Coal Loss
Sydney, April 10.—Today's Joss of coil due to idleness of it pits was about 8,5O0 tons. The loss on Friday was 6,000 tons…
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Mining & the mines, 1945
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Losses At Govt. Owned Colliery
SYDNEY.—The president of the southern district of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Fred Lowden) admitted at the Coal Inquiry today that the…
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The check inspector Mr. W. Connell visited the North Mine yesterday and later reported: In company with Mr. A. leather…
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Sydney, April 16.—The President of the Southern District of the Miners Federation. Mr. Fred Lowden, told the inquiry today that of the trouble…
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W. E. Ford Strained the muscles of his back at the Zinc Corporation yesterday, After attention he was conveyed to his home at 394 Oxide Street…
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H. G. Johns was taken ill at the South Mine yesterday, and after examination at the Hospital was conveyed to his home at 341 Mica. Street…
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SYDNEY. —It was learned yesterday that fines totalling nearly £1500 imposed on over 500 coal miners in N.S.W. have been waived. The…
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Harry Delbridge, miner of 428 Lane Street, sustained an injury to the right little finger which was caught in ma[?]inery at the North Mine yesterday…
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Sydney, April 19.—At the Commonwealth Coal Inquiry today Mr. Justice Davidson said that there seemed to be come balance in favor of prosecutions and…
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M. Carcich was taken ill at the Zinc Corporation yesterday morning and was conveyed to his home at 75 Garnet Street…
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Sydney, April 20.—When methane ga[?] exploded at Balmain Colliery, Buchgrove, this morning, three men were blown to pieces and two others injured. A lighted…
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Mr. W. O'Connell, check inspector, visited the North mine yesterday and later reported: In company with Mr. R. Cocks…
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CESSNOCK.—Young mine workers who had grown up in the coal industry with the idea that to strike was the only method of settling industrial…
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F. Lawn got a foreign body in the eat at the Zinc Corporation yesterday evening. After treatment he was taken to his home at 70 Buck Street…
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Sydney, April 23.—The order given by the Coal commissioner. Mr. Mighell, that all mines should work on Anzac Day defied by some miners on each of the…
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A FTER having served 41 years at the North Mine, Mr. J. J. (Jack) Johnson, has retired at the age of 77. He left Broken Hill on…
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CONFERENCE between the Mining Managers'. Association and the Barrier Industrial Council took place this afternoon at the rooms of the Mining Managers' Association. The conference was called to discuss an interpretation…
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R. J. Hobba, an employee of the North Mine, suffered a lacerated left wrist at work last night. He was treated at the Hospital and taken home to 208 Oxide…
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At the South mine yesterday, Mr. John Hicks, severely lacerated his back while working and was attended to at the Hospital. Mr. Hicks resides at 189…
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Sydney, Opril 26.—Coal production in New South Wales for the first quarter of 1945 shows an Improvement over the previous year but it is less than in 1943…
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