Colliery Fire Gas May Blow Seals Cessnock, July 26
Although the danger area in the Aberdare Central Colliery which caught fire on Saturday has now been completely waled off, it is feared that…
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Mining & the mines, 1943
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600 Miners on Strike Sydney, July 27
More than 600 miners employed at three collieries failed to work today, the production Joss being about 2,500 tons. Employees at Aberdare Colliery returned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strike Code Northern Miners Not to Be Bound Newcastle, July 27
A resolution that it had no intention of "being bound hand and foot by any regulations if circumstances arise making it necessary for a stand to be…
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At the North Mine yesterday A. Dotall was struck by a machine and suffered bruised ribs. He was taken in the ambulance to the Hospital for treatment,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lights Twinkled on Mines; City in Dark Failure At Council Plant Causes Total Blackout: Hospital Inconvenienced
THOUSANDS of citizens who had to endure a two-hour blackout last night when the electric power failed at the City Council's plant had to face the tantalising sight of seeing the lights of the mines twinkling as brightly as ever…
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Ronald cuy, of 158 Boughtman Street, a miner at the South, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for a probable fracture of the hand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Worker Injured
H. Battye while at work at the South mine today suffered a lacerated hand. After treatment at Dr. Boscence's surgery he was taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One Mine Idle SYDNEY, July 29
Apart from a union authorised strike at Pelton in the north, where 240 men have been idle for 24 days, there were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Manager for State Coal Mine Lithcow, July 30
Mr. Fullagar, manager of the State Coal Mine at Lithgow, has relinquished his position after ten years service. Mr. Fullagar met with a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mines Production Loss Lowest for Weeks Sydney, July 30
For the third successive day only one mine was idle in New South Wales today, but at three western colleries go slow tactics introduced recently have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Before Court
CESSNOCK.—Three hundred and thirty-four miners were charged at the Cessnock Court with absenting themselves from work at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortage of Coal in Melbourne Melbourne, July 30
The curtailment of gas supplies in Melbourne seemed inevitable if coal stocks went unchecked, said the general manager of the Metropolitan Gas Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Production Of Coal SYDNEY, August 1
A record coal production again this year was forecast by the president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Wells, in a…
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W. M. K. Pearce injured his left shoulder in a fall at the Zinc Corporation yesterday afternoon. After treatment at Dr. Funder's surgery he was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Mine Check Inspector's Report
The check inspector Mr. A. R. Campbell, visited the South mine yesterday and later reported: In company with Mr. A. Grieg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →300 Miners Idle at Port Kembla
SYDNEY.—The secretary of the Southern Coal Owners (Mr. McNally) has been informed that more than 300 miners at Port Kembla were idle today because of the death in Sydney of a former workmate, and that the men intend taking tomorrow off also for the funeral. The two days of…
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The only New South Wales coal mine on strike today was Pelton colliery in the north, where a safety issue has held up work for the past 28 days, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Standard Gauge Lines Linking Mines With N.S.W. Railway System
ASPUR railway line from the transhipping yards to the North mine will be completed in about a week's time. Plans are ready for a similar line from the yards to the Zinc Corporation, and construction is expected to start soon…
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H. Matson, timberman, was hit on the foot by a piece of timber just after commencing work on Monday day shift at the Zinc Corporation. An X-ray has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North Mine Check Inspector's Report
The check inspector, Mr. A. R. Campbell, visited Thompson's Section [?] the North Mine yesterday, and sub[?]quently reported:—…
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