Mine Worker Wins Title
LONDON. Oct. 17.— Twenty-three-year-old colliery worker, Billy Thompson, of Hickleton Main (Yorkshire) won the vacant…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Idle Mines on Maitland Field
CESSNOCK, Monday—Of the 10.000 tons lost in production on the Northern field to-day, idle mines on the South Maitland field…
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LONDON, Oct. 20.—Britain has sent another shipment of gold, worth £10,000,000 stg. to the United States…
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SYDNEY, Monday—Ten mines are idle in N.S.W. to-day and there will be a Coal loss of nearly 10,000 tons…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Norman Day, 18, of Aberdare-street, Kitchener, a wheeler, employed at Aberdare Central Colliery,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—After conferring with members of the Joint Coal Board, the Combined Mining Unions Council has decided to call aggregate meetings of coal miners on the N.S.W. fields at which miners’ leaders will stress the…
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Ballots for the election of representatives on the Northern Miners' Board, of Management and delegates to the Central Council will be conducted next…
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All mines are at work on the South Maitland coal-field to-day, which is in distinct contrast to the…
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Harold Baird, 17, of Harris Street, Cessnock a pit bottom hand employed at Ab[?]ndare Control colliery, st[?]red an injury to his right leg when struck…
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The miners' Northern President (Mr. W. Crook) has announced that small-scale production of coal…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) awarded mine rescue station…
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CESSNOCK. Thursday.—All mines are at work on the South Maitland field to-day. This is in distinct contrast to the manner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coalfields Youth Boxing Miners' Federation Trophy
The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation has donated a handsome trophy for competition in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Food for British Mine Widows (To the Editor)
Sir.—Your readers will remember, the deadful disaster which took place at Whitehaven, England, some months ago, when 104 miners lost their lives in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appeal for Continuity of Production By Miners' President
The President of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Idris Williams, who is also Vice-president of the Combined Mining Unions Council said yesterday after…
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The Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr F H Gallagher) yesterday awarded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Criticise Action of Enginemen “Not Fair Play” Says Board of Management
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday—“The action of F.E.D.F.A in continually throwing bur members idle, affecting thousands, while at the same time causing F.E.D.F.A, members to lose work, is not, in our opinion, fair play to our members.” This…
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Absenteeism on the South Maitland field was cut to a minimum to-day as a result of the miners' compliance with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Organised Disruption At Miners’ Meeting Leaders Refused Hearing
CESSNOCK, Thursday.—The Northern Vice-President of the Miners’ Federation, Mr. Henry Scanlon, and the General Secretary, Mr. G. Grant, were the victims of organised disruption when they attended an area meeting here last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labour Member Attacks Former Miners’ Leader Wells’ Candidature For A.L.P. Sponsored By Communists
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Saying be had been told [?] Wells was hoping to secure Labour endorsement for the [?] seat of Newcastle, Mr. J. Arthur (Lab., Hamilton) [?] in the Legislative Assembly that the candidature of [?]…
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