Protest by Bus Drivers Miners Doing Transport Work
Members of the Cessnock branch of the Motor Omnibus Employees' Association protested to Kearsley…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Rich Scheelite Mine
ARMIDALE, Sat. — Hillgrove, 20 miles from Armidale, in the hay dey one of Australia’s richest gold-producing centres, is far…
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CESSNOCK, Monday. — Alan Orr, 26, of Aberdare Road, Aberdare, a wheeler employed at Bellbird colliery, had the fourth…
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CESSNOCK, Monday.— The maximum production would have been reached on the Maitland field to-day but for the idleness…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— Three mines were idle in the north, one in the south and one in the west to-day…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — George Pepper (57), mine deputy, employ, at Excelsior Colliery, Thirroul, collapsed and died when…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. — Joseph Edward Dryden, 58, of Perks - street, Wallsend, was killed instantly by a fall of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agitation for State Coal Mine at Greta
Greta Progress Association asked Maitland City Council last night to co-operate in representations to have a State coalmine opened in the Greta district and pointed out the advantages which ; would accrue to the district if this course…
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CESSNOCK, Wed.— There are two idle raines on the coalfields to-day; Peiton and Neath with a resultant loss in production of 1000 tons…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — On behalf of the Joint Coal Board the Commonwealth Employment Service will shortly carry out a comprehensive survey of the manpower position on the three major New South Wales coalfields…
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JERUSALEM, July 17. — It was officially announced that two civilians were arrested after a mine exploded under a road bridge near Petzch Tikvah. The explosion killed one British soldier and injured…
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LONDON, July 18.—During a debate in the House of Commons on coal production, Mr. R.S. Hudson (Gons.) declared that the…
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Commenting on the Joint Coal Board's grant of £22.000 to the Kearsley Council for the Kurri-Weston baths,…
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Mr. Gallagher, Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board, in a reserved decision, has awarded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Survey of Labor Position New South Wales Coalfields. Coal Board Orders Check
The Joint Coal Board, as a result of the drift of manpower from the coal industry, has arranged for a…
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SYDNEY. Saturday.—Although there had been so far no official comment from colliery, owners spokesmen, the Miners’ Federation has welcomed the Coal Board’s order that all coal mines in N.S.W. must he equipped with power boring…
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NEW YORK, July 20.—Known as the greatest bargain horse at the track. Stymie, bought for £470 in 1943, won the £32,250…
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LONDON, July 21— Decisions on the [?] level will needed to ease the [?] that has [?] over control of the Rub sec[?] to the Observer’s” diplomacy correspondent…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—Maitland Main and Elrington collieries are idle to-day on the Maitland field. The loss in…
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At the examination for certificates of competency as manager and under manager, held under the provisions of the Coal Mines…
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