County Council Support For Burragorang Mine
SYDNEY, Wed.—The Sydney County Council decided to tell the Premier, Mr. McGirr, that it would co-operate with the…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Coal Nationalisation Debate To Be Non-Controversial
LONDON, Nov. 9. —To-morrow’s important debate on the report of the National Coal Board shall be staged on a non-controversial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Record Excellent Week
SYDNEY, Thurs.—Coal production for the week ending last Saturday was 291,271 tons, the highest this year, the Joint Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Camp Christmas For Miners’ Children
Another Christmas vacation camping holiday for the children of mine workers is being sponsored by the Joint Coal Board…
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CESSNOCK, Thursday.—Richmond Main is idle to-day over a domestic dispute. Stabford Main No. 2 is only…
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—In a surprise move yesterday, John L. Lewis and his United Mineworkers’ Policy Committee ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holiday Camps for Children of Mine Workers Joint Coal Board Sponsors
Another wonderful Christmas vacation camping holiday for the children of mine workers is being sponsored by the Joint…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miner’s Death
CESSNOCK, Friday.—The Cessnock Coroner (Mr. E. Howard) returned a verdict of accidental death at an inquest into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Company’s Production
SYDNEY, Friday, —The chairman of J. & A. Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd. (Mr. T. Armstrong) said that…
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SYDNEY, Friday—The threat to Sydney’s gas services during the Christmas-New Year period was removed to-day when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board on Building Projects
The District Engineer for the Joint. Coal Hoard (Mr. J. D. Bowdler) informed Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night that the architeet's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truman Will Not Raise Gold Price
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. — President Truman told a Press conference here that the price of gold In the United Statese, now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Average of 286,000 tons Needed Weekly Coal Board's Advice to Federation
The Joint Coal Board has advise the Miners' Federation that New South Wales miners will need to produce an average of 286,000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Menzies Sets Out Policy of the Opposition Programme For Coal Production— Opposition To Socialisation
MELBOURNE, Friday.—In a dramatic message to Australians, the leader of the Opposition (Mr. R. G. Menzies) last night outlined in his policy speech the intentions of the Opposition if elected on December 10. Mr. Menzies promised that the Opposition would take a strong hand against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Council will not Approve of Increased Electricity Charges Muswellbrook Coal Company's Letter Dealt with "An Agreement is an Agreement"
At its meeting yesterday, the Upper Hunter Shire Council refused to grant approval to the Muswellbrook Coal Company to increase the electricity charges within the Shire. A recent letter from the Department of Local Government pointed out to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners’ Co-operative Home Building
Forty-three homes have been built and another 178 are in course of construction under the Miners’ Co-operative Building…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Board Gives Instruments To Muswellbrook Band
MUSWELLBROOK, Sat. — There was only a moderate attendance of the public at the Railway Institute when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Accidents
Thomas Godfrey, of Daniel-st Cessnock, a pit-top hand at Bellbird colliery, was struck by a skip this morning and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Banker Backs President On Gold Price
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.— A Government banking expert yesterday strongly opposed any move to devalue the dollar by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Miners Women's Auxiliary
The newly-reformed branch of the Cessnock Miners Women's Auxiliary hopes in the near future to aid the Crippled Children's Association and…
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