Poles Invented Mine Detector
LONDON, Monday.—Two Polish officers invented the land mine detector which cleared paths through minefields for the Eighth…
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Mining & the mines, 1943
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Mines Rescue Superintendent Suspended
LITHGOW, Monday.—The Western miners' Secretary (Mr. Jamieson said to-day that the Superintendent of the Mines Rescue Station (Mr. W. Evans…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Committee's Ruling On U.S. Coal Prices
WASHINGTON, Monday.—The House Ways and Means Committee, despite President Roosevelt's recommendation, disapproved by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Absentee Plan at Colliery
LONDON, Tuesday.—Absentee [?]mat at Askern Maid Colliery' Doncaster, is now dealt with by a tribunal of three men,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Mines Crashed on Cologne
LONPDON, July 6.—Air mines crashed down on the Cologne districts of Kalk and Deutz in the great R.A.F. raid on Saturday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Mines Idle in North
On the eve of the special meeting, at which the Board of Management of the Miners' Federation is to fix…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Loading Payments Before Coal Board
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Unless the position regarding wartime loading payments was adjusted there was a possibility of serious unrest on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country Council Has 13 Week's Coal
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The time was rapidly approaching when the Sydney County Council would not have any reserve coal stocks, the…
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NEW YORK, July 6.—Smashing tradition by returning to the mines on what has always been a holiday, the nation's miners celebrated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Coal at 2½d a Ton
SYDNEY.—Newcastle coal was sold in New Zealand this week at slightly less than 2½d a ton. At the same time, a freighter that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal for Homes Soon Will Be Short
SYDNEY.—"I hate to be a wet blanket, but I am afraid there will be very little coal available soon for domestic purposes," said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Tribunal Tries Absentees
LONDON, July 7.—Absenteeism at Askern Maid colliery, Doncaster, is now dealt with by a tribunal of three men, representing miners,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Mines Idle
Three new stoppages developed on the Northern field yesterday, making a total of six mines fully idle. For the third day in succession, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Killed in Mines
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two were killed in accidents at mines to-day. At Broken Hill, Clement Pollard was killed when he fell down a winze…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →5 Mines Idle in North
While the special sitting of the Miners' Board of Management was in session to-day dealing with imposition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Still Has No Coal
Although the winter was now well advanced. Tighe's Hill school still had no coal for fires, the headmaster (Mr. E. Clancy) told…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal May Have to be Rationed
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Before long it will possibly be necessary to ration coal, gas and electricity in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Code Breaches Executive Officers and Fines
Central executive and Northern district executive officers of the Miners' Federation who have strongly urged adoption by lodges of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Casualties in U.S. Mines Exceed War Losses
WASHINGTON, July 7.—Casualties in American coalmines last year were 1480 killed and 70,500 injured, of 530,000 men employed in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Miners' Lodges Fined Under Penalty Code "Safety Issues Must Be Genuine"
The Northern Miners' Management Board yesterday fined eight lodges an approximate total of £234 for having held unauthorised…
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