Accidents in Mines
CESSNOCK, Friday.—William Lewis, 50, or Harris-street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, received…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Miners and Agreement with Deputies
The President of the Northern Miners' Board of Management (Mr. Crook) said that, as a result of a conference held in Sydney, it was…
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The Local Coa. Authority (Mr. J. Connell), the northern president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Crook) and the Newcastle district industrial…
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The Chief Secretary. Mr. Baddeley, will discuss with the Prime Minister Mr Chifley in Canberra on Monday the unrest…
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LONDON March 30.—Since V. Day 41 ships have been sunk and 31 i damaged by mines in. European waters including. 21…
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WASHINGTON March. 30.—. The National Coal Association announced, there was no prospect of agreement in ;time to avert…
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CESSNOCK: In a report to a meeting of the Cessnock branch of the ALP, the Mayor of Cessnock (Ald. J. Brown) disclosed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners’ Leaders Speak Bluntly at Canberra Conference With Ministers On Coal Problems
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The general president (Mr. H. Wells) and general secretary (Mr. G. W. S, Grant) of Miners’ Federation were outspoken during a four-bour conference yesterday, between Federal and State Cabinet…
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At a meeting on Monday, the President (Mr. Laing), after three years as President of Kurri Miners' Pensioners, resigned, as he was leaving…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday—Officers of the Miners’ Federation who yesterday conferred with Federal and State Government…
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AFTER MANY YEARS of propaganda, approaches to governments, and Preparation of Plans for plants For oil from…
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HERFORD (GERMANY). April 2.—German coal production in the british zone last week showed a fall of 150,000 tons…
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Two miners were Injured in a fall of coal at Richmond Main colliery yesterday. They were George Bain, 48, of Weston, who…
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Recent decisions which miners' leaders said threatened to cause a general strike in N.S.W. and. Queensland, are to be referred to the Commonwealth…
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After years of application for the Government of Australia to install plants for the extraction of oil from coal, it…
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Support for any project to produce oil from coal was expressed by Mr. James, M.H.R., and the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation…
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CESSNOCK Friday —Elrington colliery resumed work to-day There are no new disputes but Maitland Main Millfield and…
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BROKEN HILL, Sat. — Two men were killed at the 1850 feet level of the North mine,, when they were trapped by a fall of…
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When a compulsory conference of mine owners and miners began before the Central Coal Authority to-day, the chairman (Mr A, C. Willis) said that it had been convened on the distinct understanding that no strike was to…
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CESSNOCK, Monday. —Elrington Colliery is idle because of the death, of one of the members of the Lodge Edward Little who…
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