Union Help Control of Coal Industry Proper Award First "Some Men Not Playing Cricket" SYDNEY
Judge Drake-Brockman said in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day that there was something wrong if men at mines…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1939
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Collieries' Staff Association
The annual meeting of the United Collieries' Staff Association will be held at the Ambulance Hall. Station-street, Weston, next. Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Colliery Accidents
Til Jenkins, 34, a miner, living in Blacks-road, Paxton, was struck by a fall of coal in Stanford Main No. 2 colliery yesterday morning. He received a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Coal Mining Dangers Inquiry Continues At Lithgow LITHGOW
A witness before the Royal Commission nquiring into safety and health in coal mines yesterday said he had been told by a deputy that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Work On Monday At The Abermain Mines
For the first time this year, miners it Abermain Nos. 2 and 3 collieries will work on Monday. The resumption has been arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia Best Buyer of Newcastle Coal TOOK 18,300 Tons for Week
South Australia superseded Victoria as Newcastle's best customer for coal this week. About 18,300 of the 59,107 tons exported went to South Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire at Steel Works Coal Conveyor Was Destroyed Damage Estimated at £10,000
Fire wrecked an enclosed coal conveyor, 500 feet long, at the works of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. early on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Aviation Germany Knew There Was Gold in New Guinea Remarkable Engineering Achievement Recalled
GERMANY has always had the reputation of possessing some of the finest engineers in the world. Recent reports suggest that this reputation is being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →75 Buried in Japanese Coal Mine Tokio
A gas explosion, five miles below the surface, in a coalmine at Miyadacho in the prefecture of Fukuoka buried 75 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kurri Mines Working
The three Kurri collieries. Pelaw Main, Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 1, were working to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Research Work in Coal Mines British Report On Dust And Silicosis LONDON, December 27
Recent research work on silicosis and dust in coalmines, on methods of suppressing dust in the air, on underground illumination, and on the quality and pressure of firedamp in coal seams—all matters affecting the health and safety of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Abermain Mines Resume Work
Abermain No's. 2 and 3 collieries resumed work to-day following the acceptance of resumption terms in the dispute which resulted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mine Owner's Loss of Copper Wire
Evidence that during the lost two months copper wire, which had cost him £150 to replace, had been stolen from his power lines, was given by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Exports Increase Weekly Figures Up
The highest figure for the export of coal from the cranes at Carrington in the past six weeks was recorded for the week ended on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Profit of £11,250 Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company
The Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company made a profit of £11,250 last year. An interim dividend in July accounted for £5000, and £6250 is now to be distributed at the rate of 5/ a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Co. Raises Dividend Disclosed Profit Was £11.250
Coal was in Rood demand last year according to the annual report of the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company. For 1938 the company increased itsnt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Inquiry Opinion on Recent Dispute Dismissal Of Youths SYDNEY
Old coal miners have not hesitated to write their opinions on the recent coal dispute to Judge Drake-Brockman, who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mercury Mining Rich Production Likely in Queensland BRISBANE
"There is a prospect of rich production of mercury in Queensland within a few months," said Mr. S. R. Hosking, of Adelaide, who has secured leases at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Smoke Can Be Abated in Newcastle Solution Without Aggravating Coal Industry Problems
Abatement of smoke in Newcastle should not be regarded as the pursuit of merely an aesthetic ideal; it is a major problem demanding practical solution. In this and other articles which follow, a special…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brush in Court Mr. I. Hoare's Request Coroner Refused Mine Inspection Bloomfield Main Fatality
A brush occurred between the Kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) and Mr. I. Hoare, Acting Northern District Check…
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