Miners Break Output Record
SYDNEY, Monday.-N.S.W. coal miners today broke the all-time 1942 record output by about 20,000 tons…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Minister Commends Miners
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—New South Wales coal miners have made history by passing the 1942 record production, of 12,206,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Pension Rumours "Misleading"
Rumours about the new miners' pension amendments were "misleading," said the Southern District Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Staff and Crafts Unions at Dinner
A very enjoyable evening of good fellowship was spent by the members of the South Bulli Colliery Staff and Craft Unions and their guests at the fourth annual dinner held in the Soldiers' Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Coal Lift During Holidays
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At a compulsory conference convened today by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) it was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Leader Says "Less Provocation"
"There has been a marked decline in managerial provocation in collieries since the advent of the Menzies Government,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Look To New Council for Bus Shelters
South Bulli miners expect the new City Council to make an early start on the erection of two bus shelter sheds on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →C.S.I.R.O's. Coal Conservation Work
The conservation and efficient utilization of Australia's coal resources will be assisted by Commonwealth Scientific…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Railway Orders Bigger Coal Trucks
SYDNEY, Thursday.—New coal waggons ordered by the N.S.W. Railways wili be able to carry a total of 20,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Production 316,184 Tons Last Week
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cochrane) announced today that New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Pensions Explained
Effect of amendments to the miners' pensions scheme were set out in a statement by Mr. W. Parkinson, President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners Pensioners Payment
Pension cheques received by miners' pensions recipients on Friday or Saturday, December 15 and 16 are the cheques which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Target Expected This Week-end
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Joint Coal Board's estimate of 12,750,000 tons of coal as the year's production is expected to be reached by New South Wales miners this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Decision on Miners' Claims Today
The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) will give his decision on the Miners' Federation log of claims at 2 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Opposition to "All Aggression"
The President of the Southern Miners (Mr. W. Parkinson) issued a statement yesterday criticising the leading article in the "Daily Mercury" on the subject of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Miners Will Fight Closure of Glen Davis Oil Plant"
Yesterday's report that the shale oil plant at Glen Davis might be closed brought a threat of "severe industrial repercussions" from the Southern Miners President (Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Cases Adjourned
John Feathers Chalmers, Inspector of Collieries in the Mines Department, asked Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., at Bulli…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Fined for Stealing From Colliery
"This is the first time I have ever taken anything from a mine and it will be the last" said Norman Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alleged Mine Breaches Cases Adjourned
Four charges of failure to comply with the Coal Mines'l Regulations Act were adjounred until January 17, by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Protest on Korean Executions
Mt. Kembla Colliery miners have carried a resolution protesting the "brutality of the executions carried out by South…
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