Colliery Accidents
Harold Davies, 38, Rawson Street, Cessnook, a loader hand employed at Abermain No. 2 colliery, was caught between a prop and a skip yesterday…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Miners Favour Extra Shift
NEWCASTLE, Friday.— Yarly returns by Northern [?] showed that there was a substantial majority in favour of back Saturday…
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CESSNOCK. Friday. — With only one mine idle to-day the coal output on the South Maitland field is still being maintained at a high level…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Mine Strike Branded As “Sheer Anarchy”
LONDON, August 29.—At least ten pits in South Yorkshire coalfields were either totally or partially closed last night by an un official strike by 13,000 miners, in sympathy with the strike of over 200 men at Grime thorpe colliery. The stoppages have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Increased Coal Prices Blow to United Kingdom Trading
The National Coal Board's decision to increase the price of coal fry 4/- a ton would handicap Britain's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Back Saturday Mine Shift
SYDNEY, Sat. —South Coast miners will work their first back Saturday shift on September 6, and Northern…
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LONDON, August 30. — More than 20,000 Yorkshire miners are now estimated to be on strike, including a further 6000 who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Powers of the Coal Board
SYDNEY, Sat.—The Joint Coal Board, has issued an order that no NSW coalmine Should be opened or closed without its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day’s Leader Proportional Representation. Fiver Collieries Idle To-Day
NEWCASTLE: Five mines were idle on the northern coalfields to-day and there was a production loss of 5700 tons of…
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It is stated that two miners on the Collie field have put up a production record…
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At least 29 mines worked full time on the Northern fields during the fort-night. Details:—Caldare, Caledonian, Pacific, Pelton…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. —When nine northern mines did not work to-day there was a production loss of 9100 tons of coal. Five mines…
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A conference of officials of miners' lodges in the Cessnock district is to be sought to discuss, the…
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LONDON, September 2.—Following a debate in which Mr. Andrew Naismith of the weavers’ Union, bluntly stated that there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Position at Bellbird Colliery Men Debarred From Record
Bellbird miners have worked for a long period without a stoppage, and at the pit top, the number of…
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LONDON, Sept I.—Dr Thomas David Jones, Professor of Mining at Cardiff University College who visited Australia early this…
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SYDNEY, Tues. — Eleven coal mines were idle on NSW coalfields to-day and production loss will, it is estimated,…
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LONDON, Sept. 8.—Twenty-nine Yorkshire collieries are now wholly or partially on strike— more than a fifth of the mines in…
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CESSNOCK, Wed.—The assistant secretary of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. J. G. Murphy) advised Kearsley Shire Council that the form of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →3600 Tons Of Coal Lost To-day
CESSNOCK, Wed—Loss in production on the Maitland field today amounts to 3600 tons. The idle collieries are, Bellbird,…
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