Mines Away to Good Start
CESSNOCK. Monday.—All mines were off to a good start this week. The South Maitland field was entirely free of industrial trouble…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Kurri Miners Injured
John Dodds, miner, of Maitland Street. Kurri Kurri, received injuries to his chest. shoulder and right arm when struck by a fall of coal at…
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A fatality occurred at the recently opened Newdell open-cut colliery, about 12 miles from Singleton, on Friday night…
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VIENNA, May 31.—Walking into a building formerly used by the German air force, and now used as the district police…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day intervened in the coal dispute which threatened to tie up all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Increased Coal Prices. Council Objects to Increase
The Muswellbrook Coal Co. Informed the council on Wednesday that the Joint Coal Board had approved a further rise in the price of coal. This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Statement By Miners President Criticised. (To the Editor)
Sir,-I would like on the behalf of the Mine Pensioners to be given the privilege of replying to the published statement by the President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Board Grant to Band. £304 for Instruments
Muswellbrook Band has received a grant of £304 from the Joint Coal Board for the purchase of instruments…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TWO U.S. Engineers Killed in Riot Battle Between Miners and Troops
LA PAZ (Bolivia), May 31—Two American engineers were killed end four other Americans and a number of foreigners were kicked and beaten in wild disorders at the Catavi mining centre, 12,000 feet up in the Andes, where…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day's World News Mine Officials Murdered. Disorders in Bolivia. Lapaz (Bolivia), Tues
The bodies of four Bolivian mine officials were hacked into quar[?] after the men had beaten them, and then shot them in wild disorders at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike Threat : Federal Government Not Intervening Conference On Miners’ Log of Claims Abortive
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It was authoritatively stated in Sydney fast night that the Federal Government, as a party to the log of claims of the mining union, would refuse to compromise to avoid a strike…
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The bodies of four Bolivian mine officials were hacked in to quarters after the men had been beaten, then shot,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Talks on Mining Unions'claims Collapse. Stoppage Feared On
After about a three and a half hours discussion, talks on the mining unions' log of claims at a conference in Sydney yesterday broke down.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Mines Working
CESSNOCK, Wednesday.—With the resumption of Maitland Main colliery this morning, the whole of the mines were at work on the…
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SYDNEY, Wed,—The proclamation establishing a mine subsidence insurance district over the area forming West Ward, City of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threatened Hold-up of Coal Mines Called Off Swift Behind-The-Scenes Moves Avert The Stoppage
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The threatened hold up of coal mines throughout Australia to-morrow has been called off. The Miners' Central Council, which had decided to go ahead with nation-wide stop-work meetings to-morrow,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leconfield Mine Idle
CESSNOCK, Thursday. — the only idle mine on the south Maitland field to-day is Leconfield. This has a dally output of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Largest Mine Stops Work
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Miners at the largest mine in Australia, Burwood, producing 2500 tons a day, stopped work to-day to protest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation
SYDNEY, Thurs.—A compulsory conference between representative of the mine owners and mine workers is being held…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Baddeley’s Faith In The Miners
SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. J. M. Baddeley), who will tour the Northern coalfields to-morrow, will…
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