Mine Accidents
A Shaw (North Mine) suffered a lacerated left leg. After treatment he was allowed to go to his home at 592 McGowan Street…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
807 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 41
Do We Know Where We Are Going? That steel you need is down the coal mine
STRUCTURAL steel, at £18 a ton delivered in all the capital ports of Australia, is still tantalisingly cheap — tantalisingly because it is so hard to get, and hard to get chiefly because of the shortage of coal to produce it at capacity volume…
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Charles Webster Burns (45), miner at the Zinc Corporation, was killed in an underground accident about 11 a.m. today. It is believed death was instantaneous…
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Newcastle.—The body of James Hardie, about 50, mine deputy, was found near an underground railway coke haulage line at Burwood…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One-day Stoppages Off—if... Central Council's Plan to Remove Dispute Issues Approved Approach by All Parties for New Coal Award General Sympathy for Claims of Miners
Sydney, February 13.—The Central Council of the Miners Federation in Sydney this afternoon decided to ask all parties to Thursday's coal conference to join in approaching the Coal…
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SUBLIME impudence characterises the offer of the coal miners' central executive ostensibly to call…
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Zinc Corporation employees taken name yesterday included J. Brady, 64 Cobalt Street, foreign body in left eye, L. Helbend, 325 O'Farrell Street, illness…
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Broken Hill South mine output for the six weeks ended, Fberuary 10. was as follows:— Crude ore treated: 19760 tons…
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Sydney.—Talks on the coal dispute, railed by the Joint Coal Board, failed to settle anything today. Prospects hinge on a…
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Sir,—"Wombat's" distortions of my letter, and his feeble attempt at scorn and sarcasm, call for some comment in the first place, I did not state that…
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Sydney.—Coalowners boycotted the Coal Conference in Sydney today and dashed all hopes of an early settlement of the miners' dispute. Refusal of the coal owners to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prospects Not Hopeful for Settlement Today Opinion Expressed By Observers At Yesterday's A.C.T.U.—- Federation Talks Miners Will Not Break Down Demands At All
Sydney, February 14.—Settlement of the coal crisis depended upon the spirit prevailing at tomorrow's conference, general president of the Miners Federation (Mr. I. Williams) said tonight…
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F. A. Thomas ([?] Section, South Mine) was taken to the Hospital and X-rayed for illness. A. R. Keddy (C.P.S.) received…
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The Check Inspector, Mr. W. [?] O'Neil, visited the North Mine yesterday and later reported: In company with Mr. J. Burford…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Conference Breaks Down Owners Refuse to Appear Until Miners Return to Work Actu—central Council Talks May Find Solution
Sydney, February 15.—The resumed conference on the coal crisis collapsed today when the N.S.W. mineowners refused to attend. The conference, called on Monday to find a…
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Canberra.—Absence of representatives of the mineowners from yesterday's conference on the coal dispute had made a regrettable complication said the Federal Ministes for Labor (Mr. Holt) today…
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L. Hill (Hutcherson Bros.) was treated by a doctor yesterday and then taken home to 186 Ryan Street. He had a lacerated scalp…
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Sydney.—The Premier of Victoria (Mr. J. McDonald) will make an urgent appeal to the Joint Coal Board for more coal…
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To further assist its employees to buy or build homes, North Broken Hill Limited has gareed to make an additional £200,000 available over a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Smuggling Attempt 300lb. Seized By U.S. Officials
New York, February 16.—Customs officials seized 300lb. of gold during an attempt to smuggle it aboard the liner Queen. Elizabeth yesterday. Worth…
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