Magic Mineral Saves Lives of Servicemen Rare Metal From Australian Mines
In the war years Australia has become an important source of several rare minerals. One of the products of…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
400 stories in New England's papers · page 18 of 20
Grave Calamity for Australia Unless Coal Stocks Built Up
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Unless coal stocks were built up Australia was faced with grave…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Conference With 31 Mines Idle CANBERRA
A conference between the acting Prime Minster Mr. Forde and coal mining leaders opened to-day while thirteen mines stand idle in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fitting Overture 13 Mines Idle as Coal Parley Opens CANBERRA
The conference between the acting Prime Minister (Mr. Ferde) and coal mining headers opened to-day while 13 mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →B.H.P. Men Dismissed Shortage of Coal SYDNEY
N.S.W. Manpower Director, Mr. Bellemore has been notified by the Broken Hill Ply. Ltd. that a large number of men might have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Shortage May Mean Unemployment Serious Position Facing B.H.P. SYDNEY
New South Wales Manpower Director (Mr Belle[?] has been noticed by the Broken Hill Pty. Ltd, that a large number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seven Mines Idle To-day
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Seven mines are idle to-day, with the loss of 6,000 tons of coal. At Hebburn No 1. where a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early Day Mining Big Changes in Cattle Values
In these reminiscences Mr. H. J. A. Blain tells of wages and conditions of labor at Silver Spur Mine nearly forty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nine Mines Idle Coal Loss This Week 26,750 Tons SYDNEY
Coal loss for the present week reached 26,750 tons to-day as the result of idleness of nine mines —eight due to strikes and one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →2,000 Miners on Strike To-day Week's Coal Loss 34,000 Tons SYDNEY
Two thousand miners are [?] strike to-day at six colliers and the [?] loss including that at a mine which is closed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Down to Coal Dust While Miners Take Christmas Vacation SYDNEY
Powdered coal from an old dump at Cessnock is being used for electricity generation and will continue to be used during the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unruly Miners Call for Discipline LITHGOW
Addressing the western miners Board of Management. Mr. Rowley James. M.H.R.. liaison officer between the Commonwealth and the miners,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ran Gauntlet of Mines First Relief Convoy to Greece CAIRO
The first British convoy has arrived at Salonika with thousands of passengers ahd large quantities of supplies, says Cairo radio…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News Link Summary of Man Items in Yesterday S Wires. Should Interest Miners
The story of the manner in which the Japanese had treated Australian. soldiers in prison camps in Burma and Thailand should be sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Voice in Wilderness? Mr. James, M.H.R., Appeals to Miners LITHGOW
Addressing the Western Miners' Board Management, Mr. Rowley James, M.H.R. liasion officer between the Commonwealth and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Christmas Union Recommends 10 Days' Spell SYDNEY
Millers on all New South Wales fields will, it is expected, accept a recommendation of their leaders to take only 10 days holiday at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Government to Pay Miners' Costs"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It is understood that the Federal Government has agreed to pay the costs incurred by the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Only One Mine Idle To-day
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Only one mine, the Metropolitan, in The south was idle to-day, and the coal loss is only 700 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aberdare Miners Vote on Christmas Holidays
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Aberdare Extended Colliery voted to-day in favour of taking only ten days holidays at Christmas time,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Rebuffs Miners
Federal Cabinet yesterday refused most of the suggestions made by the Central Executive of the Miners Federation to step up coal…
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