Move To Place Idle Miners On Coalfields
Negotiations with Manpower authorities were continued to-day with a view to placing the 200 remaining employees of Aberdare…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1943
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Coal Train Engine Derailed Near Cockle Creek
Derailed as it came from an exchange line, the engine of a coal train fouled the down main line near Cockle Creek yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Die in Gold Mine Mate's Rescue Attempted
KAIGOORLIE.—The story of three men who gave their lives in heroic attempts to rescue workmates from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →County Council's Coal Is Dwindling
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—County Council coal stocks are declining at the rate of 5000 tons weekly. At a meeting of the council to-day, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →500 Aberdare Miners Now in Jobs
Five hundred of the 600 mine-workers, who lost their jobs at Aberdare Central colliery when the mine was sealed on July 25,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two New Hold-ups at Coal Mines
SYDNEY. — Two fresh coal hold-ups were reported to-day, bringing the total of strikes on NSW coalfields to nine since the new…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Accidents
Two mine workers were admit ted to Cessnock Hospital to-day after accidents at district collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aberdare Central Miners
It was stated at a meeting of Aberdare Central Lodge yesterday that it was expected to place 500 of the 600 employees in employment in the coalmining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial News Only One Northern Mine Idle
Pelton was the only mine on the Northern field idle yesterday. This stoppage, which was authorised by the federation over a safety issue, has lasted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Caught By Coal Fall
Harold West. 57. a miner, living at Alfred Street. Cessnock. had his left hand and left leg fractured when he was caught by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Second Strike Pay for Pelton Miners
Pelton miners, idle for the sixth week, to-day received their second issue of strike pay. The men held a roll call…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Called to Mine Lodge Officer Would Not Go
Representatives of the management sought the aid of a police constable when the Secretary of North Watarah miners' lodge (Mr. T. Norris)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burwood Miners Fined £2
"A little torbearance on the part. of the management would have avoided has trouble," said Mr. Atkinson, SM last night, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Mines Stop Over Fatal Accident
In accordance with union custom, two Northern mines did not work yesterday when a mineworker was killed. They were Richmond Main…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Absentee Charges Against Aberdare Miners in Court
At the luncheon adjournment 171 of the charges listed against Aberdare miners had been dealt with at to-day's special sitting of Cessnock Court. The Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. R. C. Atkinson) had at that stage imposed 151 fines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burwood Miners Fined Had Provocation, Says S.M.
Four employees of the Burwood colliery, Whitebridge, were fined £2 each by Mr. L. Atkinson, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Coal Shortage
MELBOURNE.—Further depression of the Victorian Railways Department's stocks of coal last week by 4900 tons was alarming, said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Needs More Coal for War
LONDON, Sunday.—Government relations to the miners' national executive indicated more coal would be needed in view of new…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Puzzled by Sm's Decision on Pit Top Meeting
The prosecution of 150 miners at Cessnock who failed to attend a pit top meeting on July 26 has given the men a new problem. To-day as they prepared to go below they asked one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →S.M. Disposes of 340 CASES Miners Charged; 156 Convicted
Of the 340 prosecutions brought against members of the Miners' Federation employed at Aberdare colliery at the special sitting of Cessnock…
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