Apportioning Grant From Coal Board
Cessnock Municipal Council and Kea[?] Shire Council will meet on Wednesday night to discuss the allocation of money…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Gold Find in New Guinea
CANBERRA.—The Minister for External Territories Mr. Ward, to-day confirmed report of gold discoveries near Wabag…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →137 Homeville Residents In Mining Industry
The [?] of the Homeville Telerah-Rutherford are revealed that 187 men of 887 employed were engaged in the mining Industry, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire to Apply for Grant From Coal Board Amenities Suggested for Local District Miners
Following upon a circular from the Joint Coal Board, councillors of the Patrick Plains Shire decided at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal-Board Holiday [?] "Delighted with Resto[?]
Thirty-two boys [?] from the Cessnock and Kurri districts left yesterday, to [?] first of the holiday [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Muswellbrook To Ask Coal Board For £9700
MUSWELLBROOK, Friday.— A report read at a meeting of the Muswellbrook Municipal Council recommended that an application…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Long Service Leave Estimate of Cost, £716,000. Mr. Gallagher Reserves Decision
In putting the case before the Coal Tribunal for long service leave for miners, the General President of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Williams, said the cost of the scheme was based on three months' long service leave on full pay for each seven…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents in Collieries
CESSNOCK, Tuesday,—Mercury Keasey, 19 of East Cessnock a wheeler, employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Accidents
Mervyn Keasey, 19, Second Street, East Cessnock, a wheeler at Stanford main No. 2. colliery, received an Injury to his left knee when struck by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work at the Collieries
At least 20 mines in the Northern Coalfields district worked the full time of 10 days in the past fortnight No mine worked…
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It was reported to-day that the South Maitland field was free of industrial trouble. All mines were at work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Pensions Increase. Method of Finance. (To the Editor)
Sir,—The Increase In mine workers pensions will be met by 6d per week extra, for all workers in the industry (22 per cent). The supposed owners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners’ Holidays
The Northern Miners’ Board of Management has decided in favour of a fortnight’s leave at Christmas and a week at Easter,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton the Coming Hub of Coal Production Interesting Summing Up by Colliery Manager Running Out Newcastle Pits, Difficulties at Maitland Will Force Interests Here
With Newcastle fields, coal running out at a fast rate, and with Maitland fields presenting difficulties because of the great depths to which men have to go to win the "black opals," Singleton, in the very near future, would become the hub of big mining operations, Mr. W. T…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allocating Coal Board Grant
CESSNOCK, Thurs.—Cessnock Municipal Council and Kearsley Shire Council last night failed to reach an agreement on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electricity in Mining Towns
CESSNOCK, Thursday—Kearsley Shire Council last night decided to ask the mining companies if they were prepared to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss Of 1700 Tons Of Coal
CESSNOCK, Thursday. — South Maitland field to-day was free of industrial disputes. The only loss in production is due to a mechanical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Searching Jungle For Gold Mines
NEW TORE, April 30.—Fabulous, jungle-hidden goldmines, from which Mexico’s Toltec emperors obtained huge quantities…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured in Mines
JOSEPH McKENZIE, 28. of Ferguson street. Cessnock. a roadlayer at Kalingo colliers, had th etop of the fourth finger of the right hand severed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Only One Mine Idle
The production for the work has been good on the South Maitland coalfield this week. To-day, the only idle mine is…
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