Miners’ Leave Payments by Next Month
CANBERRA, Wed.—Long service leave payment may be made to miners before the end of next month. the Minister for Labour…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Open-Cut Miners Get More Pay
The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) on Monday granted pay increases to all members of the Miners'…
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CANBERRA.—Ending Australia's coal shortage depended on the open cuts, said Mr. Wentworth (Lib.), in the House…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—The Queensland Electricity Commisisoner (Mr. S. F. Cochrane) has been offered the position of chairman…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Open-cut coal mines were not being given a fair chance, said Mr. W. C. Wentworth (Lib.) in the House of Representatives, when urging a more extensive development of open cuts…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — A miner was killed by a Call of coal at the BHP Burwood colliery today…
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CESSNOCK, Thurs.—Because of heavy rain yesterday Caledon and Cessnock No. 2 open cut mines were unable to work…
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New machines which will begin operation in the next few weeks are expected to increase N.S.W. coal production…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday. — By striking yesterday the 120 employees of the Stockrington No. 2 colliery broke a few days’ old…
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A total of 684 loans to finance the building of homes has been approved ing Societies now in existence in this by the 13 Miners' Co-operative Build…
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NEW YORK, June 9.—An army expert told the Coastguard Board of Inquiry today that anti-tank mines which exploded at South…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The McGire Government was conspiring to stop the country from getting coal, Mr. W. C. Wentworth, M.P.,…
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The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) on Monday granted pay increases to all members of the Miners' Federation employed in…
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Thirty thousand acres of some of the best gas coal in the world was held in the name of one man and this coal was all in the…
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For the second time this month, J. and A. Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd. yesterday closed Stockrington No…
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Australian gold production for the three months ended March 31 was 195,916oz fine, a decrease of 7426oz, or 3.7 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hint of Gaol Coalfield Tyranny Mr. Gallagher Warns the Miners’ President
SYDNEY, Saturday.—A hint of gaol sentences, for “industrial tyranny in the coal industry” was given by the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. H. Gallagher. He said that such tyranny must cease…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday. —The South Maitland field was entirely free of industrial disputes today…
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Sir,—In your issue of Friday, Mr. J. W. Crook, M.L.A., is reported as having said: "I am not going to say that Labour Governments have done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plans to Salvage Gold From Wreck Valued at £500,000
A Sydney businessman, who is a temporary member of the "Marlette Dal" salvage crew, hopes to recover about £500,000 worth of gold from a…
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