More Coal Can am Will Be Provided Statement by New Coal Board Chairman
The new Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) said yesterday that the job of providing more coal could and would be done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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Mr. Cochran Views Human Problem In Coal Industry
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The new chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. S. F. Cochran, took over his duties yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Open Cut Mine Idle. Men Object to Company's Working Arrangement
Muswellbrook open cut mine is idle as a result of a dispute between the company and the employees…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman's Mutilated Body found Believed Struck by Coal Train
Believed to have been struck by a coal train, the mutilated body of Mrs. Ivy Ma[?]de Browning, 49, of Northcote-street, Kurri Kurri, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain’s Coal Industry
During 1949, Britain’s coal Industry increased its output and exports compared with 1948, out the costs of production, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Loss of 5000 Tons
CESSNOCK, Wed.—The production on the South Maitland coalfield to-day is down about 5000 tons. The greater part of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A “Gold Mine” at Coogee
SYDNEY, Thurs.—Two hundred square yards block of Coogee is fast earning the reputation of being the luckiest spot in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Muswellbrook Mine Trouble
The open-cut mine has been idle because of a dispute between employees and employers caused by the bad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Mines Short Of Waggons
CESSNOCK, Friday.—Owing to a shortage of waggons due to the recent interruption of coal lines because of floods at Maitland, four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Samson Will Win Coal for Britain
Britain will soon be using on a big scale a coalmining machine that will win 100,000 tons of coal a year with only five men at the face, says a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Prosperity in Britain £9½m. Profit
During 1949 Britain's coal industry, in its third year of public ownership, increased its output and exports compared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage to Kearsley Roads Caused by Rain and Coal Traffic
Damage to main roads in Kearsley Shire because of recent heavy rains wan estimated at £8,400 by the Engineer (Mr. L…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tremendons Coal Loss At Bellbird At Result of Spentan[?] Heating
When the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. G. Arthur) inspected Bellbird colliery yesterday he was accompanied by Mr, J. W. Crook, M.L.A., Senior…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Board's Aid For Amenities Programme Improvements Valued at £6,000
Singleton Municipal Council is to raise a loan of £5,000—to be financed by the Joint Coal Board—for the purpose of making additions and improvements to sporting and other amenities in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bellbird Miners Seek Better Share of Trucks
CESSNOCK, Monday,—During the past five weeks Bellbird colliery has only worked one shift a week because of the shortage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miner’s Face Injured in Car Accident
A miner was injured when a car collided with a stationary lorry in Lawes-street, East Maitland, on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Town News. Coal
Muswellbrook open cut mine resumed production last week. Wor[?] had been held up for a week as [?] result of a dispute between the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State’s Coal Production
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Although coal production in New South Wales in 1949, at 10,696,856 tons, was 953,713 tons less than in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Use Scheme to Advantage
MINERS are using the Co-operative Building Societies which are subsidised by the Joint Coal Board, to advantage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Coal Board Chairman. Frank Talks on Industry
Miners' leaders yesterday had a frank talk on the coal industry with the new chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran)…
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