April 4
The women and children of striking miners played a dramatic part on Sunday in helping the pickets stop strikebreaking activity at the Ladysmith colliery, Blackstone…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bond Yield at New Low Level Trading Expands on 'Change Coal Strike Weakens Some Industrial
Buyers of Commonwealth Bonds considerably advanced their offers on the Stock Exchange to-day, but sellers were few. The average redemption yield dropped sharply by 1s 6d to a new record low level of £3 6s per…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Premier Urged to Seek Coal Peace Labor Members Press for Action Request to P.m
THE Premier, Mr. Mair, was asked in Parliament yesterday to urge the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, to call a compulsory conference of parties concerned in the mining dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rail Ban on Transport of Super Stirs Farmers Coal Strike May Hinder Cropping Minister Urged to Relax Restriction
RAILWAY restrictions on the transport of superphosphate, farm machinery, and other goods, introduced this week because of the coal strike, are likely to have a serious effect on farmers who are now on the eve of seeding operations for the next wheat harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canterbury Park Re-opening. Tomorrow's Programme. Gold Rod May Win Clissold Handicap. Castalia and Chicola a Likely Double
The Canterbury Park Turf Club's first meeting on its reconstructed race track will take place to-morrow. The course has been closed since September. An effort was made to attract the best horses in training for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Levy for Miners' Dependents
A well-attended meeting of members of the Gas Employees' Union at the Trades Hall last night, adopted unanimously the recommendation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Home News. Elbury Mines
The secretary of the Cessnock Strike Committee claimed yesterday that at least l8 of the 21 enginedrivers and firemen employed on the Rothbury estate in producing coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Gold Cup
One of the oldest racing clubs in Australia, the Murrumbidgee Turf Club, intends holding its Wagga Gold Cup meeting on Wednesday, April 10…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Gold Price
GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/13/3, unen.; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/5¾, unch. (Commonwealth Bank). SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/, unch…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining Notes
BLACK JACK (fortnight ended March 30).— Crushed 160 tons of stone; concentrates on hand, 5 tons. Gold won by amalgamation 123oz 18dwt of smeltad gold, as the result of four weeks'…
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