Northern Collieries
Work will cease at the collieries in the northern district today, and will be resumed on Tuesday. There will be May Day celebrations on…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
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Mining and Engineering Fuel for Ships
England imports more of oil than of any other commodity, about 13,450,000 tons of it in 1938 and only about 8 per cent. of it from British territory. Those 13,450,000…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Inspector Critical Ventilation at Northern Extended Colliery Fan or Furnace As Main Unit Royal Commission's Sitting
Explaining that the department could not alter the position at present, but it was hoped that a recommendation would be made by the Commission, Senior…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →None for New Zealand Coal Exports Down 58,537 Tons for Week
Newcastle felt the first effects this week of the New Zealand Government's ban on Australian coal. During the past two weeks 5200 tons of coal have been…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Troubles of the Coal Trade Many Disputes in Old Days Address to Engineers
The clash of interests in Newcastle coal mines 50 years ago was so violent that when free labour was introduced to Hamilton colliery the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Mine Inspectors "Not at Beck and Call of Check Inspectors" Argument at Inquiry Improvement Wanted, Not Convictions
Government mine inspectors were not at the beck and call of the miners' check inspectors, the loyal Commission of Safety and Health in Coalmines was told…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Millfield Greta Colliery to Resume Work
Millfield Greta Colliery will resume operations to-morrow. Results of the Government examination which took place last week concerning ventilation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Manager a Baronet London, March 29
The newest baronet in South Africa is Sir Villiers Geoffrey Caesar Hawkins, who has succeeded his cousin, Sir John Scott Caesar Hawkins, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mines Safety Inquiry Water In Dudley Colliery
Referring to the inrush of water in Dudley Colliery in 1936, in a statement to the Royal Commission into Health…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Millfield Colliery to Resume
Millfield colliery, idle last Reek, will resume to day. The dispute concerned the ventilation of a place where a pair of miners were engaged. This place will not…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Richmond Main Colliery Resumes
Richmond Main Colliery, which was idle last week owing to a dispute with the machine men, resumed work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Worker Injured
Robert Carlton, 20, of Northcote-street, Kurri, was kicked in the leg by a horse while at work at Bloomfield South Colliery to-day. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Millfield Miners Back at Work
Millfield Greta miners were back at work to-day. Last week the colliery was idle following a report by the miners' check…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Shipments for Last Week
According to figures released to-day by the Berthing Master at Newcastle (Mr. E. W. Keats) the amount of coal exported from the cranes at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Needs Prominent in March at Kurri Kurri Bigger Procession
While there were the usual banners and bannerettes appealing for the solidarity of the working classes, and calling upon industry to unite, the additional…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£3700 Claim Made by Mine Official "Echo Of Strike Last Year"
A claim for £3700 for the sale of about 3000 tons of slack coal was heard in Maitland Circuit Court to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Floats at Cessnock Much Ingenuity Crowds Line Street Size of Procession Doubled
The May Day celebrations at Cessnock yesterday were marked by enthusiasm and interest which exceeded that of previous years. Crowds lined both sides of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →32,000 Tons of Coal Afire at Port Kembla Port Kembla
A fire broke out in a huge heap of 32,000 tons of coal at the coke works of Australian Iron and Steel Ltd., Port Kembla, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Savings
Here are some hints which will help to make your coal supplies go further: Prepare a bucket—or buckets, according to the amount of coal you…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Settlement in £3700 Coal Claim Case
At the resumed hearing to-day of the case at the Maitland Circuit Court in which Frederick Newburn claimed £3700 from James Albert…
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