British Coal Production
LONDON. June 10.—Britain would have to reduce her export programme and jeopardise some sources of food supplies or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
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Health Camps for Miners Children
A party miners children returned yesterday from the first health comp organised for them by the Joint Coal Board and the National Fitness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Coal in Short Supply
NEWCASTLE, Friday. — The supply of coal for the railways is Very short, the number of stoppages by coalminers during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners and The B.M.A. Public Meeting
The failure of the B.M.A. to cooperate with the Government in the free medicine scheme Will be discussed at a public meeting in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Celebrity Concerts for Mining Communities
As part of its plan to help meet the cultural needs of the mining communities, the Joint Coal Board, in co-operation with the Australia Broadcasting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Racing Sidelights Trover Selected To Win. Brazier and Mine Host Place Bets
Quite a few horses engaged in the Flying Handicap at Randwick at to-morrow have been showing good form and bookmakers should…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hearing of 35-Hour Week Claim Soon Announcement by Coal Tribunal
The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) said he would hear on June 28 the Miners' Federation' claim for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blue and Gold Ball. Success of C.W.A. Annual Fixture
The C.W.A. annual blue and gold ball, held in the School of Arts on Friday night last, was an outstanding success. This was not surprising,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gundy Electricity Extensions Muswellbrook Coal Co. Reply to Shire Coungil. Definite Plan to Be Sought From W. C & I. Commission
Following the representations made by the Upper Hunter Electricity Extension Committee to the Shire Council at its meetlast month, a letter was tabled at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain’s Political Battle Over Coal (From R. MACLURKIN Reuter’s Correspondent)
LONDON (by Airmail): Coal, the Industry on which Britainâs prosperity mainly depends, is to-day the focus at a political battle between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Tore Hole in Ship
LONDON, June 13 (A-A.P.).—The mine which sank the Danish passenger vessel Kjobenhavn in the Kattegat, on the east coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gas Worker Struck By Coal
Struck by a piece of coal while working at Maitland Gasworks yesterday afternoon, William Brown, 26, of 25 Walker-street, West…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Hulk Adrift
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The tug Charlock is racing from Brisbane to rescue the coal hulk, Mambah, which is adrift with five men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Mines at Work
The whole of the mines on the South Maitland coalfields are at work to-day. The only loss in production is the open-cut mines Caledon and Caldare…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Coal Cargo
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.— Fire, men poured thousands of gallons of water into the steamer Wan ford when part of the vessel’s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rugby League Charity Day Big Success. Large Crowd Present to See Colliery Teams in Action
The big day's Charily Rugby League, which was organised by the Junior Rugby League sub-committee, and which took place at the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liddell Colliery Operations Extending
Robert McKenzie, manager of Liddell Colliery Pty. Ltd., made application yesterday to Mining Warden J. Duncan for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prospecting For Coal
SINGLETON, Wed. — Liddell Collieries, Pty., Ltd., sought authority to enter and prospect for coal on 86 acres in the Parish…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Survey of All States
All States are to be surveyed on the chemical and physical properties of coal. The Principal Research…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Loss of 3000 Tons
CESSNOCK, Wed.—The loss in production on the South Maitland field to-day would be slightly in excess of 3000 tons…
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