Coal Price Increase
The Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd. advised the Municipal Council on Wednesday that the Joint Coal Board had aproved an increase of 1/4 per ton…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Brighter Mining Towns Needed
Bright, modern and well-planned mining towns were the only solution to the Australian coal problem, the head of the Mines Engineering…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Touchy Subject to Be Discussed Conference on Mechanical Extraction of Pillar Coal
Mechanical extraction of pillar coal will be at a conference of the Coal Board and miners' leaders on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Camps For Miners’ Children
The Joint Coal Board will sponsor camps for children of mineworkers at National Fitness camps at Broken Bay and Port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →30,000 Tons of Coal Lost
SYDNEY, Sat. — This week— the first week's work in 1949— N.S.W. coal mines lost nearly 30,000 tons of their possible…
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CESSNOCK, Monday—Kenneth Frost, 24, married, of Mulbring-street, Aberdare, an electrician employed at Aberdare No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dispute at Millfield Colliery
CESSNOCK, Monday. — At a meeting of lodge officers at Cessnock last night to consider the Millfield Colliery dispute, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Miners Injured
CESSNOCK, Monday.—William Loseby, 56, of Maitland road, Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare No. 2 colliery, received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners May Work On Holiday
The Joint Coal Board has asked New South Wales miners to work on Australia Day to build up coal stocks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Injured
Struck by a fall of coal yesterday while working at Abermain No. 2 Colliery, William Loseby, 55, miner, of Maitland-road, Cessnock, received…
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MUSWELLBROOK.—The Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd. advised the Municipal Council that the Joint Coal Board had approved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Man Electrocuted at Abermain Colliery
When a steel rope he was pulling along touched a "live" wire at the pit top at Abermain No. 2 Colliery yesterday, Kenneth Ernest From. 23…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—If members of the Combined Mining Union work on Anniversary Day, January 31, they are to be paid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Production in Australia
CANBERRA, Tuesday — Gold produced in Australia in the 11 months ended November was 6 per cent lower than that in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Run Over by Coal Train
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—After he had been run over by a coal train in Bruce-street. Cook’s Hill, to-day, an 11-year-old boy got up and ran to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Funds for Parks
MUSWELLBROOK: The Joint Coal Board has advised the municipal council that it is prepared to contribute £985/7/6 towards tile…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners to Work on
SYDNEY, Thurs,— By a majority of about three to one, miners on the northern and southern coalfields in New Sooth Wales decided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Miners Want a Coal Board
Immediate setting up of a State Coal Board to put into effect the union's programme for pit and town amenities…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Coal production is expected to reach a near record level to-day. Only one small mine was idle…
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CESSNOCK, Friday.—Production reached a high level on the South Maitland field to-day when mines, with the exception of…
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