Brown Coal Output 5,000 Tons a Week in Victoria
Melbourne, July 9.—Production of 5,000 tons of brown coal a week from the old open cut at Yallourn is the aim of the State Electricity Commission…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Medical Board For Coal Miners Legislation For Water To Coal Faces
Sydney, July 10.—Legislation making it compulsory for water to be taken by pressure to the coal fare in South Coast mines will be introduced as soon as…
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John Chilo, of 61 Argent Street, a miner, injured his back at the North Mine yesterday. He was admitted to Hospital…
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The check inspector visited the South mine yesterday and later reported: In company with Mr. J. Trebilcock (foreman) I visited the following places:…
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Sydney. July 10.—State Ministers will confer tomorrow with the Coal Commissioner, Mr. Williams, in an effort to secure a bigger allocation of coal for…
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London, July 10.— Gold bars and currency totalling £100,000 were discovered aboard the Dutch liner Klipfontein before she sailed lien Batavia, says the Rente…
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E. Robinson received a lacerated hand and a fractured right clavicle while working at the Zinc Corporation yesterday. He was admitted to Hospital…
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In the year ended June 30, North Broken Hill Ltd. treated 358,104 tons of ore of a head grade of 14.5 per cent. lead, 7.8 oz. silver, and 11.6 per cent. zinc…
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The North No. 2 team to play Saturday on No. 1 court in the inter-mine tennis competition is:—J. Corridini and H. Flannagan, K. James and G. Crowe…
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Canberra, July 11.—Coal subsidies paid by the Government since June, 1943, total £64,000, it was learned to-day. This sum was paid out in an…
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The check inspector visited the North Mine yesterday and later reported:— In company with Mr. H. Gowen (shift boss) I visited the following places:—…
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London, July 11.—Gold worth £1 million has been seized from black marketeers in France during the last six months…
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Sydney, July 11.—The total loss of coal on N.S.W. coalfields from strikes was seven hundred thousand tons, said the secretary of the Northern Colliery…
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[?] was taken [?] at the North Mine yesterday. He was later admitted to Hospital. J. Saliba strained his back last night…
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Sydney, July 12.—On mine. Henpurn, No. 2. was idle on the Northern coal fields today, but in the West, which has been almost free from…
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Mr. R. G. Whalan, who has been relieving Inspector of Mines here on a number of occasions, has now been apointed Senior…
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Canberra, July 12.—The Commonwealth Coal Bill, under which the Commonwealth will submit its longrange plan for the rehabilitation of…
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The commonwealth Government is taking on something big when it Intends to introduce legislation to cope with the coal industry and remove the causes of…
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At a meet held in the Trades Hall on Saturday morning it was reported that there were men catching the first has to the Central Mine who should wait for the…
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ADELAlDE.—How long gas supplies will be able to be maintained in Adelaide was still obscure this morning after…
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