Output Increased at Bellbird Colliery
Output at Bellbird colliery has been increased during the past fortnight by 3000 tons. The additional coal has been…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
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Fire at Old Wallsend Mine
The District Check Inspector of the Mingers' Federation (Mr. J. Sneddon) said last night that instructions had been issued to cope…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proto Men Called to Belmont Mine
Proto men from Cockle Creek Mines Rescue Station have been called to make an inspection at Belmont Colliery, the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial News Procedure for Coal Boards
Advice from the Chief Executive Officer of the Central Coal Board (Mr. H. C. Finnis) on certain procedure announced in the decision of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scope to Be Widened Pensions for Miners
SYDNEY, Friday.—New legislation providing for increased pensions to retired miners and widening the scope of the present scheme is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not Wise to Press at Present Miners' Council Policy on Nationalisation
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Miners' Central Council favour nationalisation of mines but fears that it would be impracticable in the present national crisis. This was revealed to-day when the council decided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Preparations for Flooding of Belmont Mine
Mining experts to-day investigated methods of flooding the workings of Belmont No. 1 Colliery where carbon monoxide gas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Holidays Owners Appeal to Court
SYDNEY: A matter involving the right of the Minister for Labor (Mr. Ward) to promulgate a regulation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Mines Idle in North To-day
Three collieries, Aberdare Central, Millfield Greta and Hebburn No. 1 were idle in the north to-day. The stoppages involved 1220…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Millfield-greta Miners Commission Has Applied the Regulations
SYDNEY: The Coal Commission has applied the National Security (Coal Control) Regulations to striking miners at Millfield-Greta mine. They are now liable to be called up for service in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Idle Mines
At Aberdare Central, where there bas been intermittent trouble over the provision at an emergency air-raid exit, wheelers yesterday refused to work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Production Down
SYDNEY, Monday.—Production of gold in New South Wales in February was 7747oz fine, valued at £A80,962, an increase of 1704oz compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion Danger at Belmont Mine
The flooding of Belmont colliery No. 1 is expected to be completed to-morrow. Miners were engaged yesterday, and will continue to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. May Ration Coal
WASHINGTON, May 11.—Unless household consumers put in reserve supplies immediately to the limit of their storage capacity, rationing of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Torrent of Water Diverted Into Mine Workings
Water from Lake Macquarie was diverted into the gaseous workings of Belmont No. 1 colliery today to flood the mine. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vacancies for 400 MINERS Mr. Mighell's Statement
The Chairman of the Commonwealth Coal Commission (Mr. Norman R. Mighell) writes:— In your issue of May 7, appears an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ward Has List Of Miners Not Working In Pits
SYDNEY: The Minister for Labor (Mr. Ward) has to-day supplied a list of coal miners not now employed in the coal mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pensions in Mines More Coal, Fewer Accidents
SYDNEY: "Not only has the output of coal increased since the introduction of the original Miners" Pensions Act but fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seaham Miners' Lodge Officers
The following officers were elected at the monthly meeting of the South Seaham Miners' Lodge: Chairman and treasurer,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Sweeper's Icy Arctic Voyage
LONDON, Tuesday (AAP): Ice formations so thick that the ship was in danger of becoming topheavy and overturning, are described by the skipper of a British minesweeper on a voyage to Murmansk (Arctic Russian port)…
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