Rest Homes For Retired Mine Workers
The Minister for Labour and National Service (Mr. H. E. Holt) has passed on the following information in amplification of his…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Gold Plated Fittings and Leopard Skin Upholstery
Some day one of these American publicity stunts will go too far. At the lavish 1950 General Motors Show in New York recently a Cadillac Convertible was displayed with Leopard skin upholstery, gold plated interior fittings and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scarborough Miners Allege Gas In Colliery
While a "vast improvement" was reported in ventilation at the Mt. Nebo Colliery after an inspection yesterday, pitmen at South Clifton. Colliery went on strike, alleging an instance of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Develop New Coal Mine
LITHGOW, Monday. — The manager of the State Coalmine at Lithgow (Mr. A. G. Pellow, has accepted a transfer to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six N.s.w. Coal Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Monday.—Six coal mines were idle in New South Wales today for a total loss of 2390 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners to Confer with Coal Board on "Continuous Miner"
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Miners' Federation will seek a conference with the Joint Coal Board on the conditions under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Want Withdrawal Of Leave Condition
SYDNEY, Monday.—The General Preident of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) told the Coal Industry Trbunal (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners To Challenge Red Bill Validity
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Miners' Federation will challenge the validity of the Communist Party Dissolution Bill immediately it becomes law. The Central Executive of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pit-top Meetings Will Discuss Miners'Pensions
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation today decided to hold pit-top meetings of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cochrane,Offered Joint Coal Board Chairmanship
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A £5000 a year job—Chairmanship of the Joint Coal Board—has been offered to the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mechanised Mine Machinery
In place of the usual address at last week's meeting of the Wollongong Rotary Club, two sound films were shown by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal Drives Our Trains
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Continued on Trove, page 24 →Coal Cutter for Trial
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Joint Coal Board will instal a Joy Sullivan "continuous miner," one of the most modern coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Stops Threatened in Two Districts
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — District stoppages on the Western and Southern coalfields are threatened over disputes at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board To Enlarge Balgownie Park
The Joint Coal Board has advised Wollongong Council that extensions will be made to the Balgownie Recreation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Long Service Payment To Miners, July 1
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The first payments under the proposed long service leave to miners will be paid from July, provided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stockrington Colliery Closed Again
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Stockrington No. 2 Colliery, which produces 700 tons of coal daily, was closed down today by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Risking Gaol, Says Gallagher
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) today warned miners' leaders that they might face a gaol sentence if they brought about a coal strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold In Hen's Gizzard
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Mrs. O. Stephens, a delicat-essen shopkeeper of Prahran, found more than 50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seamen's Strike to Prevent Coal Shipments"
SYDNEY, Friday. — The purpose of members of the Seamen's Union in refusing to man ships was to prevent the…
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