Production Ministry For Coal
CANBERRA, Monday.—Federal Cabinet is to-day considering the establishment of a Ministry for Coal Production, operating under…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Warning By Coal Board Chairman
CESSNOCK, Monday.—“It is well for us to remember,” said the chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cameron) at…
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Future generations would curse the people of to-day if nothing were done soon to improve mining conditions…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — The greater portion of the mines on the northern coalfields are Idle to-day because or a stop-work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Co-op. Building Societies. 1337 Members Enrolled
There are now 1337 members in the Miners' Co-operative Building Societies subsidised by the Joint Coal Board. This was disclosed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Coal Not the End-all of Our "Lives". Mr. Cameron's Address at Shew Opening
"Coal, while of very great importance, perhaps paramount importance in the national scheme of things, is not the end-all and be-all of our lives," the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. K Cameron) said when he officially opened the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitlan and Local Mine Duputies Go on Strike 36 Mines Stop Work : No Saftey Men In Mines
A stopwork meeting of members of South Maitland Deputies' Association at Cessnock yesterday afternoon decided unanimously to go on strike till satisfaction was obtained over a claim to employ deputies in open cuts and on the long-service leave penalty imposed for a previous…
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NEWCASTLE, Wed.—Arthur Jennings, 50, of Hall-street, Merewether, a. miner, employed at Waratah colliery, suffered a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Men Want Sawmill
A letter before yesterday’s meeting of Lower Hunter Shire Council sought approval for setting up of a sawmill at the corner of Karuah…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—There was a speedy move to conserve gas coal as a result of the strike on the South Maitland coalfields. The gas…
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CESSNOCK Friday.—Thomas King, 20, of Edden-street, Bellbird, a wheeler, employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, had…
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The live boys in this picture wun this particular camp's coveted Distinction Certificate which means that, in addition to being the most popular boys in the camp, they showed high qualities of leadership, willingness an an [?] to learn. On the extreme right in…
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The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said that he knew of no proposal to set up a Ministry of Coal Production or to…
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CESSNOCK, Friday—All mines’ returned to work in the South Maitland field to-day following the acceptance of terms by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. McGirr Admits Anomolies Mine Pensions Act
The Premier (Mr. McGirr) Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., in the Legisaltive Aeesmbly today that the Mineworkers' Pension Act contained…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Amendments to Mine Pensions Act. Approved by Cabinet
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Dickson) has informed Mr. Crook, M.L.A., that Cabinet has approved the follwing amendments to the…
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NEWCASTLE: The Newcastle BHP Steelworks, already operating on a reduced scale, may cease, steel production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owner Will Not Sell Weston Hall Coal Board To Be Informed
The question of acquiring the building known as the Olympia Hall, Weston, for a And practice hall and community centre was discussed at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Musweelbrrok Coal Company's Charges For ELECTRICITY Question Asked in Parliament on Tuesday Last
The matter of electricity charges made by the Muswellbrook Coal Company to vendors of the Scone Municipality were again brought up in the State Parliament by Mr. R. B. Nott, MLA, on Tuesday last…
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BERLIN, March 17.—Soviet-occupied Germany ordered 17,000 tons of Iron castings yesterday from a steel plant which Britain…
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