Only One Mine Idle in North
Richmond Main (800 men, 2300 tons) was the only mine idle on the Northern Coalfields to-day…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
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Fires in Mines (To the Editor.)
Sir,—No hard and fast rule can be adopted for the extraction of pillars, as one section differs from the other in regard to the roof, but I do say that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Coast Miners Majority Expected to Vote for Resumption
WOLLONGONG.—With only one result to come, from Helensburgh, the voting on the South Coast in favor of ending the strike to-morrow morning is 826 votes to 761. Helensburg meeting is expected to increase the majority…
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LONDON, March 12. A.A.P.—There is a good prospect that the South Wales coalminers' strike, involving 96,000 men, will soon end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Stoppages Endanger Miners' Postwar Livelihood" Dr. Evatt's Warning at Cessnock
A WARNING that continued coal stoppage would prolong the war and kill the prospects of secure livelihood for calminers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harmony Among Men, Owners No Coal Strikes in Queensland
BRISBANE, Sunday.—Greater harmony between employees and miners is given as the main reason for the absence of coal strikes in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Conditions
Sir,—I agree with "Miner's Wife in her thoughts towards miners. If the men go on strike, on safety questions they are howled down by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Flag Hoisted Over Coalcliff Colliery
SYDNEY. — Watched by a small group of Commonwealth Government and union officials, the Australian flag was hoisted to the poppet head of Coalcliff Colliery early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Southern Miners Vote To Resume
SYDNEY, Monday.—By 899 votes to 793, aggregate meetings to-day of the striking South Coast miners decided to resume to-morrow. All meetings voted for a resumption except at Bulli, where there was a majority of three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to Editor Give Miners Control
Sir,—Mr. Curtin said if anyone could tell him the way out from coal trouble, please do so. There is but one way out. Hand the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some Welsh Miners Back at Work
LONDON, March 13. A.A.P.—A majority of the Welsh coalminers who have been on strike returned to work this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allow Miners to Go to Work
WOLLONGONG.—Charges of absentecism against employees of Excelsior colliery adjourned from March 2, were further adjourned until April…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Stripes for Battle Wounds
SYDNEY, Monday.—Australian servicemen listed as battle casualties would be entitled to wear a gold wound stripe for each time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Flag
Mr. R. Jack, of the Coal Commission, hoisting the Australian flag at the Coalcliff mine at sawn yesterday, when South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Most Welsh Miners Back at Work
LONDON, Tuesday.—Sixty-five thousand Welsh miners are back at work or 72 per cent, of those involved in last week's strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Buried to Neck in Coal Fall
Buried to the neck by a fall of coal in John Darling colliery yesterday, Ernest Gorsuch, 49, Lewer's Estate, Belmont, had to be dug out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welsh Coal Strike Only Half Over
LONDON, March 14. A.A.P.—Reports from mining districts, indicate that the Welsh coal strike is still only half over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Mines All at Work Again To-day
All mines in the North worked again to-day. There was a pit-top hold-up at Lambton B. but after a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Time for 70 DAYS All Mines Worked in North
All Northern collieries worked yesterday for the first time since December 1—a period of 70 working days. The improvement, synchronising…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Sessions Miners' Fines Reduced
Gaol sentences imposed on two Millfield Greta miners by Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at a Special Court at Cessnock on January 8, for…
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