Rev. Alan Walker Offers Seven-point Coal Plan
REV. ALAN WALKER, formerly of Cessnock, gave a seven-point programme for the coal industry in an address to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1944
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Big Coal Output in North 2000 Tons Short of Best Fortnight
Despite a series of stoppages on the Northern field this week, production for the fortnight to yesterday was within…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Used Mine As Refuge
LONDON. Sunday.—After hiding in an one mine for eight months. 122 Luxemburg men have emerged forced to join the Germany army but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hear Miners' Cases at Newcastle
The special sitting of Wallsend Court on Saturday to hear cases under the National Security (Coal Control) Regulations against 145…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disputes At Four Northern Mines
The Pelton stoppage followed a dispute over payment for too coal. The management, it was stated had previously paid miners 15s a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germans Had Plane Factory in Mine
LONDON, Sunday.—A large factory which has produced Messs[?]schmitts has been discovered by the U.S. Third Army in a mine in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boom in Gold Shares Likely
LONDON, Sunday: The London Stock Exchange expects a boom in gold mining shares which have shown a consistent rise recently. Gold speculators have already made substantial profits and holders of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →De-mining British Beaches
LONDON, Oct. 1. Official Wireless.—Work on the clearance of mines from Britain's beaches is proceeding as rapidly as present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work Resumed At Two Mines
A fatality in Burwood Colliery to-day caused the only new stoppage at northern mines. Work was resumed at Pelton and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Blame Owners for Three Stoppages
Lodge officials blamed owners for new stoppages at three Northern mines yesterday. The three mines will resume…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Important Dust-checking Tests at Coalcliff Mine
SYDNEY, Monday.—Experiments for prevention of occupational diseases in coalmines have been carried out at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japan Needs Coal
NEW YORK, Oct. 3. A.A.P.—Increased coal production was Japan's most urgent task for the next three months, the Tokio, Economic Weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hits at Miners "Political"
SYDNEY. Tuesday.—Miners were continually being maligned for political reasons, claimed Mr. Davies (Lab., Wollongong-Port Kembla) in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Are Concerned At Award Upset
SYDNEY: The decision of the High Court in Melbourne yesterday upsetting increased rates for mine workers in northern N.S.W., awarded on the ground of anomaly by the local Industrial Authority…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Says Big Lift in Coal Output
SYDNEY, Tuesday—Coal production in New South Wales for the fortnight ended September 2 showed an increase of 38,088 tons over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Profit on Mine Deal Bankruptcy Report
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Herwald Gordon Kirkpatrick, 54, company director, bought a two-third interest of the Queen of Sheba mine in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →T.U.C. Wants Public Ownership of Mines
LONDON, October 3. A.A.P.—A special report by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress declares that public ownership of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Black Spot on the Mining Industry
It may easily happen that Government jurisdiction in the Coalcliff mine will prove more important for its contribution to safe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nominations For Miners' Executive
Early nominations of miners lodges for the official positions in the northern section of the Federation indicate that the former…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fewer Mines Idle In North Today
The number of idle collieries in the North decreased today from seven to five, but the coal production loss was…
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