Western Miners and Retirement Issue
LITHGOW, Thursday.—Application has been made by the Western Coal Owners' Association to the Mineworkers' Pensions Tribunal for suspension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1943
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No Local Dispute in 19 Years is Muswellbrook Colliery Record
Muswellbrook Coal Company Ltd. claims this record for its town mines—Muswellbrook colliery (500 tons a day) has worked continuously for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. James Wants Miners Back in Industry
CANBERRA, Friday.—Mr. R. James (Lab., N.S.W.) complained in the House of Representatives to-day that many experienced miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Robbed of £70 and Gold Cross
SYDNEY, Friday.—About 9 o'clock to-night, Mrs. Amy Catherine Berry, 25, of The Avenue, Strathfield, was robbed of about £70 and a gold cross…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident At Colliery
John Moore. 17. of Collier St., Redhead, was injured at the Burwood Colliery, where he is emploved as a clipper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tobacco and Miners
A claim for an improved tobacco ration for miners is to be forwarded to the northern executive of the federation by lodges in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tax Exemption For Retired Miners
Arrangements for the exemption of some retired miners from taxation payments were made by the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →S.A. Coal Stacks On Danger Line
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Aggregate coal stocks have decreased to under 100,000 tons, which is barely above the danger line…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hebburn Collieries to Resume
Both Hebburn Nos. 1 and 2 collieries were idle yesterday. Hebburn No. 1 men claimed they had been docked for coming out of the mine early on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conference on Mine Pensions
Suspension of the compulsory retirement clause of the Mine-worker Pensions Act was discussed in Newcastle to-day at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Retired Miners' Tax Assessments
SYDNEY, Monday—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said that as the result of a conference he had had with the Commissioner of Taxation on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3000 Men Idle in Northern Colliery Dispute
Three thousand mine workers were idle on the Northern Coalfields to-day in the biggest production hold-up for many months. Seven of the nine lodges in the Northern collieries'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Better Method in Mining
"Some of the larger mines working the Greta seam have a potential life of only about 15 years under present conditions, at the expiration of which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Discuss Rule on Funerals Owners and Miners to Meet
A conference of representatives of the Northern Miners' Federation and Northern colliery proprietors in Newcastle to-day will discuss the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners and Owners Confer
Representatives at the Northern Miners' Federation and colliery proprietors conferred yesterday on matters relating to the retirement of miners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pillars Inspected at Mines
Mining inspectors and officials made their second inspection of pillar working on the South Maitland field to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Accidents Mine Accidents
Thomas Kirk, 17, clipper, of Allandale Road. Kearsley, had his right forearm injured when he was caught between skips…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Secretary Still in Broken Hill
BROKEN HILL.—Mr. G. W. S. Grant (General Secretary of the Miners' Federation) said to-day: "I am still in Broken Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Through Service Officers Engagement of Mine Labour
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In future all New South Wales coalowners must engage labour through National Service Officers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Mines Idle Won't Take Dispute to Board
Claiming that a matter of principle is involved in their dispute, Hebburn No. 2 miners have decided against referring their…
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