Three Coal Mines Idle Sydney. August 10
Including Pelton in the north, which has been idle for a month on a safety issue. three mines were idle on the New South Wales coalfields today…
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Mining & the mines, 1943
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Mine Accidents
A Tomich a miner at the North was treated by Dr. Hains yesterday for a cut elbow. later he was sent to his home at 23 Argent Street…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North Mine Check Inspector's Report
The check Inspector. Mr. A. R. Campbell, visited the North Mine yesterday and later reported: In company with Mr. H. Burt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Release Of Stockings Made From Coal Tar By-products Sydney. August 10
Manufactured from by-products of coal tar thousands of pairs of Nylon stockings will be made available in Australia within the next three months. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Mine Safety Regulations Criticised Sydney, August 11
Vesting in the State Minister for Mines power to direct owners or collieries to take certain action was a serious breach of the Coal Mines Regulation…
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H. J. Taylor, while loading a lorry at the South Mine yesterday strained his back. After treatment at Dr. Paning's surgery he was aken to his home at 11…
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The check Inspector's attention was drawn to the practice of men dusting clothes inside the change house at Thompson's Shaft change house, British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Production MELBOURNE. August 11
Referring to coal production in New South Wales, the Acting Minister for Labor. Mr. Holloway said today that the whole of the coal mines in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Alarming" Coal Position in Victoria
MELBOURNE.—Stocks of coal held by the Victorian Railways Department were described by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Hyland),…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Mines Idle SYDNEY. August 11
Five mines employing 970 men and with a daily production of 2,550 tons were idle in New South Wales today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Breaches Of Mining Act; Two Men Fined
The dangerous practice of boring in on of d bore holes in the mines was mentioned in the Police Court today when two miners were…
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H. J. Pellum, or 519 Williams Street, suffered burns to the face and arms when an oil feeder burst at the North Mine yesterday. He was treated by Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Worker Injured
When a stone came from the back while he was at work underground at the South mine today, J. White suffered a lacerated right wrist and…
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Two men were charged with a contravention of Acts guarding the safety of mine workers when they unlawfully bored a drill hole In a hole which had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Linking Mines with Standard Rail Gauge
THE new standard gauge spur line which has been laid from Crystal Street Station yards to the North mine will be open for traffic next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Act Amendments Those Who Can Fire Explosives
The attention of mine workers is drawn to the following Mines Act Regulation (amended): No boy shall be allowed to handle…
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SYDNEY.—The president of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. Scanlon) said last night that the Commonwealth's new coal control…
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When a stone came from the back while he was at work underground at the South Mine yesterday, J. Willie suffered a lacerated right wrist…
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The attention of mine workers is drawn to the following Mines Act Regulation (amended): No boy shall be allowed to handle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charges Against 20, Miners Adjourned Wollongong, August 14
Proceedings against the 120 miners employed at the Metropolitan Colliery, Helensburg, who were alleged to have absented themselves from work on…
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