South Maitland Mine Disputes
CESSNOCK, Wed.—There are no fresh stoppages on the South Maitland field to-day, but Abermain No. 2 and Richmond Main,…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Court Order to Miners’ Union
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (AAP). —A Federal Court judge signed an order directing the United Mine Workers’ Union to answer…
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The Joint Cost Board has made two substantial grants to Maitland City Council for the repair of two road works within the…
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PITTSBURG, Feb. 22— Ficeman fought their way through pickets yesterday to put out a fire at a coalmine near Brookville,…
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CESSNOCK, Thurs.—Richmond Main colliery resumed work this morning, in accordance with an arrangement made at a…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 23—Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania. Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois and New York States adopted…
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A move has been made in the Labour State Caucus to remove anomalies associated with payment of miners'…
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CESSNOCK, Friday. — Abermain No. 2 Colliery is the only idle mine on South Maitland field to-day…
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SINGLETON, Friday. — Permission of the Joint Coal Board is to be sought by the Patrick Plains Shire Council to donate…
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Reporting on the progress of Coal Board projects in the Municipality, the Engineer Mr. H. M. Watson) said the building footings and brickwork was finished to the floor level on the construction of the baby health centre…
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LTTHGOW, Eat—The chairman of the Joint Goal Board (Mr. K A. Cameron) said at Wallerawang that the board had bought the Barton…
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The United Mineworkers’ Onion was yesterday ordered to stand trial on contempt charges on Monday…
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Work has recently begun in Central England on a new all electric model pit with a shaft of 24 feet in diameter-the…
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All mines in the South Maitland and Singleton were idle to-day following a stop-work decision made yesterday by a meeting of the Deputies Association in Cessnock…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—In an atmosphere of intense heat, smoke and dust and under dangerous roof conditions, mine workers are stiff battling in Bellbird colliery to save a large section of the mine which has fired and threatens the…
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At least 29 mines worked the full 10 days for the fortnight ended last Friday. Caledon open cut was Idle for the full 10 days because of…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The International Labour Office conference, which opened in Sydney to-day will discus…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The “dusty” of miners could be prevented or considerably reduced if mine-owners and miners…
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The lire which broke out in the eastside of No. 3 tunnel at Bell bird Colllery was under control, the Miners District Check Inspector…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday Ways of Increasing coal production in N.S.W. will be discussed at a special conference next Monday…
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