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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Stanford Main Mine Closed
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—As a result of repeated stoppages, Stanford Main No. 2 Colliery (daily output nearly 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Production Near Record
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—N.S.W. mineworkers are continuing to produce coal at near-record levels…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining Unions Draw Up New Safety Policy
Unions connected with the mining industry on the South Coast are not satisfied that the utmost has been done in…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) announced tonight that he would appoint Mr. G. Thorn as…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Letters to the Editor Miners and the A.L.P.
SIR,—The statement "Miners Reject A.L.P. Interference," which appeared in your issue of August 24, was no doubt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →128 Entombed Scot Miners Are "Safe"
LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).—The 128 coal miners entombed 720 feet below the surface following a landslide last night at the Knockshinnock Castle Colliery, New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boycott Threat Of Coal Board Machine
LITHGOW, Friday.—Members of the Federated Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Association are threatening to boycott the use…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Decision Yet on Mine Shuttle Cars
The Local Coal Authority (Mr. F. L. Hickman) yesterday dealt with an application filed by the Southern District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spent Life in a Mine-but Never Hewed a Ton of Coal
Tom Mackey, a Wollongong district man who slid quietly into the eventide of life the other day did a splendid underground job for Australia for 46 years. And yet he had nothing to do with the Security Service. But he did have a very close relationship with the security of the Commonwealth because…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →13 Scots Miners Still Missing
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—Rescuers this morning brought to the surface the last of the mainS group of 115 Scottish miners trapped underground at the Knockshinnock Castle Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Halts Rescue of Miners
LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).—Heavy rain today halted the search for the 13 miners missing in Snockshinnock Castle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Campaign" to Force Provision of Amenities for South Bulli Miners
The Southern District Executive of the Miners' Federation plans to adopt a "campaign" to force the Joint Goal Board and Wollongong Council to provide bus shelter-sheds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners And The A.L.R.
Sir.—The letter in your column on Friday, August 8, "Miners and the A.L.P.," over the nom-de-plume of "Pit Pony," is a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cochran to Meet South Bulli Miners About Bus Shelter Shed
The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) telephoned the Southern Miners' President (Mr. W. Parkinson)yesterday morning offering to confer with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Bulli Miners To Get Bus Shelter
The Greater Wollongong Council will erect a bus shelter shed at the corner of Rothery Road and Cross Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comerford Junior Vice-president of Northern Miners
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— The President of Richmond Main Lodge (Mr. J. Comerford) is assured of election to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Time In Forces Not Part Of Long Service
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Coal miners who served in the armed forces will not qualify for long service leave during their period…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Unjustly Blamel for Blackouts Says Mr. W. Davies, M.h.r
In a broadcast address over station 2K[?] Mr. W. Davies, M.H.R., said miners were being unjustly blamed for electricity blackouts Mr. Davies said: "Every time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Idle Over Long Leave Decision
Miners at Couth Clifton colliery Stopped work yesterday in protest aaginst a decision by the Joint Coal Board Chairman…
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