Burn High Grade Coal or Low Need for New Furnaces, Says Mr. Grant
SYDNEY, Monday.—"The Government will have to face up to the necessity of bringing down regulations forcing companies who are…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
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Miners' Pension
Sir—We hear every day that every man, woman and child has to give his or her all for the war effort. Why is the Miners' Federation…
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Sir,—Get busy, Mr. Curtin, Close the tin pot pits. Work five or six of the big pits three shifts seven days a week. Then you will get coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Pensions Details of Suspension
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Details of the suspension of the miners' pensions scheme for six months on the Southern field are—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Pioneer's Wedding Jubilee
MR. and MRS. John Simpson, pioneers of Speers Point, will celebrate the jubilee of their marriage in Sydney to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Only One Mine in State Was Idle To-day
SYDNEY: Corrimal colliery, where a dispute arose last week owing to alleged danger from gas is the only mine in N.S.W. idle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspended for Six Months Miners' Pensions on Southern Field
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The compulsory retirement of miners over 60 on the Southern coalfield has been suspended for six months, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Cabinet Will Consider Position Reports for Ministers on Coal Stoppages
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The War Cabinet meeting on Thursday will deal with the industrial situation on the New South Wales coalfields. Reports have been prepared for Ministers on the causes…
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LONDON, Feb. 6 (Air Mail): In order to leave more coal available for the nation's war needs, miners at several Yor[?]hire…
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The decision of the Miners' Pensions Tribunal to exempt South Coast mines from the compulsory retirement provision of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breakdown Stops Three Mines
SYDNEY.—With the exception of three mines in the north, stopped because of a mechanical breakdown, all mines in New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Forster on Coal Shortage
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Secretary of Northern Collieries Ltd. (Mr. H. Gregory Forster), referring to a statement by the General Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Like Taking Coal to Richmond Main"
"To deliver sand to Stockton is like taking coal to Richmond Main," said Ald. Dunkley at a meeting of Greater Newcastle Council last night when it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claims Sand Put in Mine Motor Deliberately
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Although local police are convinced that sand found in the motor at the Invincible colliery at Cullen Bullen was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial News Believed Safe Corrimal Mine May Resume To-day
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Only Corrimal colliery, on the South Coast, was idle to-day. It is expected that production at this pit will be resumed tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Breakdown in Mine Power
SYDNEY, Thursday.—About 350 miners were idle to-day at the J. and A. Brown collieries at Stockrington, Duckenfield, and Freeman's Tunnel because of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sabotage at Mine in West
SYDNEY.—Action is to be taken immediately with regard to sabotage at the Invincible Colliery at Cullen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Powers to Combat Mine and Other Strikes
CANBERRA: The Federal Government's decision to invoke Statutory Rule 77 to all industrial disputes is aimed principally at ending stoppages on the Coalfields, which have been holding up maximum production for war industries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →V.D.C. Factory Units Action Soon, Says Miners' Leader
"We feel that action will be taken soon in the right places for instructions to be issued for the formation of factory units as part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federation Leaders' Claims Change of Methods Would Improve Coal Production
Change of methods would improve production at several mines, the president of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr…
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