Miner Injured By Fall Of Coal
Whilst working at Kent colliery, this afternoon, Albert L. Hind marsh, 83, of Woodberry, Road Beresfield a miner was struck…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Youth Training in Coal Industry Attractive Offer
The scheme of training youths for The scheme of training youths for the coal industry, sponsored by the Coal Board, will cost £12,000 a rear…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →P.M.'s Quest for More Beer for Miners
In the House of Representatives this week, Mr. R. James, said the coal-miners who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1000 Londoners Volunteer for the Mines Scheme to Take 30,000 Foreign Recruits Into Pits
A thousand men have volunteered to work in Britain's coalmines as a result of a recent recruiting drive in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Partly Burned By Coal
LITHGOW, Saturday.— Partially burled by a fall of coal at Hartley Main colliery, L. Morris miner of Doctor’s Gap. was admitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain’s Export of Coal
LONDON, Dec. 8.—The Minister for Fuel Mr. Gaitskell, announced yesterday last Britain hoped to export 10,000,000 more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scholarships in Mining by Coal Board
The Joint Coal Board has decided to award 12 scholarships in the coal mining engineering course which will commence at the Technical College…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Work at the Collieries
Thirty mines—the highest for many months—worked the full time of 11 days m the past fortnight on Northern fields. Two pits…
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Andrew Duncan and Jack Murray were each fined 10/- with £2/10/- costs by Mr. W. K. Earis S.M. at Cessnock Court of Petty Sessions this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Holiday Pay for Miners
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Holiday pay, including the five additional holidays, will be paid by northern collieries on December…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welsh Coal For Tasmania
LONDON, Dec 9.—A cargo of 4000 tone of Welsh anthracite coal is being loaded at Swansea for Hobert (Tasmania), where,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open Cut Mines Unable To Work
CESSNOCK, Tuesday,—The South Maitland coalfield is entirely free of industrial disputes to-day. However, the loss In the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Annual Holidays Plan To Be Considered
Miners' holidays next year will accrue at the rate of one day for every 15 shifts worked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Holds Up Production Open Cut Mines Idle
The South Maitland coalfield is entirely free from Industrial disputes to-day. The only idle colliery is Stanford…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Can Make Gold In Atom Plant—But It Is Costly
Atomic erfergy can fulfill the dreams of medieval alchemists— turn base metal into gold. But there's a catch to it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Man Visits America The Industry As He Saw It
For two months of this year two well-known mining men spent a busy time examining the trends of the coalmining industry in the United States. Some of the time was taken up, in travelling, but with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federation Claims Right to Work Blair Athol Coal “Company Trying To Make Trouble”
SYDNEY, Tuesday. —. Any attempt to employ member of the A.W.U. at Blair Athol open-cut coal mine would by strongly resisted by the Miners’ Federation, the General Secretary of the Federation, Mr. G. W. S. Grant, said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Seats For Miners’ Holidays
SYDNEY, Wed.—The Minister for Transport (Mr. O’Sulllvan) said that It any application was made for special, tra[?] seats for miners’…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loss of 7700 Tons of Coal
CESSNOCK, Wed. —For various reasons, none of which has an industrial basis, there is a loss of 7700 the South Maitland field…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery’ Staff Claims
SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr. P. H. Gallagher) reserved his decision on a claim…
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