Hot Debate Forecast At Miners' Ccl
SYDNEY, Friday.—A bitter debate is likely to take place over the Korean issue at the meeting of the Miners' Central Council, which begins in Sydney on Monday…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Coal Strike Slows B.h.p
NEWCASTLE, Friday.—If idle B.H.P. coal mines do not resume on Monday, drastic slowing down in production at B.H.P. steel…
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Last Monday we published a report of the Mt. Kembla Disaster in which 95 persons lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scarborough Colliery Resumes Today
The Metropolitan Colliery at Scarborough was idle yesterday because of a dispute about payment of the mechanical unit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Safety of Bulli Mine Questioned
"The question is—How long will it be before the lid goes off Old Bulli?." said Mr. W. Smart yesterday commenting on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Log Off Claims Discussed By Central Council
SYDNEY, Monday. —The Miners Central Council at its opening sitting today discussed the Union's log of claims now before the Coal Industry Tribunal…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation this week may decide on industrial action to force increases [?]o miners' pensions…
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"It was a most unfortunate accident and one for which no one is to blame" said the Deputy Coroner (Mr. W. S. Musgrave) when returning a finding of accidental death at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Mine Accident
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—Three miners were admitted to hospital seriously hurt and a number of others treated for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Area Committee Revival Urged
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Miners' Central Council today decided to recommend the reviving of area committees on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sudden Death of Coal Board Member
Mr. Robert P. Jack, a member of the Joint Coal Board, who died suddenly in Sydney, earl yon Tuesday morning was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Flashes" at Bulli Mine; Union Officials Concerned
Southern District Miners' Federation officials yesterday expressed concern over the recurrence of "flashes" in the Old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Output Up by One Million Tons
SYDNEY, Friday.—Coal output for the year to mid-July was 6,494,000 tons, over a million tons higher than in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leg Broken in Colliery Accident
A clipper at Coalcliff Colliery had his right leg broken in an accident at the mine on Friday afternoon…
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A piece of coal which ricochetted off the side of the tunnel injured a shot firer in old Bulli Colliery on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Miners' Cable Stalin
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.)—A cable sent to Mr. Stalin yesterday on behalf of 100,000 Durham miners stated: "Withdraw…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners to Be "Educated" for Triple Alliance
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Coal miners are to be "educated" on a policy of joint action with other unions for joint defence on issues arising from the present international situation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →B.H.P. Mines To Work Today
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—John Darling and Burwood mines would work tomorrow, the Secretary of the Combined Collieries…
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Mr. E. C. Potts, Nowra business man, takes a considerable interest in the Nowra Central School…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Witness to Fatal Accident at Mt. Nebo Mine
Because nobody witnessed a fatal accident at Mt. Nebo colliery when the Assistant Manager, Jean Leopold Mouton…
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