Appeal to Full Court Owners and Northern Coal Order
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Miners' Federation has received a prohibition order from the Secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
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Coal Production Improves
Coal production in the North improved considerably in the fortnight. Loss was 16,750 tons, compared with previous fortnightly losses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Curtin Claims Coal Record
MELBOURNE, Friday.—"We are getting more coal to-day than We ever got in the history of Australia," the Prime Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pay Returned Miners for Time Lost
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Executive of the Miners' Federation has asked the New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldiers' League to support…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Preparing For Open-Cut Mining
All is ready for a start next week on the excavation at the scene of the first open-cut mining in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boost Coal Output Mr. Baddeley to Visit Mines
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) will spend the greater part of this week in the Northern district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Mines Idle in North Today
A domestic dispute as a protest against dusty conditions caused two new mining stop-pages today in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Mines to be Idle To-day
Two mines idle on Friday—Maitland Main and Pelton—will not work to-day. At Pelton a dispute over the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold, But Not As Absolute Monarch
LONDON, Aug. 6. Official Wireless.— "It would be fatal to have a rigid gold standard which could not be altered when it was found…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Decision to Work Miners Now Divided at Portland
PORTLAND: A new development in the bus dispute occurred shortly before 11 a.m. when news reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Agenda for Miners' Council
SYDNEY, Monday.—A big agenda —probably the most important for many years—will be discussed this week by the central council of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captives in Nazi Coalmines "More Than Men in N.S.W. Collieries"
SYDNEY, Monday.—The number of British prisoners of war working in German mines exceeded the number of employees in the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Mines Resume, But Four Are Idle
Miners at Pelton, Bellbird and Aberdare collieries resumed work today, but stoppages occurred at Maitland Main, Rhondda,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Will Reach Coal Target Miners' Council Gives Pledge
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Acceptance of a production of 1,200,000 tons of coal a month as the minimum target for war purposes as a joint responsibility…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Stoppages Increase to Five
Stoppages at five northern collieries today involved 1310 men and caused a coal production loss of 4650 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reopen Idle Mines Hopes at West Wallsend
The visit by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) to West Wallsend yesterday has raised hopes that at least two of three collieries now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five New Disputes Coal Loss 3000 Tons
Continued idleness of Maitland Main colliery and new stoppages at three small mines on the Newcastle field, one at Kurri and another at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →May Stop All Mines for Day Drivers, Firemen
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The colliery sub-branch of the Federated Euginedrivers and Firemen's Association is demanding a stop-word meeting to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal and Taxation
Sir.—It is pitiful to read the bleatings of Australia's Prime Minister to the effect that he does no know how to induce the miners to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crib Service for Men at Lithgow Colliery
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A special crib service provided by Lithgow Co-operative Society will operate at Lithgow Vale colliery to-morrow. If…
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