Interchange of Labour Wharfmen and Coal-Trimmers to Confer
Newcastle branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation yesterday decided to confer with the Coaltrimmers' Union on matters affecting the…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
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Three Mines Idle In North
Three mines were idle in the north to-day. The idle collieries were:— HEBBURN NO. 1 (430 men,…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—To increase wolfram production at the Wauchope and Hatches Creek fields in the Northern Territory just after Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Leaders Predict Peace in Industry Confidence in Union Discipline
Continuous working of mines on the Northern field in the past seven days was proof that the Miners' Federation could enforce discipline more effectively and harmoniously than any other authority, said the miners' Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Go to Specified Collieries Miners Released From Army
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—To increase coal production, the manpower authorities will secure the release of Army personnel…
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Six doctors gave evidence in a mining case heard by Judge Perdrian at the sitting of the Workers' Commendation Commission in Newcastle…
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"THE Northern miners' president (Mr. Crook) and the vice-president (Mr. McBlane) have plainly given notice that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial News Idle Mines to Resume
Three mines idle yesterday on the Northern field—Hebburn No. 1, Elrington and South Seaham—will resume to-day. More than 2400 tons…
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Essential safety equipment for coalmines was not available, it was stated at an inquest at the Branxton Courthouse yesterday, on Allan…
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Area conferences of miners' lodge officers to discuss union policy and the Coal Control Act will begin at Newcastle on…
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Further claims by members of the Miners' Federation were heard by, Judge Perdriau at the sitting of the Workers' Compensation…
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SYDNEY.—Referring to recent statements concerning wolfram workings in the Northern Territory the Chairman of the…
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Two mines idle on the Northern field yesterday—Elrington and Stockrington No. 1—were ordered by the miners' Northern executive to…
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Two collieries were idle on the Northern fields to-day and production at a third was below normal because of…
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The availability of adequate shift workers at Bellbird Colliery on March 3 when Walter Olsen, 46, shiftman of…
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CANBERRA.—Coalminers who had been on strike and called up for military service are to be released on the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell) announced to-night that Cabinet had agreed to expedite the…
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SYDNEY.— The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Norman Mighell) announced to-day that he proposed immediately to establish coal dust control (health) experiments at Coal[?]ff Colliery…
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Caught by the endless rope haul-age on a gantry near the colliery screens as he was crossing the lines, James Wardle, 44, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →50,000 Yorkshire Miners Strike
LONDON. Friday.—Fifty thousand Yorkshire, coal miners from 31 pits are now on strike over a wage dispute…
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