Agreement On Handling Of Queensland Coal
MELBOURNE, Thurs. — The threat of gas rationing and rail cuts in Melbourne has been averted by a settlement of the…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Former Outlaw Wins Gold Cup At Gloucester
GLOUCESTER, Thursday. — Mr. [?] Yabsley, of Kempsey, owner of [?] Homeleigh Dick, won the Gloucester Cup on Monday with Mystery Boy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Strikes Denounced “Like a Cunning Plan” Is Mr. Gallagher’s View
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A sharply worded denunciation of strikes which threw 23 mines idle on the N.S.W. northern coalfields was voiced by the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, at a hearing in Sydney to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Collieries Idle To-day
CESSNOCK, Friday. — Four large collieries are again idle today as a protest against the refusal of the Coal Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Funked Decision
SYDNEY, Friday. — The Joint Coal Board and the Mines Department had “funked” decisions to give coal mines extra manpower,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Owners to Meet
SYDNEY, Friday.—The secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors’ Association (Mr. R. Davie) said to-day that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Full Time for 30 Mines
Full time of ten days was worked by 30 Northern mines in the last fortnight. Details given by the shipping agents…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Truce In American Coal Strikes
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Western and northern coal operators yesterday accepted President Truman’s proposal for a 70-day truce while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Rescue Workers Qualifications Witness Tells Mr. Gallagher
Mine rescue workers needed excellent physique, keen pit sense and eyesight, first-aid certificates and wide coalmining experience…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Setback to Singleton Programme. Shire and Coal Board Grants
Singleton Municipal Council's proposed £12,500 town amenities programme received a severe setback when Patrick Plains Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal. Work Resumed at Open Cut. Pre-stoppage Conditions
Work was resumed at the open cut mine this morning on practically pre-stoppage conditions. This was the result of a settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Every Man in Mining Has [?]Me Chance Mr. Donne's Address To Rotary
Every man in the industry had the same chance as he and had to improve his position, the Superintendant of J. and A. Brown Abermain and Seaham Collieries Lts. (Mr. A. Donne) said in an address to Cessnock Rotary Club last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Loss in Coal Production
Strikes and other stoppages this week have lost 44,226 tons of coal on New South Wales coalfields. Production for the week is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Diamond Mining Suspended
GENEVA, Feb. 4.—Diamond prospecting in Tanganyika, has been stopped to prevent flooding of the world diamond market. Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World Coal Output Up
World production of coal and lignite amounted to nearly 1,500,000,000 metric tons of coal in 1948…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain Halts Coal Production
Heavy flooding of Bowman's Creek, near Muswellbrook, has brought work at Newmain Colliery to a halt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Musicians Seek Gold
Four members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra are prospecting for gold in the Bathurst district during their three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Production Loss 4000 Tons
CESSNOCK, Monday. — The loss of production on South Maitland field to-day is slightly more than 4000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miner Hurt by Fall of Coal
Ronald Wells, 29, of Mt. Pleasant-street, Maitland, wheeler, employed at Bloomfield Main colliery, received a probable fracture when a lump of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claim For Deputies In Open-Cut Mines
On Thursday or Friday the Central Coal Reference Board will hear a claim for the employment of deputies In open-cut…
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