Coal Loss in N.s.w. To-day 26,000 Tons
SYDNEY.—Thirteen mines on the northern coalfields’ and also six open cut mines are Idle again to-day as the result of the…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
1,145 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 58
Coal Strike
No work has taken place at the open cut mine this week as a result of the dispute between the Union and the Government. It is…
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The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) has concluded the hearing of the claim by the Miners' Federation for three week's paid sick leave a…
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CESSNOCK, Friday— For the their day the whole of the mines in the Cessnock district have been idle following the decision…
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SYDNEY Thursday—All suitable gas [?] being reserved for gas compa[?] in Sydney and Melbourne [?] effort to [?]…
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The Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association on Wednesday threatened a State-wide coal strike unless the Government appointed a…
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Addressing Cessnock Council on Wednesday night, Mr. Carrington, Chief Welfare Officer of the Coal Board,…
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LITHGOW, Saturday. — Although no fresh, cave-Ins have been reported at East Lithgow where yesterday about-30 houses…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Although possible conditions of settlement of the FED and FA coal stoppage have not been revealed, there are now hopes that the threatened tic-up of all coal mues in N.S.W. will now be averted…
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CESSNOCK, Monday.—Loss in production on the Maitland field to-day amounts to 16,650 Urns. This is due to the idleness of the whole…
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SYDNEY. Monday.—Mr. J. D. N. Bawdier has resigned as manager, of the National Shale Oil mine at Glen Davis to accept the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lithgow Breathes Freely Again Belief That Mine Subsidence Danger Has Passed
Lithgow residents, particularly those in the Vale of Clwydd mine area, breathed freely a train to-day. Miners in the Vale of Clwydd mine and residents of Redgate Street, believe that the danger from subsidence in the mine has…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—In addition to the 13 collieries in the Cessnock district which are idle owing to the enginedrivers…
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"Wingham Chronicle": We understand that work will shortly be started on the Mummell River and that quite a number of men should be…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Hopes are held that the Cessnock coal dispute, involving members of the Federated Enginedrivera and…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—The coal owners’ refused to introduce power boring in coal mines until to[?]nage rates were lowered was described as a…
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Hopes are held that the Cessnock coal dispute, involving members of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Union, which has been…
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GRETA: Mr. C. W. Carrington, Welfare Officer of the Commonwealth Coal Board, met the Greta-Branxton amenities committee in…
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CESSNOCK, Wed.—It was announced to-day from Canberra that the Government had established a [?] which would deal with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Is Facing Another Power Crisis Gas, Electricity, Rail Authorities Have Only Slender Coal Reserves Cessnock Engine-Drivers Not Back At Work
The week's stoppage on the Cessnock field has so aggravated the chronic coal shortage that a crisis is rapidly approaching. Gas, power and rail authorities hold only slender reserves. "We are in a desperate plight for coal," the chairman,…
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