Coal for Vic. Melbourne
The State Government has decided to purchase 30,000 tons of coal from the Queensland Government to improve supplies to the electricity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1949
1,185 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 60
Former Boxer's Death Sequel to Mine Accident SYDNEY
Former Australian heavyweight boxing champion, Ern Sheppard, died in St. Vincent's Hospital today from injuries received in an accident at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Position Could Not Be Much Worse SYDNEY, This Afternoon
The loss of 56,000 tons of coal because of the miners' May Day holiday will aggravate the already serious coal shortage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Take Other Jobs
SYDNEY, Monday: Fewer than 300 of the 450 men who went on strike at Lake George Mine, Captain's Flat, seven months ago, reported for work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Government and Miners' Claims
The Minister for Shipping and Fuel, Senator W.P. Ashley, said last night the question of wages and conditions in the coalmining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Split Among Mine Leaders Sequel to McPHILLIPS ISSUE
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A split has developed in the Central Executive of the Miners' Federation. The miners' general secretary. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Trapped in U.S. Mine New York
Rescuers were standing by at Girardville, Pennsylvania, yesterday to enter the shaft of the burning anthracite colliery as soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners and Their Leaders
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided yesterday that if any legal action is taken against miners' leaders because of industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Challenge to Coal Board Owners' Move
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The secretory of the N.S.W. Northern Collieries Ltd. (Mr. Forster) today informed the chairman of the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Short, But Good Week at Mines
Working the four working days without a stoppage, western miners' this week produced the comparatively good total of 48,560 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ashford Coal Deposit Big Seam Unearthed
SYDNEY, Thursday: One of the biggest coal seams in the Commonwealth has been discovered at Ashford in the Inverell district of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Men Trapped in Mine No Sound Nor Sign Heard
NEW YORK, Thursday: Four men are trapped 800 feet underground in a burning anthracite mine in Girardville (Pennsvlvania)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Council Criticised by Senator McKENNA CANBERRA, This Afternoon
The Acting Attorney-General. Senator McKenna, stated to-day if the Sydney reports that the Miners' Central Council has decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Coal Seam Discovered
INVERELL. Friday.—The north-west county council intends to open a mine as soon as the extensive new coal seam…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Incentive Money Opposed Miners Decision Speed-up Feared
SYDNEY, Friday: The Federal Council of the Miners' Federation today declared its unqualified opposition to all forms of incentive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mobilising Support for Miners' Claims
The Combined Mining Unions' Area Committee is now assuming a definite basis to mobilise support for the miners' log of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Coal Trouble Meeting Today
MELBOURNE, Sunday: A meeting of miners from the Wanthaggi State coal mine tomorrow morning will hear a report on latest developments in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Output Reduced by Strike of Owner-drivers
Striking against the alleged non-payment of a 10 per cent increase granted by the Joint Coal Board last year,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Output Conference on Darg
SYDNEY, Monday: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Galiagher) told Miners' Federation officials in Sydney today that he saw no reason why…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Coal Dispute Tribunal to Inquire
CANBERRA, Monday: The Minister for Fuel (Senator Ashley) has asked the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Galiagher) to inquire into the coal…
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