Coal Board Grant Possible Heddon Greta Sewerage Service
The Joint Coal Board has advised Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., that it would consider making a grant towards the cost of installing a sewerage service…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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South Maitland Soccer Coal Board Trophy to Clubbers
At Aberdare Park on Sunday the final for the All Age Coal Board trophy between Millfield and Weston Clubbers was finalised…
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SYDNEY, Sat—The coal loss in NSW yesterday, 6760 tons, was one of the heaviest since the general stike ended…
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Maitland City Council has had its Joint Coal Board grant of £6714 for the construction of the Homeville-Telarah…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Xmas Holidays May Half Industry Desperate Coal Shortage Predicted
A desperate coal shortage in nearly all coalusing industries over Christmas, may result from a decision by the Miners" Federation to begin their three-weeks' Christinas holidays on December 16…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Idle To-day
CESSNOCK, Monday.—Idle nines on the South Maitland field to-day were Elrington and Neath collieries. Elrington has been idle for some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Magistrate’s Warning To Miners
For taking tobacco and accessories, also matches, underground in Kent Colliery on September 28, Lawrence Elkin, miner, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tents Blown Over; Miners Strike
SINGLETON, Monday.—Miners in Singleton district went on strike to-day. Open-[?]ut miners at Newdeil…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners to Start Christmas Holidays Earlier
The Miners’ Federation has decided to begin the three weeks’ holiday at Christmas on December 16, this being a week earlier…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Joint Coal Board has summoned a conference of mine owners and miners’ representatives in Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LocaL Miners Will Defy Management Complaint of Accommodation at Newman
Miners at Newmain Colliery at Glendonbrook near Singleton will defy a mine management order and will occupy huts on the mine site. Although the Joint Coal Board has constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Defence Petrol for Coal Mines
CANBERRA, Tuesday—There is a possibility that portion of the defence stocks of petrol estimated at 50,000,000 gallons will be allocated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Estimated Coal Production
Estimated coal production in New South Wales for the week ended October 8 was:— Cessnock, underground 88,549 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shiftman Struck By Coal
CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Stan Jones, 47, of Greta-st, Aberdare, shiftman at Abermain No 2 mine, injured his right shoulder…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Stoppage Lose 5500 Tons
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— As test against the gaoling of Laurence Louis Sharkey, general secretary of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sharkey Gaoling Condemned By Miners Board
The Northern Miners' Board of Management yesterday carried a resolution claiming that the prosecution of the General Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rejection Of Agreement On Household Coal
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. — The Northern-Miners’ Management Board rejected an agreement between officers of Burwood lodge and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Seek Ban on Open Cut Operations
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday—Opposition to open-cut mine was taken a step farther when the Northern Miners’ Federal action board of management decided to ask that labour for open cuts be refused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Strike in Sympathy with Sharkey. Sydney
As a protest against the gaoling of Lawrence Lois Sharkey, general secretary of the Australia Communist Party, more than 2500 mine workers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Still Object To Sand For Brake Box
CESSNOCK. Tuesday.— Elrington colliery continues to be idle over the question of the quality of the Band provided tor the…
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