Works for Production of Oil From Coal How Mr. Pickering Would Start Them. Suggestion From Kurri Kurri
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 6
Mr. W. O. Pickering, of Lang-street, Kurri Kurri, submits the following suggestion for the establishment of a plant for the production of oil from coal:-…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Southern Coal Mines Idle Sydney
Singleton Argus · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 2
All nines in the southern coalfields suspended work to-day, in order to allow an aggregate meeting at Wollongong, Bulli and Helensburgh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Accidents at Cessnock
Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 5
Crushed between a skip and a prop at Cessnock colliery to-day James Hodges, 18, of Maitland road, Cessnock. a Clipper, suffered a fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southern Mines Idle Sydney
Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 1
All mines in the southern coalfields suspended work to-day in order to permit the holding of aggregate meetings at Wollongong Bull, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GOLD — DRY Weather In Dairying Districts Weekly Review
Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 6
Prescoit Pty., Ltd., In a review of the dairy industry, report that in most centres the weather has been cold and dry, and that where there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Salute Injures Tendon Incident During Training Work-out. Melbourne
Singleton Argus · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 2
Whilst working quietly on the tan track on a Melbourne course this morning, Alan Cooper's £10,000 purchase, Gold Salute,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Against Coal Control Sydney
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 3
The miners’ Central Council decided to ask the Federal Labour Party to move for the disallowance of Coal Control Regulations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Accidents
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 3
Stanley Archbold, 18, pumper, residing at Kanowna Avenue, Cessnock, was jammed between a skip and prop at Elrington colliery to-day and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Buried in Lithgow Mine Heroic Work of Rescuers
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 3
Two miners are engulfed by a fall of hundreds of tons of coal and earth in the Renown Colliery, Cullen Bullen. The fall occurred at 1.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Valiant Efforts to Reach Entombed Miners Minister for Mines Visits Scene. SYDNEY
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 2
A large number of miners at the Renown Colliery, Cullen Bullen, are still digging in the hope of rescuing their entombed comrades, Noel Cameron and James Young, but there is only slight hope that they are alive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work at the Mines
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 1
The working time of the collieries on the South Maitland field during the fortnight ended on Saturday last was interrupted as a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Southern Miners Vote Against Stoppage
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 2
There was a majority for continuance of work at the aggregate meetings held in the Illawarra district yesterday on whether there should be a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Nelson Off Coal Commission
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 3
The miners' representative (Mr. C. Nelson) withdrew yesterday from the new Commonwealth Coal Commission. The Federal Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Vote Against Strike Wollongong
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 6
There was a majority for continuance of work, at the aggregate meetings held in the Illawarra district on whether there should be a general…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dangers of Loaders in Mines “Warnings Justified”
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 1
The general [?] Federation, Mr. G. W. S. Grant, declared that warning by the [?] for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Coast Mines Resume Work. Sydney
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 2
With the exception, of Old Bulli, all South Coast mines resumed to-day. It is expected the central council of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Men Entombed Buried By Fall Of Coal SYDNEY
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 1
A large number of miners at the Renown Colliery, at Cullen. Bul[?] are still digging in the hope of rescuing their interred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Salute to Miss W.F.A. Events Melbourne
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 7
Gold Salute is resting at Werribee, following his fall at Flemington yesterday. where he tripped and injured a tendon when working on the sand…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Scraper Loaders in Mines. "Warning of Dangers Justified." Federation Secretary's Comments. Sydney
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 2
The general secretary 0f the Miners federation, Mr. Grant, declared to-day that the warnings by the Minister for Mines, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Spirit From Oil Shale and Coal Speedy Action Imperative, Says Mr. Baddeley
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 5
Last week the Hon. J. M. Baddeley. Minister for Mine3, presided over a conference of technical officers of his department, which was attended also by the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →