Dusted Lithgow Miners
LITHGOW, Thursday An official of the Western Miners' Federation (Mr. J. H. King) said today that 49 men had let western coal pits with their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
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Blair Athol Coal
BRISBANE, Thursday: "Blair Athol will eventually rid Australia of the [?]yranny of Newcastle," said Sir Thomas Blamey after inspecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' 35-Hour Week Claim
Following the completion of the Miners' Federation's evidence from the western field, the 35-hour week hearing was again adjourned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Wants Miners At Work On Six-Hour Day "Sports" Bonus Offered For Tonnage Filled That Day
Endeavors by the Joint Coal Board and the offer of a monetary inducement to keep Lithgow's coal mines working on Six-Hour Day this year will not meet with success judging by the reception the suggestion met at last night's Six-Hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good Coal Output. But Not a Record
Local one day stoppages yesterday and to-day robbed western miners of at least equalling last week's record aggregate output of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Coal Worries
It appears that coal is not only short, but crook. According to reports, trains on the western line are losing time owing to the poor…
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The Miners' Federation is seeking an annual picnic day, in addition to the three weeks' holiday and nine statutory holidays that mine-workers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clash on Coal
CANBERRA, Tuesday: New South Wales and Victorian delegates clashed at the Premiers' conference today on the allocation of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Production Optional Increase
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The National convention of the Miners' Federation is considering a recommendation that production in NSW mines,…
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The Joint Coal Board plans to purchase enough machinery to mechanise fully all sections -- except pillars -- in all mines in N.S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Uranium in Gold Ore
CAPE TOWN, Tuesday: Uranium, as a component of gold ore, was chiefly found in gold mines, the new South African Minister for Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Production Record Sydney, This Aft
A Coal Board spokesman said to-day that coal production should be a record to-day. Only one mine was idle and the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Cuts Help Hold Coal Output
Coal production in New South Wales for the first 24 weeks of 1948 was maintained at the 1947 level, a fall in underground production being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Records May Go Once More
With only one exception, western miners worked through the bitterly cold weather on Monday and Tuesday and all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Complaint to Court Against Lessee of Coal Mine at Ulan
At the Gulgong Warden's Court before Mr. K. M. Dash, Mining Warden, Arthur R. Thomas, of Newcastle, lodged a complaint…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Invincible Only Mine Idle
Idle as the result of an industrial dispute discussed at a pit-top meeting this morning, Invincible was the only western mine not working…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's Coal Output Record
LONDON, Wednesday: British coal production in the week end Saturday reached its highest to[?] for the August holiday week [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Objection to Granting of Area at Ulan for Goal Mining Purposes
Before Mr. K. M. Dash, Mining Warden, at the Gulgong Warden's Court, objection was made by Gulgong Shire Council to conflicting…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British Mining Industry
OXFORD, Thursday: The need for a great reconstruction programme for day by Mr. F. H. Brown, Chief Minister Engineer of the National Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Power Stoppages Reduce Coal Output
Two western mines were thrown idle and a third was unable to continue loading operations this morning when a…
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