Collected His Gold Pass
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The new Liberal Party member for Drummoyne, Mr. B. C. Dewley, who last week was fined tor tax evasion,…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Two New Mining Disputes
CESSNOCK Tuesday.— The production loss on the Maitland held to-day is below 8000 tons, and the incidents Abermala No:…
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CESSNOCK, Wed.—The out pat on the Maitland field to-day will be considerably reduced by the idleness of five large…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.âSpeeding down an incline, loaded runaway stops crashed into an underground transport vehicle at Lambton B. Colliery yesterday afternoon, injuring six mineworkers, two of whom were admitted to hospital in a…
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LONDON, May 29. — Britain’s holding of gold and United States dollars increased during 1946 to about 3650,000,000 sterling, or about double the total of the undrawn portions of the United States and Canadian loans, says…
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The Miners' Federation is prepared to resist with all its industrial strength any attempt to reduce the contract rate because of he introduction of power…
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CESSNOCK, Friday.—There were no fresh disputes on the Maitland field today, but Abermain No. 1 and Hebburn, No. 2…
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The Coal industry Tribunal yesterday granted miners, three weeks paid holiday a year, subject to conditions bout regular work…
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The Railways Department will cut week-end steam passenger services drastically from June 6, unless it gets more coal…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Subject to coal stocks being satisfactory in December, coal miners with a record of continuous work will be granted 15 days annual holiday instead of ten. This decision was made yesterday by the Coal Industry…
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CESSNOCK, Monday.— Most mines are at work on the Maitland field to-day. The only exceptions are Abermain No. 1, where there is…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—Five mines in the south, four northern mines and three, northern open cut projects are idle to-day. The…
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CESSNOCK: Thomas Tatters all, 55, Prince-street, Bellbird, a shift man at Bellbird colliery, was caught by coal which came away from the…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—The south Maitland coalfield today was almost free of mistrial trouble the output being the…
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NEWCASTLE: Struck by a fall of coal in Stockton Borehole mine, George McNair, 52, of Speers Point, suffered a severs…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A misunderstanding over the policy of the Southern Miners’ Federation district executive relating to…
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CESSNOCK, Wed.—Raymond Lumby, of Sweetman’s Creek, had a narrow escape from serious injury last night when a…
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CESSNOCK, Wednesday.— IN addition to Abermain No. 1 Colliery, which has been idle for 11 weeks over an inter-union…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, after discussion with the Minister for Transport, Mr. O’Sullivan, M.L.A., stated that, in convenience of deterioration in the Department’s coal stocks,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Athletic Championship
Cessnock Combined Trades Unions’ sports committee is holding an athletic carnival at Cessnock Sports Ground on King’s…
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