Invincible Colliery Is Still Not Working
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2
Western miners commenced the week with local stoppages at five undertakings, but only one, that at Invincible, remained unsettled to-day. During the latter part of last week disputes developed at…
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Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2
Secretary of the Western Miners' Federation (Mr. J. H. King) returned to Lithgow last night after, attending: the conference; of Federatiori…
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National Advocate · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4
WASHINGTON Thursday: Australian born Mr. James Boyd. director of the Bureau of Mines, today told the Se[?] Labor Committee that because…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AVERTED Maitland Miners' Strike
National Advocate · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thursday: A threatened Stoppage on Tuesday of all coal mines on the Couth Maitland fields was averted tonight by a decision at a rank…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Executive Replies To Show Exhibit Criticism
Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--The assistant secretary of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. J. G. Murphy, denied to-day that the Board had spent £40,000 on a model of a mechanised mine which is to be one of the exhibits at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truce Sought in U.s. Coal Mining Deadlock
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1
WASHINGTON, Wednesday.-- President Truman yesterday called for a 70-day truce in the coal mining deadlock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cobar Tunnel Colliery Idle As Protest
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 4
Protesting against the delay in the increase of tonnage rates in the western district and the installation of a power borer,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Rescue Men Seek Improved Conditions
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 6
Mine res[?]ne men had received more calls to mines recently because of the increasing danger of spontaneous combustion, Mr…
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National Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3
PITTSBURGH, Tuesday: Over 91,000 coal miners yesterday refused to return to work in the soft coal mines. The strikers have closed all major…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' President "Misinformed" on Show Exhibit Cost
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2
Commenting on the criticism levelled at the Joint Coal Board for supposedly making £40,000 available for an exhibit at Lithgow Show, the committee president (Mr. R. Livingstone) to-day expressed appreciation for the part the Board is playing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Trophy Tennis Tournament
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2
Consistent, rather than brilliant tennis, marked the three day Coal Board trophy tournament conducted last week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Mine on One-day Protest Stoppage
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 1
Dissatisfied with the delay in hearing claims for increased tonnage rates, employees of the State Mine returned home this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Short Serious Position at Bathurst Gasworks
National Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2
The failure of the gas supply in Bathurst within a few days was claimed at last night's meeting of Bathurst Council by the gas manage Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →27 Mines Idle Heaviest Loss Since Strike SYDNEY
National Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 3
NSW registered its biggest daily coal loss today since the general strike ended last year. Twenty seven mines were idle for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S.A. Coal Strike 70-day Truce Called
National Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 7
WASHINGTON, Wednesday: President Truman yesterday called for a 70 day truce in the coal mining deadlock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early History of Invincible Colliery
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 6
Shareholders in Invincible Colliery, Ltd., have received a brochure, describing and illustrating the new mechanical…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Danger of Mine Rescue Work
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4
The work of mine rescue stat attendants was the most hazard and most unhealthy in coal min[?] said George Clarence Feather[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Output High Despite Stoppages
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2
Despite a one-day stoppage at the State Mine and the continued stoppage at Invincible, the four working days of this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Retiring Age Union Officials Withdraw
National Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 5
SYDNEY. Thursday: In Sydney Miners' Federation officials today withdrew from the hearing by the Coal Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) of an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joint Coal Board Loader at Show
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 5
This is one of the Joint Coal Board exhibits at the Lithgow Show. It is an 11BU Joy Loader. This 10½ - ton machine is capable of loading up to eight tons of coal a minute. The average-loading speed is four tons a minute. The giant gathering arms at the front of the machine scoop the coal on to the conveyor, which has a 45 degree swing on either side…
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