Warning to Miners
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Coal industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, today warned the Miners’ Federation that unless striking miners at 11…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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5000 Tons of Coal Lost
NEWCASTLE, Monday.—More than 5000 tons of coal were lost by stoppages at three BHP mines to-day…
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The loss on this field to-day amounts to about 5000 tons. The idle mines are Stanford Main No. 2, Bellbird, Hebburn No…
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Leo Dixon, 58, of Wade Street, Cessnock, shiftman, employed at Cessnock No. 1 colliery, fractured his left thigh yesterday when jammed between skips…
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At least 28 mines worked full time of nine days on the Northern field in the past fortnight. Four pits, Bellbird No. 3, Neath, Caldare and Caledon,…
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John Shone, 19, of 17 Albert-street Horseshoe Bend. West Maitland, a wheeler at Bloomfield Main co[?]llery was struck by a stringer at…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Several large collieries are Idle on the South Maitland field to-day and the joss in production is very heavy. It…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday .—Mines on the northern fields to-day are threatening a general strike. A general coal strike would…
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"To meet the immediate position." the Coal Board directed last night that consumption of coal in New South…
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MUSWELLBROOK: Details of the Joint Coal Board’s scheme for the establishment of miners’’ co-operative building societies,…
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CESSNOCK, Wed,—The only fresh dispute on the Maitland field to-day was at Aberdare Central colliery, where the men…
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CANBERRA, Wed.—The Victorian Premier, Mr. Hallway, today described the coal crisis as part of a far-flung Communist…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday—A compulsory conference of representatives of colliery proprietors and the Miners’ Federation met his morning, as directed by the Cool Industry Tribunal, but the miners were insistent upon their claims…
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Next Friday night in the James Theatre, the C.W.A. Younger Set will stage it's Annual Ball. A good orchestra has been engaged. Roll up for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →200,000 Idle in Sydney To-day Drastic Coal and Electricity Rationing Expected
The State Government is expected to introduce drastic rationing of gas and electricity for industrial and domestic uses, operating from to-morrow. About 200.000 workers in Sydney were idle to-day, because…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Tribunal May Order Secret Ballot Monday Slopwork Meeting
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr, F. Gallagher, warned the northern miners’ management board yesterday that he had power to order a secret ballot in certain circumstances…
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CESSNOCK, Friday.—The only idle mines on the South Maitland field to-day are Stanford Main No. 2 and Pelton…
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CESSNOCK, Friday.—Joseph Fletcher, 52, or Vincent-street, Cessnock, a shiftman, employed at Aberdare Central colliery, fell…
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Kearsley Shire Council is averse to spending money from its Coal Board grant-in-aid to recondition colliery roads…
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Alex Sheldon, 19, of Main Road, Kitchener, wheeler at Aberdare Central colliery, injured his right foot yesterday when it was jammed between…
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