Warden's Court Disputed Mining Leases
In the Hay Mining Warden's Court yesterday, disputed applications for mining leases in the Ivanhoe district were heard by the Warden, Mr. K. W…
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Trapped Miners Safe
LONDON, Fri.: The 128 coal miners entombed 720 feet below the surface following a landslide last night at the…
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Rescuers this morning brought fro the surface the last of the main groups of 115 Scottish miners who had been trapped underground at the Knockshinnock Castle colliery, Ayrshire,…
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LONDON, Mon: Heavy rain today halted the search for 13 miners missing in the Knockshinnock Castle colliery, where…
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NEWCASTLE; Tues.: Floods and washaways have cut the railway lines and gas-coal output will be seriously curtailed…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Hebburn No. 1 and No. 2 lodges were idle on the northern coalfields this morning, the first…
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SYDNEY, [?].: The long service leave decision tor miners recently announced by the Coal Tribunal (Mr Gallagher) led to…
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Miners’ Federation Central Executive today threatened nation-wide stopwork meetings on the coalfields unless a long service leave dispute was settled within 14 days…
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PERTH, Wed: Big Bell gold mine, near Kalgoorlie, the Stag’s largest low grading mining property, may close on Monday unless agreement…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Federal Minister for Labor (Mr Holt) said tonight that he would arrange a conference with miners’…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Miners’ leaders decided today to await the outcome of Federal Government negotiations on the long…
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NEWCASTLE, Sun.: John Roger Stevenson, 62, coalmine owner, of Dudley, who died on Friday, told the…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Australia’s coal production next year will be 3,000,000 tons below requirements, the Minister for Fuel…
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SYDNEY, Monday : Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr F. H. Gallagher) has called a compulsory…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Must Mechanise to Get More Coal Sydney, Monday
The solution of Australia’s coal problems will be found largely in increased mechanisation of mines. Research Service indicates in a report issued today. In a lengthy review of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →80 Miners Die In Fire LONDON, Tues
A fire roaring through a section of the Creswell Colliery (Derbyshire) to-day killed 80 miners…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: A stop-work meeting of all F.E.D.F.A. and Miners’ Federation employes in open-cut mines on the western…
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CANBERRA, Wed. : Gold production in Australia during July, 1950, was 64,496 fine ounces, valued at £A999,152…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Disaster 47 Bodies Recovered
LONDON, Wed.: By dawn today 47 bodies had been recovered from the Creswell Colliery (Derbyshire), where 80 miners…
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SYDNEY, Fri: All western NSW NSW open-cut mines are expected to be back in production on Monday after a two-day strike…
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