Miners Want Changes In Pension Act
Miners' Compensation Officers from the Southern, Northern and Western coalfields will meet in Sydney on Monday to discuss…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Miners'leaders to Meet Mr. Menzies
NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — Northern miners leaders have accepted an invitation to attend talks with the Prime Minister…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Joint Coal Board favours mechanical methods to extract pillar coal from underground mines. This was stated today by Mr. W. S. Winning, for the board, addressing…
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SYDNEY. Friday.—The Minister for Fuel and Shipping (Senator McLeay) said today he had asked the Joint Coal Board…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Corrimal Mine On Darg; Tea Dispute Sequel
Corrimal Miners' Lodge has decided to reintroduce the darg. This action followed a strike on Tuesday last when the miners…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — A conference of Miners' Federation officials today decided to ask the Federal and New South Wales…
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PITTSBURGH, Monday. — Nearly two-thirds, of ,the 90,000 bituiminious miners on strike in seven States had voted by last…
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Gas pressure was weak from 6 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. last night. An official of the Wollongong Gaslight Company said the drop…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday (A.A.P.). Pittsburgh district officials of the United Mineworks' Union failed yesterday to induce nearly…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Figures issued by the Joint Coal Board show New South Wales mineworkers will…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Extension of long service leave benefits to Glen Davis shale miners and rectification of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Search for Gold Alloy Lost From Port Shipment
Seventeen plus of blister copper, a valuable alloy containing gold and silver, are missing from a consignment recently…
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threatened Stoppage Of Maitland Mines On
SYDNEY, Friday.—-A stoppage of all mines on the Maitland coalfields, which produce 21,000 tons of coal daily, is likely on Tuesday. If the stoppage is held it will…
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WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.).—A White House official said President Truman might intervene in the coal situation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Bd. Home Building Scheme Is Popular
Popularity of the Coal Miners' Home Building, Scheme can be gauged by the large number of applications already received from the South Coast, membership of the Wollongong and…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Aberdare Central Mine, which suspended operations this morning, will be inspected at 1 o'clock tomorrow…
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Coal Cutter-loader
The "Samson Stripper" a new power cutter-loader promises to revolutionise coal getting at the face. The machine drives a wedge along the face which planes down the coal. Little dust is produced, which reduces the risk of disease, and waste is reduced to…
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