Northern Miners' Management Board
The Miners' Northern Board of Management has adopted a notice of motion from Elrington lodge to seek an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1944
1,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 69
Aberdare Central Colliery. Prospects of Early Re-opening
In cages and aviaries at the Mines Rescue Station at Abermain there are a number of canaries bursting with song…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Breaking Seals at Aberdare Central Mine
CESSNOCK Friday - The seals of Aberdare Central Colliery, which was closed down nearly 12 months ago, will be broken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Appeals for Increased Coal Production
ON SUNDAY MORNING. the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) and Mr. Collindridge, M.P., will appeal to miners for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only Three Days’ Supply of Coal
SYDNEY, Friday.—Only three days’ supply of coal were on hand, said the chairman of directors of the Australian Gas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Open Cut Miners Must Be Federation Men
The miners' Northern board of management yesterday decided to insist that employees engaged on any form of open-cut mining for coal must be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What Future for the Miners? (To the Editor)
Sir,—My Party, the Communist Party, says that after the war there must be Nationalisation of all mines, all wage-earners in the industry must be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pension Rates For Miners
NEWCASTLE Saturday.— The Registrar of the Mineworkers Pensions Tribunal, Mr. J.B. Simpson, has advised the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lodge Wants Mine Taken Over
CESSNOCK, Sat,—A petition signed by 450 members of Aberdare Miners’ Lodge, will, with the approval of the Central and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Forde’s Appeal to Miners
CANBERRA, Sat. — The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Forde, stated that coal rationing would have to be imposed unless coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proto Men Descend Cessnock Colliery Intense Excitement At The Pit Top
CESSNOCK’ Saturday—The most elaborate precautions were taken preparatory to the descent to-day of proto men 1200 feet beneath the surface to make the preliminary investigations into into damage, done at Aberdare Central colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Production New Appeal To Miners
The belief that coal production would be increased in the coming months to keep pace with the slepped-up tempo of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Forde's Appeal to Northern Miners "Pacific Offensive Must Hove Coal"!
CESSNOCK Monday—Making en appeal for more coal needed for Australia's full war effort the Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Forde, said the answer to the problems of mounting a much greater offensive in the Pacific was in the hands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disputes At South Maitland Mines
CESSNOCK, Monday. — Abermain No. 1 and Hebburn No. 1 idle on the Maitland field today. The dispute at Abermain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shrewd Allied Move Mines in Danube Block Traffic
One of the shrewdest Allied moves to disrupt enemy communications in the Balkans is the dropping! of mines in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Coal Crisis Warning by Acting Prime Minister
The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) says that, unless northern miners increase coal production in the near future, gas and electricity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Accident
ROY BROADBENT, aged 25, of Northcote Avenue. Paxton a wheeler at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, suffered injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured at the Collieries
CESSNOCK Tuesday— Roy Broadbent, 26, of Paxton, a wheeler, employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, had his right…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Coal
The discovery of coal in Australia which led indirectly to finding one of the worlds largest coalfields, was made by some fishermen in 1796, who found…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mines Idle Yesterday
Hebburn No. 1 colliery was idle yesterday owing to a dispute over the cavil. It was decided to resume work to-day satisfactory to resumption…
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