Increases for Colliery Enginemen
SYDNEY. Tuesday: Enginedrivers and firemen working in open cut mines will receive a wage Increase of 9/7 to 15/- a week retrospective to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1947
827 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 28 of 42
Back Saturday Work Recommended To Miners
At a special conference of lodge officers of the Western District Federation, held in Lithgow yesterday, it was unanimously decided that "back" Saturday work would be recommended to the rank and file, who will vote on the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Power Cuts in Britain Coal Price to Rise
LONDON, Tuesday: London's electricity authorities announce that powers cuts which were frequent last winter may have to be re-introduced…
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Nearly 8,000 Yorkshire miners are idle as the result of the sudden extension yesterday of the Grimethorpe colliery dispute in which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the Mines Back Saturday Vote
This morning some 1,600 miners were expected to cast their vote, by secret ballot, to determine whether or not the Western District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Losses in Britain Many Sackings
LONDON, Wednesday: The North-eastern Divisional Coal Board has jacked 2682 miners employed at the Crimethorpe colliery, near Barnsley,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ashley Reples to Council Coal Calamity Howlers Criticised SYDNEY
Householders were getting tired of the Sydney County Council's complaints about coal shortages when the real trouble was inadequate plant,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Wages Claims
A claim by a miner at the Invincible colliery that he had not been paid the full holiday rate of pay during the King's Birthday period came…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners to Work Back
SYDNEY, Thursday.â An unofficial aback of voting tonight indicated that western and smoulders NSW miners had voted is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nearly 60,000 Tons of Coal
At least 59,000 tons of coal were produced in the western district this week, when some 49,400 tons wee removed from the area…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners to Work on "Back" Saturdays Ballot Results SYDNEY
Miners in N.S.W. and Victoria have voted solidly in support of an alternative Saturday shirt in mines to build coal reserves for Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →COAt Losses in Britain 17,000 Miners Idle London
More than 17,000 miners are now idle in Yorkshire following a dispute at the Grimthorpe colliery. The daily loss of output is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike Causes Heavy Coal Losses British Mines Defy Union Leader
LONDON, Sunday: The strike of 16,000 Yorkshire miners has been condemned by miners delegates now gathering in Southport, Lancashire,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal for Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Sunday: A collier arrived with fresh supplies of coal for the city's empty geswork bunkers. However, gas rationing cannot be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike In England Settled LONDON
The strike in the Yorkshire pits, which has resulted in the loss of over half a million tons of coal, has been settled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Clerics May Upset Industry
LONDON, SUNDAYâThe coal miners' strike look a new turn last night, when the executive council of the Clerical and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yorkshire Miners Resume
LONDON, Monday: After appeals had been made to them, Yorkshire comminers, who had been idle for a week agreed yesterday at a mass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Graziers Fight Mining Right Because of Bushfire Risk
Three district graziers objected to a tenement being granted on their property scar Orphic, on the grounds that the tenement would derive them of a right of way to a crock which contained the only water available in the area with which to combat bushfires. They were Bertrand Oscine, Alan Obtain and Golden ostini…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Miners Needed British Coal Problem
LONDON, Tuesday: Admitting that coal was the most important factor in Britain's recovery. British miners' leaders told the Trade Union Congress…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →14 Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Coal losses in NSW today were the heaviest for some months. Fourteen mines were idle and the Coal Board estimated…
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