Bly Bad Road Causes Strike At Mine
CESSNOCK, Wed. —Hebburn No 2 miners docined to work this morning as a protest against the conditions of the colliery…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Colliery to Be Offered for Sale
SYDNEY, Thurs.—Shareholders of Stockton Borehole Collieries Ltd., at the annual meeting, empowered the directors to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents at Cessnock Mines
CESSNOCK, Thursday.—Richard Buckland, 39, Quorrobolong-street, Cessnock, a road-layer employed at Aberdare Colliery…
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SINGLETON, Thursday.— Horace Randolph Pontney, of New Lambton, made an application to the Warden’s Court for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale Assists Horses In Morning Trials Mine Host Gallops Smartly Into Head Wind At Moorefield
SYDNEY, Thursday. — A strong south-westerly ga[?] assisted horses in the straight at most tracks during this morning’s trials. At Randwick, Wellington, ridden by jockey Neville…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Coal Strike Averted Agreement Between Mines and Joint Coal Board
Agreement between the Miners Federation and the Joint Coal Board' has averted a recommendation fur…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Athletic Carnival
Which colliery in the North is to carry off the palm for Including amongst its employees the best teams of athletes? This will be decided on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Authority To Prospect For Open Cut Coal Mining Possibilities Liddell Colliery Operations to Go Further Into Bowels of Earth
Robert McKenzie, manager of Liddell Collieries. Pty. Ltd., who made application to Mining Warden J. Duncan in the local Court House on Wednesday for authority to prospect for coal and shale in areas adjoining the present Liddell mine,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Idle Mines
The only idle mines on the South Maitland field to-day are Stanford Main No. 2, Maitland Main, and Hebburn No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Top Coal
THE EXTRACTION of top coal in high seams is becoming a subject of first rate importance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Disputes Continue
CESSNOCK, Friday. — There are no fresh industrial disputes on the Maitland field to-day but continued disputes at Stanford…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured In the Mines
Harold Magin, 17, of Wallace-place, Cessnock, clipper at Aberdare Extended colliery, received injuries to the ribs when crushed between skips yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Allocation From Coal Board
SINGLETON Friday.—Singleton Municipal Council last night decided to make an application to the Joint Coal Board asking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extraction Top Coal Conference Sought
The Northern District miners' check inspector (Mr. J. Barrett) and the secretary of Aberdare miners' lodge (Mr. R. Hughes) have furnished a report on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Lodge Queries Hospital Staff Appointments
At a meeting of the Cessnock hospital board last night, Bellbird miners' lodge asked for an explanation regarding complaints that married women…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Board's Plan Federation Wants Withdrawal
The Joint Coal Board was asked yesterday by millers lenders during a three hours' coherence to withdraw its plan seeking to impose more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Increases in Miners' Pensions. Bill Before House
The Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, stated in the Legislative Assembly this week that miners' contributions to the pensions fund would be increased…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Weekly Basis Of Employment New Coal Award
A reserved judgment delivered by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) this week provides that Australian coalminers are to be employed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Grant For Workers' Club. Coal Board Helps
The Chairman of the Coal Board Mr. Cameron, told the President, of the Cessnock Workers' Club, Mr. Tom Duncan, and the secretary, Mr. Bob…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Threat of Coal Strike Withdrawn Board and Federation Reach Compromise
SYDNEY, Friday.—Discussion between representatives of the Joint Coal Board and the Miners’ Federation wilt, it is expected, avert a recommendation for a general strike in New South Wales mines…
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