Adequate Coal
The spokesman for the Joint Coal Board said yesterday that coal supplies this week would be sufficient to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1949
1,558 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 78
All Mines Work
CESSNOCK, Thursday.—For the third day in succession all the mines are at work on the South Maitland field to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arm Fractured in Coal Fall
Caught in a fall of coal while at work at Aberdare colliery this morning, James Dunn, 45, of Aberdare road, Aberdare,received a fracture of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Board Grant To Shire Council
The assistant secretary to the Joint Coal Board advised Lower Hunter Shire Council that it had been decided to make a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Horses Had "Objectionable Smell." Miners Stopped Work
Because of an "objectionable smell" coming from pit horses, miners at Waratah colliery stopped work yesterday!…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Claims for Shorter Week Proprietors' Evidence On April 26
Colliery proprietors evidence again, at the Miners' Federation claim for a 35-hour week will begin on April 28. This was decided by the Goal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Open Cut Coal Route. Mayor, Police and Drivers Confer
The Mayor (Ald. E. C. Humphries) reported to last night's meeting of the Municipal Council that he had conferred with Sgt. Fairlamb and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Miners’ Leaders Accuse Secretary Say Grant “Evading Responsibility” On Calling of Protest Stoppage
SYDNEY, Thursday.—In a statement in the official organ of the Miners’ Federation, “Common Cause,” the general president, Mr. I. Williams, and vice-president, Mr. W. Parkinson, declared their belief that the general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All Mines Work
CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—All mines on the South Maitland field are at work to-day. This is the fourth successive working day that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One Mine Idle
CESSNOCK, Wed.—Production on the South Maitland coalfield has been maintained at a high level this week. The only loss…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Geologists To Study In Mine
Geologists from Australia, Canada, and Africa will be taught how to use atomic instruments at a model uranium…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Report To-Day
The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr K. A. Cameron) Is reporting to-day on the prospect of reducing blackouts this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Unions Serve Log Want Shorter Week, More Pay
SYDNEY, Wed.—In serving a log of claims on the Federal Government, five State Governments, the Joint Coal Board and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grants From Coal Board
The clerk (Mr. G. Wells) reported to a meeting of the Northumberland County Council yesterday afternoon that the Joint…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News in Brief Gold Yield Falls
Gold production in Australia last January was 69,0360z. fine, compared with 69,5090z. in January. 1948, and 118,9700z. in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Miners' Fund £22 Million in Benefits in 12 Months
In its first 20 months of operation ending December 31, 1948, the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) Welfare and Retirement fund paid…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Homes for Railway Workers. Department Awaits Coal Board's Consent
The Railway Department is awaiting the Joint Coal Board's consent to construct 60 chalets on the northern end of the Board's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Paxton C.c. Wants More Help From Coal Board and Council
While assistance had been received from Kearsley Shire and the Coal Board for the wicket and material it was felt that much more could be done…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dearer Coal At Muswellbrook
MUSWELLBROOK: The Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd. advised that the Joint Coal Board had approved an increase of 6d per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tourists Will Visit Ghost Towns 100th Anniversary of Californian Gold Rush
WASHINGTON: One of the major attractions for tourists in America this year is the “boomed and busted” ghost towns in California and Nevada, where celebrations are to be held to mark the 100th anniversary of the fabulous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →