Miners' Claims Challenged by Owners
SYDNEY.—Mr. W. McNally, secretary of the Southern and Western Colliery Proprietors' Association, today challenged the…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
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Four Mines Are Idle Today
Four mines were idle today in the north. Work was resumed today at four collieries but the coal production…
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Three Mines.—Maitland Main, R[?]ondda and Stockrington No. 2— will be idle on the Northern field to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Profit for Coal Company
Newcastle Coal Mining Company Ltd. showed a net profit of £159/6/6 in the half-year ended June 30, 1944. This reduced the adverse balance in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Day's Coal Loss 3600 Tons
Continued idleness of two mines and new stoppages at two others caused a loss of 3600 tons of coal yesterday on the Northern field…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Claims Rest on Current Anomalies
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Central Industrial Authority (Mr. A. C. Willis) to-day decided to consider the log of claims submitted by the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Main Still Idle: Miners' Decision
After eight days of idleness Maitland Main miners today again rejected Northern Federation advice to return to…
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Disputes at seven collieries and a mishap at another to-day caused one of the biggest production losses for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Coal Bridges
East Lambton Progress Association, while approving the prospect removal of Lambton coal line bridges crossing the tramway and Lambton-road, was…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell) said approval had been given to reopen the old Leconfield…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fuel Rationing "Inevitable" Authorities on Coal Persistent
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Coal authorities repeated to-day that unless coal production is stepped up, rationing of gas and electricity, as well as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Authority Powers Limited Claim by Companies Against Rulings
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Powers of industrial authorities operating under the Coal production Act were limited by the National Security (Economic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nine Stoppages Nearly 11,000 Tons of Coal Lost in North
STOPPAGES Yesterday at eight mines and part idleness of another caused the heaviest daily loss of coal on the Northern field for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loss in North Mounts; Mines to Remain Idle
CONTINUED idleness of Australia's two largest producing mines— Burwood and Richmond Main—and of four other mines in the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conference on Coal Act Amendments
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) has agreed to preside at a conference of Miners' Federation representatives and District…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-Soldier Miners Seek Malaria Pay
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) will be asked to press for free treatment and medical allowances for miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Wages Case Before High Court
SYDNEY. — The Full Bench of the High Court of Australia today decided that the National Security (Economic…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Geneal Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant) sold he had been informed that the decision of the Full Court in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Output Worry to Gas Company
"Continued stoppages on the coalfields have been the cause of considerable anxiety in maintaining the normal gas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Unions And Compulsory Retirements
Application to vary the provistons of exemption from compulsory retirement under the Coal and Oil Shale Mine…
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