No Gold For Olympic Medals
LONDON Jan. 17.—The Olympic champions at this year’s games at Wembley will not receive the customary gold medal…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Four Maitland Mines Idle
CESSNOCK, Monday.—Owing to the idleness of four large collieries on the Maitland field to-day, the loss in production is fairly heavy,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Town for Miners End to Squalor Aims of English Town
The site of a new town, which it is proposed to design and build primarily for miners, has been selected in North-eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loss Two Big Mines Idle
The loss of coal in the Cessnock district to-day amounts to 3,000 tons. Aberdare Extended and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work at the Collieries
For the fortnight ended January 18 23 mines worked the full time of five days since resuming on January 12 after the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Fresh Mine Dispute
CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—There was only one fresh dispute on the Maitland field to-day. This was a wheelers’ dispute, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rise ln State Gold Yield
SYDNEY. Tuesday.—Gold production of New South Wales for 11 months of 1947 increased by 54 per cent compared with 11…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Affiliation of Mining Unions
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The General Secretary of the Miners’ Federation (Mr. Grant),said last night that representatives of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Host Beaten by Moderate in Trial
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mine Host, hot favourite for the Challenge Stakes, was beaten five lengths by Lady by Lady Dorothy, a very moderate performer, at Moorefield to-day. Lady Dorothy led Mine Host all the way and registered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Host Beaten in Track Trial. Sydney, Tues
Mine Host, hot favourite for the Carrington Stakes, was beaten by five lengths by Lady Dorothy, a very moderate performer, at Moorefield to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All Northern Coal Mines Idle To-day
All coal mines on the Northern field were idle to-day as the result of stop-work meetings held by members of the Fedcrated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association. These meetings were held in defiance of the order made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Applications to Look for Coal Cases Before Mining Warden
Mining Masistrate V. Lawler this morning granted authorities to enter certain lands in the district for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Boards Offices
NEWCASTLE : The Coal Board Proposed to crest offices on vacant land at the corner of Darby and Tyrrell Street’s [?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →40,000 Tons of Coal Lost At Northern Mines Enginemen’s Demand at Stop-work Meeting
CESSNOCK, Wednesday.—There will be no resumption of work on the South Maitland coalfield until such time as the Coal Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) amends his award in respect to the week-end penalty rates for the enginedrivers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prospecting for Coal
SINGLETON. Thurs .—Permission was granted to Mr.G P. W. Barnes, Cessnock. at ,the Mining Warden’s Court by Mr.V. lawier…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Challenge Favourite In Brilliant Form Mine Host Shows An Imvrovement
SYDNEY, Thursday—Ridden by jockey W. Cook, Gay Monarch, who is favourite for the Challenge Stakes, showed brilliant form at Victoria Park to-day, running half a mile in 49½…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reported Discovery of Uranium Experts To Test Claims In Old Copper and Silver Mine
CANBERRA, Thursday—Government exports on Monday will visit a disused copper and silver mine in a remote part of southern N.S.W to test claims that uranium ore used in the production of atomic energy has been discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Miners Out Here
Miners at Bayswater colliery, Ravensworth, ceased work to-day, due to F.E.D.F.A. labour being pulled out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hot Tea Service Survey of Mines By Coal Board
During the next three weeks Mr. G. H. Taylor, of the Tea Bureau, and the Coal Board's Welfare…
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