Saboteurs Wreck Mine in Belgium
LONDON, Thursday: A secret Belgian newspaper reports that 20 armed Belgians wrecked a coal mine near Charleroi…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
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Only Two Mines Idle in State
SYDNEY: A shortage of pit timber through transport difficulties put out of production to-day Metropolitan coal mine (250…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prospect of Coal Loss by Timber Shortage
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The grave shortage of pit timber in New South Wales may have far-reaching effects on the nation's coal production, said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Management Board
The Northern Board of Management of the Miners Federation will commence sittings in Federation House, Newcastle, on Monday at 9.15 a.m. The most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Ships for Coal Carry Non-essential Goods"
SYDNEY, Friday.—Ships allocated to transport coal were being used in some cases for the transport of non-essential goods, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work At The Mines
Mines in the North worked well during the fortnight. Hobburn Bef[?]bird and Cessnoch-Neath groups again had full time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Abermain Duff Coal Hearing
SYDNEY: "This is the first time any of the many agreements between the union and myself has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summonses Against Seven Mt. Keira Miners
SYDNEY.—Summonses were issued to-day against seven Mount Keira miners, ordering them to appear in the No. 2 Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pelton Case View of Miners' Board
The Northern Miners' Management Board view' with the "utmost gravity" the decision of Judge Drake…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitund Coal Now Being Sent Interstate
SYDNEY—The Coal commission to-day began the transport of coal from the Maitland field to South Australia and Victoria. The Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Courts Other Courts on Page 2. Two Miners Charged
Two miners were charged, with an offence known in mining circles as "swapping tokens" at the instance of the Blip Company owners of Burwood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Detonators Stolen From Colliery
Two packets of detonators have been stolen from the John Darling colliery, Belmont, according to a report received by Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Do Not Want Daylight Saving
Northern miners want to offset the effect of daylight raving when it is introduced by starting work an hour later…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Charged Evidence on Marking of Skips
Two miners, Keith Donald Fallins, 32. and Richard Harold Williams, 26, appeared before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., in Newcastle Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legal Opinion on Appeal Miners' Board and Pelton
The Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation is seeking legal opinion on the matter of an appeal against the decision of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Duff Coal Agreement Still in Force Is Judge's Ruling
SYDNEY: Judge Drake-Brockman to-day held that an agreement, made between the management and the engine-drivers and firemen at Abermain No. 2 Colliery on August 5, 1940, was still in force and was a permanent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Urged to Work Full-time Transport Begins to Other States
SYDNEY, Monday.—Transport of Maitland coal from the Northern fields to South Australia and Victoria was begun to-day by the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Mechanics May Merge with Miners' Federation
SYDNEY: The old established Colliery Mechanics' Association, whose headquarters are on the South Maitland Coalfields. may…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Colliery Claims World Record Output
LONDON, Tuesday: What is claimed to be a world record coal output for one shift has been established at Ellistown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Gold
The Commonwealth Bank fixed the price of gold lodged at the Mint on Saturday and Monday at £10/0/ an ounce fine…
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