Coal Board Welfare Officer
SYDNEY, Wed.—The assistant secretary of the Western Miners’ Federation, Mr. W. A. Gregory, has been appointed welfare officer and…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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High Speed Check on U.s. Mines’ Safety
WASHINGTON, April 9.—Soft coal production, it is unofficially estimated, had returned to about 78 per cent of normal last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Warns U.S. Miners Men Go Back In Defiance of Leaders
According to the U.S. Department of Interior, 66,000 members of the United Mine Workers' Association, many of them in…
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SINGLETON, Thursday.—At the Mining Warden’s Court yesterday, before Mr. V. Lanier, mining authorities were granted permission to…
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CESSNOCK, Friday.—There [?] disputes on the Maitland held to-day. Stanford Main [?] and Pelton collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Authority to Enter to Look for Coal Prospecting for Open Cut Mining Possibilities
Mining Warden V. Lawler, in the local Court House on Wednesday afternoon, granted authority to William Turner Rix to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Subsidy Now Available for "Dusted" Miners
"Dusted" miners who have exhausted their £1,000 compensation limit can now apply for a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Weekly Wages for Miners Decision Likely Next Week
SYDNEY, Friday.—The chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. Gallagher, is expected to announce next week his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Mine Disaster in America Nine of 18 Men Killed
WASHINGTON, April 11. — America’s second coal mine disaster within a month occurred of Exeter, Pennsylvania, yesterday when a gas explosion on an anthracite mine, 350 feet underground, killed nine of the 18 men in the pit at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Abermain No. 1 DISPUTE Move To Tie-up South Maitland Mines
A move will be made next Wednesday for a general mine stoppage on the South Maitland field…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. May's Reply To Mining Student. (To the Editor)
Sir,—In reply to "Mining Student", with practical knowledge, and "Mineworker", I would state that Professor Jones has stated that good ventilation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helicopter Mining Survey
NEW YORK—(Assoc Press).— Helicopters carrying the flying magnetic prospecting devices used by the Admiral Richard Byrd-United…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Posts in Three Districts
SYDNEY: The Joint Coal Board has advised the Miners’ Federation of a number of appointments made in the three New South Wales coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Colliery Disputes
CESSNOCK, Monday.— Two new industrial disputes occurred on the Maitland field to-day— one at Pelton and he other at Neath. At Pelton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fluorescent Lighting In British Mines
LONDON, April 14.—Fluorescent lights will be installed in British coal mines, says the “Daily Express.” British miners will then be the first in the world to work in artificial daylight…
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LONDON, April 14.—The British steamer Viceroy (824 tons) hit a mine and sank off the Dutch coast. Eight British seamen, including the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supplies of German Coal to France
MOSCOW, April 14.—It is revealed authoritatively that the Foreign Ministers negotiated an agreement for allotments of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Breach of Coal Mines Regulations Nominal Fine
Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson son, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court this morning. Carl Arnold Bales was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threat Of Mine Hold-Up
SYDNEY, Tuesday—All Northern N.S.W. mines will be idle tomorrow unless to-day produces a settlement of the dispute at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Outmoded Methods in Modern Mine
CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—Carl Arnold Bales, [?] shotfirs[?] was charged at the Cessnock Police today by the manager of Abermain No. 2…
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