Mine Accidents
G. E. Foster injured his left shoulder while working at the Zinc Corp. yesterday. Mr. Foster was taken home to 295 Kaolin Street…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Inter Mine Tennis
The following will be the Zinc No. 4 for Saturday: Burns, Riddiford, Brooks, Collins, Foggarty, Wayman, Reserves:…
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It has been anonunced by the [?]cal representative for Nobel's [?]at 1,000 cases of explosives [?]urchased by that firm for use…
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Minimum requirements of industrial and other black coal consumers in Victoria is 35,500 tons a week. Average weekly deliveries of N.S.W. coal have been…
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Melbourne, June 27.—Figures for absenteeism in the coal industry were "pretty bad" and coal miners had a 44 hour week, said the Acting…
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THROUGH the generosity of the Board of Directors of the South Mine, the South Broken Hill Boys' Club has benefited…
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Canberra, June 27—The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Menzies, today moved the adjournment of the House of Representatives to discuss "the state of emergency caused by the failure of the Government to ensure adequate supplies of coal for industry, transport and domestic use in…
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Broken Hill mines received relief yesterday and Tuesday with the arrival of 1,000 cases of explosives of surplus army stocks purchased from…
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R. T. Quintrell was taken from the North Mine to his home at 54 Harris Street after a sudden illness yesterday. R. Napier a Hebbard Street was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Pay Royalties
The question has been asked whether the mines pay royalties on the production of metals. They do pay royalties…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Shortage in New South Wales Further Rail Cuts Are Threatened
Sydney, June 28.—Unless coal consumption is immediately reduced the NSW Railways may be unable to maintain the existing reduced transport services. This is revealed in a report submitted to the Minister for Transport, Mr. O'Sullivan, by the NSW Railways Commissioner, Mr. Hartigan…
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A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of unionists affiliated with the B.I.C. at the Quadrangle yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution rejecting the offer of the mining companies and calling for a stop-work on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Stop Work on Dust Issue March Through Wollongong Today
Sydney, June 30.—The decision by the South Coast miners to atop work at 16 pits tomorrow will aggravate the serious coal shortage now causing power…
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Michael Corridini steained the muscles of his right hip and thigh while working at the North mine yesterday and was taken to the Hospital for treatment and…
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The check inspector visited the South mine yesterday and later reported: In company with Mr. J. Jenkins (stope foreman), I visited the following places:…
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BEGINNING from midnight tonight and continuing until midnight tomorrow night the stop-work decided on at the…
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Difficulties never anticipated have created industrial fear. In the balance, it would seem, are very valuable means of peace maintenance in the mining…
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SYDNEY.—The State Cabinet which is meeting today to examine the coal supply crisis has had their task complicated by the fact that in addition to three northern pits all South Coast mines are idle for the second consecutive day, bringing the production loss…
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Wollongong, July 1.—All the sixteen South Coast mines ware idle today with two thousand miners at a mass meeting here and the meeting decided to repeat the stoppage, tomorrow, bringing the total production loss for two days to eighteen thousand tons. The meeting was held to protest against the…
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W. P. Pascoe injured his back while working at the Zinc Corporation yesterday. Mr. Pascoe was taken to a surgery for treatment and then home to 428…
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