Busy Day At The Collieries
CESSNOCK, Thurs.—All mines on the Maitland field are at work to-day, with one exception, Hebburn, No. 2 is idle as a protest…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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One Mine Idle at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, Thurs.—Stockington No. 2 colliery with an output of 800 tons of coal is the only idle mine on the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Restoring Confidence in Gold Shares
LONDON, Oct. 30.—In an effort to restore investors confidence in South African gold shares, the mining finance kings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured at Colliery
Eric Galvin, 44, of Thornton, a miner at Bloomfield Main colliery, suffered injuries to his back and abrasions, with shock, when he was…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Three men were injured at Burwood colliery when an underground locomotive on which they…
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SYDNEY, Friday.— At the examination for mine Electricians, held under the provisions of the Coal Mines Regulation Act,…
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The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said that a decision on what subsidy would be continued to be paid to the…
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The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. H. Gallagher has reserved his decision on the application by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →COAL 5/. a Ton Dearer From Next Monday Incentive To Increase Output and Efficiency
SYDNEY, Friday. — Commenting on the announcement that New South Wales coal would be an average of 5 a ton dearer from next Monday, miners’ leaders said the Joint Coal Board should have undertaken stabilisation of the…
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LONDON (Associates Press[?] The British labour Government refuses to nationalise the 200 ton[?] a week Bakestonedale Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goal Board Awards Engineering Scholarships Preference To Be Given To Miners’ Sons
SYDNEY, Saturday.—With a view to raising “the general level of technical efficiency in the industry,” the Joint Coal Board will award 12 scholarships in the coalmining engineering course, which will commence at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Coal As Good As Gold”
LONDON, Nov. 3.— “Coal is as good as gold to-day,” declared the Minister for Economic Affairs (Sir Stafford Cripps) in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Idle Mines At Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Three of the eight Idle or partly idle mines on the Northern fields to-day are on the Newcastle fields…
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BERLIN, November 3. — Acceding to the United States Military Government newspaper, “Neone Zeitung,” 80 workers were killed when a mine shaft at the Erzgebirge uranium works at Aue in the Soviet Zone of Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Collieries Idle
CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Hebburn No. 2, Maitland Main, Abermain No. 1, and Neath collieries are idle on the Maitland field…
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Alan Rorke, 19, of Aberdare a labourer, employed at Aberdare colliery, received injuries to his head to-day when he was jammed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deterioration of Coal
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The State Government has refused a request by the Sydney County Council to investigate the deterioration in the…
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There are four mines idle on the South Maitland field to-day with an aggregate loss in production of 3,200 tons…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Developments later to-day will determine whether a State-wide coal strike will be called from to-morrow…
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The undermanager of Abermain No. 1 and Abermain No. 3 collieries. George Francis Lord, 51, was found…
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