Injured by Coal Fall
A fall of coal in the Wongawilli colliery yesterday severely injured a miner. The man John Anderson…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
316 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 11 of 16
Huntley Colliery Dispute Settled
The compulsory conference called last Thursday by the Local Coal Authority in connection with the dispute at Huntley…
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John Anderson (51), of 235 Main Road, Dapto, suffered an injured back and chest in a fall of coal at Wongawilli colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bid to "Slander Miners' Strict Leadership" by Mechanics, Alleged
The Vice-President of the Southern District Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Smart) last night answered charges made by the Assistant Secretary of the…
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SYDNEY, Mon.— Claims for additional industrial benefits for miners, including increased wages, a shorter working week and extra sick and holiday grants, have all been rejected by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher)…
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Nearlyh 1,400 district miners refused to work yesterday, throwing six mines idle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Mechanics' Official Alleges "Attempt To Mislead"
Allegations that an official of the Miners' Federation was trying to mislead his members and the public generally over an industrial dispute at the…
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The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher), yesterday held a hearing in Wollongong on the…
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Vice-president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. W. Smart, this week criticised a statement appearing in last issue dealing with the Huntley. Colliery dispute. The statement was issued on…
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Sir,—With the settlement of the dispute at Huntley Colliery, I feel that the public should know of the attitude of the…
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SYDNEY, Thurs. The Miners' Federation today agreed to the mechanical extraction of pillar coal. The decision climaxes a seven-year-old controversy…
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WELLINGTON. — Whi'e working underground, a miner in the Liverpool State Mine on the West…
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Aggregate meetings will be held throughout the district by the Miners' Federation next Tuesday to deal,…
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Aggregate meetings of miners on the Southern coalfields have been called for tomorrow (Tuesday) to discuss the recommendations from the Miners' Triennial contention on the mechanical extraction of pillar coal. The Convention last week…
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Points of the miners' resolution in favour of mechanical pillar extraction were:…
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Miners' aggregate meetings all over the Southern District, with the exception of Bulli, voted in favour of the mechanical extraction of pillars yesterday. The Southern District…
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NEWCASTLE, Wed.—Northern miners at 16 meetings todays voted in favour of the Miners' Convention…
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Miners from the Southern Districts on Tuesday accepted the recommendation from the Triennial National Convention by 401 votes to 284. Voting at the various…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →12 Gold Mining Companies From Exchange List
SYDNEY, Wed.—The Sydney Stock Exchange Committee today removed 12 gold mining companies…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australia And Asia's Coal Reserves
The coal reserves of China have lately been revised at 309,610 million tons, standing fourth among the nations of the world and constituting nearly four per cent, of the world total. These figures are given in a comprehensive review of the lignite (brown coal) industry of two continents, Asia and Australia, just published by the United…
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