40-Hour Week for Miners
BROKEN HILL Monday. — A mass meeting of more than 2000 unionists accepted the mining companies latest offer of a new…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Dust Menace in Mines More Extensive Research
CANBERRA, Monday. — Hints that the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research may soon undertake more extensive…
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CESSNOCK Monday—The loss of coal production on Maitland field to-day was the heaviest for some time, amounting to…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.) July 8. — The New Zealand coal mines have pledged themselves to step up production and to eliminate…
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With 13 mines idle on N. S. Wales coalfields, to-day's production loss of 16.900 tons is the severest for any one day this year. Meanwhile, the Minister for Transport (Mr…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—With 13 mines idle on the NSW coalfields, production loss of 16,900 is the heaviest for any one day this year. In the meanwhile, the Minister for Transport (Mr…
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BRANXTON: The firm of R W. Miller and Company, proprietors of Ayrfield No. 3 mine, on the Rothbury Estate, has purchased…
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CESSNOCK Tuesday—While the Ioss In production on the Maitland field to-day is not as great as It was yesterday, it is…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Gold production of New South Wales for four months of 1946 continued to show a decline…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Co. Shares at £1/0/3
A pared of Coal Company's £1 shares sold at auction on Saturday last realised £1/0/3 each…
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While the Queensland coal strike continued miners' claims for extra annual leave and sick leave would not be dealt with…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—There was a fresh subsidence during the night over the old workings of Cessnock No. 2 colliery. It was not noticed until early this morning, when efforts were made to blow in a crater with earth, but before…
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SYDNEY Wednesday with 12 mines idle on the N.S.W [?] to-day for production loss of 11,500 tons, there is every prospect that the present week may be the worst experienced this year from a pro Junction viewpoint. Since Monday the loss of coal through [?] totals nearly 40,000 loans…
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SYDNEY Wed Leaders of the Minera [?] are meeting the premier (Mr. Mckell) in Sydney to-day to discuss…
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CESSNOCK, Wednesday—The [?] of fire which occured Yesterday in the old workings of cressnock No 2. [?] has been…
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CESSNOCK Wed.—The loss in production on the Maitland field was against heavy to-day due to the idlenes of four large…
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With 12 mines idle on the New South Wales coalfields to-day for a production loss of 11,500 tons, there is every prospect that the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday Although officals of the Australian Railways Unions were doing their best to [?] the men there was a [?] that N.S.W [?] night [?] the [?] of coal except for the railways and other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. McKELL Appeals for More Coal Mr. Grant Believes Miners Will Respond
SYDNEY, Thursday.— The general secretary of the Miners’ Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) expressed the belief that most miners would support the appeal by the N.S.W. Premier (Mr. McKell) for increased coal production…
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[?]NOOK. Thursday.—The Abermain Extended and Richmond. Main coller[?] resumed work this morning Hebburn No…
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