Coal Board Grant for Town Amenities
MUSWELLBROOK, Thurs: In a discussion at the Muswellbrook Municipal Council meeting, several aldermen stated that they…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Coal Board Stiffens Attitude on Strikes Will Outlaw Pit-Top Meetings
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Alleging that there had been a change in the attitude of the Miners’ Federation towards stoppages, the Joint Coal Board last night announced a two-point plan to end trivial stoppages…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Accident
William White, of Congewai Street, Aberdare, received extensive lacerati[?] to the third and fourth fingers of his right hand wh[?]…
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT by the Joint Coal Board that it proposed to set up mine conciliation committees where employees give lodge officers the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Pensions Increased
New South Wales Cabinet has approved a bill to increase mine workers' pensions by 7/6 a week. The Minister for Mines (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Mining May Be Developed At Broke Application Before Warden for Authority to Enter
There is a possibility that coal mining may be developed at Broke and at Warkworth, and if prospecting proves satisfactory there could be open cut mining, which is the speediest method of winning coaL…
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There was a dramatic incident in the U.S. coal strike when Mr Joe Avery, owner of a nonunion mine at Tuscaloosa…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Board Grants to Coalfield Choirs
Within a few days, the Kurri Kurri mixed choir and the Cessnock male choir should each receive cheques from the Joint Coal Board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dissatisfied with Coal Production. Minister Critical
"I am very dissatisfied with coal production," the Minister for Supply and Shipping, Senator W. P. Ashley, said in Lithgow recently…
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The Joint Coal Board this week announced that it proposes to set up mine conciliation committees where employees give lodge officers the right to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Town Amenities. How Coal Board Will Assist
A Joint Coal Board circular dealing with grants in aid and straight-out grants, points out that in the case of Muswellbrook, which is classified as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Situation at Pelton Colliery Lodge Officers Claim Men Were Looked Out
Pelton colliery, which has an output of 600 tons, has been temporarily closed as a result of an application by the management to the Joint Coal Board. In a joint statement made by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prospects of Severe Winter Coal Shortage Board Seeks To Tighten Miners’ Holiday Pay Qualifications
SYDNEY, Saturday. — Unless coal production was greatly increased immediately essential consumers would have to be strictly rationed during the coming winter, the joint Coal Board stated in o letter to the Coal Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work At Northern Mines
Eighteen mines In the Newcastle and South Maitland district worked full time in the last fortnight. The Easter Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smuggling Gold From Darwin
MELBOURNE, Sat.—Large quantities of pure gold are being taken overland to Darwin from the Tennant’s Creek field and…
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MUSWELLBROOK, Friday.— The decision of the Joint Coal Hoard to allocate approximately £1800 a year for the provision of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Say Coal Board Lining Up With Owners
SYDNEY Monday.—In its move to interfere with existing awards the Joint Coal Board, was lining up with the coal owners, declares a statement issued by the central executive of the Miners’ Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Threat of Large-Scale Coal Strike Miners' Federation Hostile Over Joint Coal Board Flans
Miners' Federation leaders arc threatening to answer the Joint Coal Board's anti-strike plans with a. large-scale strike. General president of the federation, Mr. I. Williams, said he considered the board's action the most serious challenge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Coast Riots
LONDON, April 12.—Six men arrested on March 13 after the February riots on the Gold Coast have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike Not Settled
WASHINGTON, April 12. — A meeting of the miners’ pension fund trustees yesterday failed to achieve an immediats settlement…
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