Mines to Work on May Day
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—By regulation to-day, the Acting Minister for Supply (Dr. Evatt) directed all coalminers in the Commonwealth to…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
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Idle Mines in North Increase to Five
Two new mine disputes brought, the number of idle collieries in the north to-day to five. New stoppages occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rich Gold Find in West Australia
PERTH.—The Larkinville Goldfield has yielded to prospector Eastwood and party 238oz. gold, worth £2367, from 150lb of ore…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Board Warns Lodges of Suspension Risk Disciplinary Code Fines Not Paid
Aberdare and Eirington miners' lodges may be suspended from the Miners' Fedration if fines imposed for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Accident
John Thomas Carr, 18, of Stockrington, an electric welder at Stockington No. 2 (Freeman's Tunnel) colliery, had fingers injured between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bad Quarter For Coal Output
SYDNEY, Thursday.—According to the Secretary of the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Western Coal Association (Mr. W. F…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Rush in W.a
PERTH, Thursday.—News of an important discovery on Larkinville goldfield has caused a rush of prospectors to the field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work May Be Resumed Soon at Three Mines
Work may be resumed on Monday at each of the three collieries remaining idle to-day In the north. There are no new…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Baths, Phones First-aid Gear Commission and Mine Department Blamed
For about six months Northern Extended (new tunnel) colliery has had no ambulance equipment, bathroom fittings or telephones…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Output and Pensions
SYDNEY, Friday.—If the reduced output of coal in New South Wales continued, it might be necessary to consider increasing contributions by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lowest Reserves Miners' Policy, Says Mr. Spender
SYDNEY, Friday.—Charging the coalminers with pursuing a policy of limiting reserves of coal to the lowest possible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Pensions Baddeley Says That Contributions Must Be Increased
SYDNEY: Reduced output of coal in New South Wales has made it necessary to consider increasing contributions by miners and owners to the Mine Workers' Pension Fund. The owners levy for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Salute at Randwick
SYDNEY.—Gold Salute has been working quietly around the Randwick tracks as a member of E. Hush's team…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electricity Wasted says Coal Chief
SYDNEY, Sunday.—There was no justification for rationing gas and electricity for heating while they were being wasted in other directions,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scheme For Coal and National Power
LONDON, Sunday.—The British labor Party has issued its plans for complete nationally action of coal, gas and electricity…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Board Refuses to Help Communist Move
A motion that the Northern Miners' Board of Management support the Communist Party move for affiliation with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only One Mine Idle in State To-day
Abermain No. 2 Colliery was the only mine idle to-day throughout the north. The men. faced with the pros-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Labour Has Plan Nationalise Coal
LONDON, May 1. A.A.P.—The Labour Party has issued its plans for the complete nationalisation of coal gas and electricity at every stage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Mines Idle In North To-day
Four colleries were Idle in the north to-day, accounting for a coal production loss of more than 8000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Rationing If Output Does Not Improve Severe Coke Restrictions
SYDNEY, Monday.—Unless there was an immediate and sustained increase in production, restrictions in the use of coal would become necessary, it was stated in a joint statement by the Acting Minister for Supply (Dr. Evatt)…
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