French Flight Into Gold
PARIS, Sept. 28.—International tension Created by the Three. Power decision to break off direct talks with Russia and refer…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Mine Leave Divided On Northern and Western Fields
Miners on the Northern and Western fields will split their annual holidays this year and Will take a fortnight at Christmas and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Rising In Paris
PARIS. Sept. 20.—Gold prices continued to rise oil the Paris market yesterday. The French. 20-frano gold piece was quoted at 6125 francs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board to Buy Grand Piano
The Joint Coal Board will boy Cessnock and Karri Kurri District Entertainment and Cultural Committee a grand plano at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board's £400 for Piano
The Joint Goal Board has approved expenditure of approximately £400 for a Semi-Grand Piano, to be [?]ised in the Cessnock district under the direction of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Loss of 2600 Tons
CESSNOCK, Friday — To-day’s coal losses on the Maitland field were 2600 tons. Bellbird colliery was idle over a wheelers’ dispute,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Board's £184,700 In Grants
THE COAL BOARD has granted a total of £184,7000 for community welfare work up till July 31…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Splitting Of Miners' Holidays. (To the Editor)
Sir,—With the working of back Saturdays miners will be entitled to three weeks holiday at Christmas. Some miners have booked houses at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Is Our Security (To the Editor)
Sir,—This great field of coal—the Greta series—is the most valuable asset of all minerals any country could proudly say it possessed. Yet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Man to Study in U.s.a
To study modern mining methods the Cessnock Assistant District Engineer of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. W. J. Seward) will leave by 'plane on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 1st OCTOBER, 1948. Coal Board's Grant-in-Aid to Council Conference Discloses Municipal Council Received More Than Its Share. Shire Council to Receive Large Allocation
At a conference of representatives of Local Government bodies and the Joint Coal Board, held at Muswellbrook on 23rd September, it was disclosed that the Muswellbrook Municipal Council had in error, been credited with the Coal Board's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Strikes Mine in the Baltic
COPENHAGEN, October 2.—Forty-one people, including a British Woman, were rescued from the 1568 tons Polish steamer, Lech, which struck a mine and blew up in the Baltic yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Collieries Idle
CESSNOCK. Monday.—There are two Idle mines on the South Maitland land field to-day, Bellbird and Hebburn No. I. Bellbird is Idle over a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →350,000 Coal Miners To Strike In France
Communist-controlled General Confederation of Labor announced that the general strike of most of the French…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Coal Output
LONDON. October 4—The Minister for Fuel, Mr. Caltske[?] announced yesterday that twelve to fifteen million more tons of coal than In…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Coal Strike In France
PARIS, Oct. 4.—A general [?] of most of France’s [?] miners starts to-day. This was announced by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Mines Idle
CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Today’s loss in production on the South Maitland field is 2300 tons, due to the idleness of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Struck by Fall of Coal
Struck by a fall of coal at work at Stanford Main, No. 2 Colliery yesterday, Arthur [?]ard, 41, of Alfred-street, Cessnock, a miner, received…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →213,000 Miners Idle in France
About 213,000 of France's miners ceased work yesterday morning. The strike was called by the Miners' Federation, which is affiliated with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cultural Activities Should Expand Coal Board's Assistance
Cultural activities in the coalfields should expand considerably as a result of the Coal Board's decision to assist financially, said the President…
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