Coal Owners Have Had "Raw Deal"
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The colliery proprietors had had a raw deal over the last few years from the Government and…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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U.s. Miners Plead "Not Guilty" to Contempt Charges
WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—The United Mine Workers' Union has pleaded not guilty in the Federal Court to…
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At the annual meeting of the Southern Districts Delegate Board in Wollongong on Monday a resolution was passed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Effectiveness of Dust Control Depends on Owners and Miners Coal Board Medical Officer's Address
If mine managements and mineworkers consistently and conscientiously applied the methods of dust control at present advocated and laid down in many mining regulations the vast majority of…
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Continued on Trove, page 19 →I.l.o. Delegates to Inspect Southern Collieries
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—On Friday morning delegates to the International Labour Office Conference will visit Metropolitan,…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Labour and National Services (Mr. Holt) said today he would consider…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transport Dispute at Nebo Mine
Mount Nebo colliery was idle yesterday when all employees, including deputies and shot-firers, held a combined…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Faulty Bits and Mine Dust
Sir,—I have had 30 years of practical experience as a mining tool manufacturer on the Maitland coalfields, making tools for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surveys Show Coal In Riverina
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Recent surveys by the Bureau of Mineral Resources disclosed that in the Riverina District…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →McLEAY "On Wrong Leg" with Miners
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister of Shipping and Fuel (Senator McLeay) was "starting off on the wrong leg" in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nebo Miners Resume
Miners at Mt. Nebo returned to work yesterday, following a conference on Wednesday of representatives of the Coal Board,…
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The annual picnic of the Scarborough Miners' Lodge will be held at Kiama next Sunday, the Secretary of the lodge (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corrimal and Excelsior Mines Idle
Both Corrimal and Excelsior: pits were idle yesterday. The miners stopped work as a [?] against the hearing of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Council Should Decide on Policy Towards Open Cut Mines"
The City Council should decide on a policy in relation to open cut mines in Greater Wollongong, said Ald. H. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Lag Until 1953 Forecast
MELBOURNE, Friday.—By 1953, the Commonwealth's coal production should be 18.8 million tons a year, which would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Criticism Of Coal Board Allocations
At a meeting of Dapto Progress Association when the comparatively small contributions offered by the Coal Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Telegrams Waste of Time—gallagher
SYDNEY, Friday.—-The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher today described the action of miners in sending him telegrams of protest a a sheer waste of time." Mr. Gallagher said he had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Royal Navy Divers Search for Spanish Gold
LONDON,, Friday (A.A.P.).—Royal Navy divers are enroute to the Isle of Mull, off Scotland's west coast, to search for a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Co-operate with Corrimal Amenities Committee
At the Corrimal Amenities Committee meeting the President (Mr. J. Kerr) reported that he attended the Miners'…
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