Coal Loss
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The total loss in coal production in New South Wales to-day is 11,100 tons…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Two Miners Sever Fingers
Two miners severed fingers while at work at collieries this morning. Larry Johnston,21, of Aberdare-rd., Cessnock, a miner, at Aberdare…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday—Maurice Johnston, 21, of Aberdare road, Cessnock, a miner employed at Aberdare colliery, had the third…
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CESSNOCK. Tuesday. — The loss in production on the South Maitland field is again heavy today, and amounts to 4500 tons…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—By eight votes [?] seven, the central council of the Miners’ Federation re-elected Mr. W. Parkinson as…
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 7—President Truman has invoked the Talk-Hartley Labour Law in an effort to end the crippling strike…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Twenty-three coalmines are idle in New South Wales to-day for a total production loss of about 4000…
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Communist and left-wingers in the Miners' Federation Central Council defeated Labour Party supporters in a…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—The miners are suspicious of the plea for co-operation made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), and their onion has…
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CESSNOCK, Wed—Half the production on the South Maitland field to-day has been lost largely through Industrial disputes…
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The Joint Coal Board reports that during January coal produced from underground mines totalled 623,606 tons, and from open-cuts 87,509…
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CESSNOCK, Thurs.—Although the loss in production on the Sooth Maitland field to-day is very heavy, it is far less than…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. — The Victorian Government would get as much coal as possible from Britain, South Africa, and…
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CESSNOCK, Friday.—A conference of lodge and union officials and representatives of [?]endly societies in the Cessnock district agreed last…
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Some of the candidates for the Joint Coal-Board's Matriculation Scholarship winners Included in the picture are: Front row (from the left, G.C. Monkey, Raymond Terrace, Newcastle, S.M. Cowie, Arcadia Vale, Lake Macquarle, R.K. Britain's first faster-than-sound Jet fighters Will soon be delivered to the Royal Air Force. They site the Vickers Supermarine 510, pictured here, and the Hawker P1052. They are still on the secret list and their exact performances are not disclosed. They were…
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CESSNOCK, Friday.—George Laverick, 27, of Northcote-street, Abendare. a miner, employed at [?] colliery, had the little…
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The declaration by the Miners' Central Council this week that it would not cooperate with the Menzies' Government was unreal and unjust, the…
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. — President Truman has no plans and no power to seize coalmines if the miners’ leader, John L…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Grant of £770 To Extend Kurri Evening College Activities
The Joint coal Board has informed the Principal of the Kurri Kurri Evening College (Mr. Rowley James, jur,) that it has decided to make available…
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Coal shipments from Newcastle this week totalled 38,550 tons. Victoria received 18,000 tons, South Australia 17,200 tons and…
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