Coal Commissioner Takes Over Coalcliff Colliery
Acting under powers conferred by the Coal Production Act, the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell)…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
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Idle Coal Mines Industry Affected
If the Southern coal strike is not ended within the next fortnight hundreds of industries may have to close down in Sydney, and thousands, of…
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SYDNEY Friday—In Sydney to-day, Mr. R. P. Jack production manager to the Coal Commissioner, who has been selected…
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In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Curtin (Prime Minister) said the Government's action over the Coalcliffe mine…
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on Wednesday the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said: "If the miners want some other man to be head of the Government, that would not prevent me from standing aside to permit more coal to be produced."…
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As a result of meetings held throughout the South Wales coalfield to discuss strike settlement proposals, it was decided by many…
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Acting under powers conferred by the Goal Production (Wartime) Act, the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr…
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CESSNOCK Friday—The secretary of Abermain No. 2 Miners Lodge (Mr. F. H. Jones) spoke in praise of the management in…
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The Chief Secretary has advised the Municipal Council that the permission granted in October, 1941, for the use of wax matches in the Muswellbrook…
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SYDNEY Friday.—It, is expected that hundreds of men in the Port Kembla. area will he out of employment in heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Fatality. Mr. Patrick Casey Killed
Patrick Casey, an employee at the Muswellbrook Colliery, was killed under a set of coal in the dip section of the mine shortly…
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LONDON March 9— The Wish coal strike expended to Scotland to-day when about 7000 miners in nine pits…
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âI am satisfied that there was no negligence and that every reasonable precaution was taken.â said the deputy-Coroner for…
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CANBERRA Friday— In the House of Representatives to-day the Prime Minister (Mr, Curtin) said the Government’s, actions…
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Wales is now in the grip of the most calamitous miners' strike since 1926. The coal owners' spokesman put the number of…
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In the House of Representatives to-day the Prime Minister said the Government's action over Coalclilf mine was not capitulation to the Miners'…
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MUSWELLBROOK Sat—Patrick Casey, mine employee was killed under a set of [?] in a dip section of the Muswellbrook colliery…
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SYDNEY SATURDAY —At as meeting held at Wollongong official of the southern to adopt the instruction decided to adopt the instruction…
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SYDNEY Sat.—Work In South Coast mine will be re-arranged so that it [?] proceed without those miners who were called up…
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CESSNOCK Sat. — Officially opining the Cessnock show this afternoon, the Federal Attorney-General, Dr Evatt, made a…
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