Gas Coal Strike Threatened
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The strike at nine of the biggest mines on the South Maitland coalfields, which produce 9500 tons of high-grade gas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
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Cigarettes in Mine; Man Charged
Gas had been found in Kent Colliery, Beresfield, sufficient to cause an explosion it it came contact with a naked light, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bellbird Mine Still Idle. the Pensions Question
Bellbird mine has been idle since Wednesday as a protest against the refusal of the Pensions Tribunal to grant pensions to totally incapacitated men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Muswellbrook Band Will Benefit. Help from Joint Coal Board
A meeting [?]f the Muswellbrook Band Committee was held on Wednesday last, when there were present: Messrs K. W. D. Humphries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Handout to the South Coast by Coal Board
Amenities for townships throughout the Wollongong district involving an outlay of approximately £150,000 have been approved by the Joint Coal Board…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Strike Called Off
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Miners at the J. and A. Brown, Abermain Seaham group of collieries called off their proposed strike, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Coal Stoppage Averted
Miners at the J. and A. Brown Abermain-seaham group of collieries called off their proposed strike to-day on the order of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Coal Increased
Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd has been advised that the joint Coal Board had approved of increase of 40 per ton on all coal sold by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fall of Stone in Mine
Mechanical loader hand, Robert Irwin, 28, of 10[?] Victoria-street, East Maitland, was injured at Bloomfield Main this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cigarettes In Mine Case Continued
The part-heard case in which Christopher Henry Rinkin, mine deputy, of Tarro, is charged with taking cigarettes underground at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Ask for Public Meeting
CESSNOCK, Wed.—The Mayor of Cessnock(Aid Brown) is to receive a request from a meeting of delegates of the various…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Board Gives Trousers To Team
LITHGOW, Thursday. — The Joint Coal Board will donate 16 pairs of trousers to Lithgow Rugby League for an ambulance…
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MUSWELLBROOK Thursday— At a meeting of the Muswellbrook Band Committee, Messrs. Robb and McGregor submitted a report…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Coal Industry Not Canberra Controlled” PM’s Reply To Mr. James, MP
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Stating that he believed the Joint Coal Board would succeed in its attempt to rehabilitate the coal industry, the Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, pointed out that the coal industry was not “controlled from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capital Value of Coal Mines
The executive of the Miners' Association was asked by the annual conference on Wednesday to renew representations to the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work at the Mines
The only idle colliery on the field today is Maitland Main where an interunion dispute has held the colliery up for several days this week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One Mine Idle on Coalfield
CESSNOCK; Friday.— Maitland Main colliery, with a dally output of 700 tons, is the only idle mine on South Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Board Grant to Rugby League
Trophies valued at more than £220 have been given by the Joint Coal Board to be competed for by the Cessnock and Kurri Rugby League clubs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fairy Godmother or Frankenstein Monster? Joint Coal Board Its Function and Powers
The idea prevails that the Coal Board i[?] powerful; that its decisions are final; and that there is no appeal to Caesar. This is not so. By virtue of section 15 of the Act it is provided that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →P.m. Has Faith in Joint Coal Board Reply to Question by Rowley James
Mr. Chifley said he believed the Joint Coal Board would succeed in its attempt to rehabilitate the coal industry…
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