Cessnock No. 2 Miners' Officers Returned
Officials of Cessnock No. 2 Miners' Lodge have been reelected without opposition. The election resulted:—…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
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Mine Managers Before Court Magistrate Defers Decision
Because his jurisdiction is to be determined by the Supreme Court, the Special Federal Magistrate (Mr. R.C. Atkinson) agreed to hear…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Output May Be Record Week's Coal in North
Coal production for the Northern field this week may be a record for 1944. For the second time this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Mines Minister Hunter A.L.P. Council Request
On a motion by Messrs. W. F. O' Hearn (Maitland) and T. Braye (Kurri Kurri) and Hunter Federal Council of the A.L.P. decided to ask…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Why Not Coal Research? Asks Miners' Board
An announcement by the Minister for Posticar Reconstruction (Mr. Chiflcy) that £600,000 a year would be spent on research and publicity in the interests of Australian woolgrowers. drew criticism of the Government at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Council to Discuss Garnishee Threat to Coal Output
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation in Sydney to-day will discuss the threat to production on the Northern field caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal and Holidays
Sir.—I have served from trapper to a practical coal miner. I have served in the New South Wales Government railways from a clerical job…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Has A Big Future
THE statement of the Miners' Federation General President (Mr. Wells) that the coal industry needs a permanent research…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Research on Coal, Wool Mr. Scanlon Makes Comparison
If the same amount of money to be spent each year on wool publicity and research were devoted to the inqustrial problems of the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holidays, Garnishees, Cloud Coal Mine Issues
SYDNEY: On the eve of talks with the A.C.T.U. Executive tomorrow on coal problems, miners' leaders have called for a showdown with the Federal Government. A statement issued by the miners' leaders after yesterday's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Executive Accuses Government "Refuse to Face Realities of Coal Problem"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A statement by the central executive of the Miners' Federation said the continued mismanagement of the coal industry and the refusal of the Federal Government to face…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Mines Idle on Garnishee Issue
MEN FROM HEBBURN NO. 1 and Hebburn No. 2 collieries yesterday rejected the decision of the Northern Board of Management that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Research is a Good Investment
A case which should appeal to every section of the industry has been put forward by the General President of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cavilling-out 106 Men in Two Mines
EIGHTY men, including 13 pairs of miners, will be cavilled out at Pelaw Main colliery on Friday. At Cessnock No. 2, 26 men will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners & A.C.T.U. Speed Up Discussions
SYDNEY: There was a surprise development to-day when the Miners' Central Council, which was originally to have met the A.C.T.U. excutive tomorrow on coal problems, asked that these talks should take plate immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Likely to Take 16 Days May Defy Order for 10-Day Holiday
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Although the Federal Government issued National Security Regulations last week limiting the miners' Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners and Coercion
Sir,—Many and varied have been the methods used to coerce the miners into getting coal, and to go further, it is suggested by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Compensation for Miners
Awards favoured applicants in the two contested claims heard yesterday at the sitting in Newcastle of the Workers' Compensation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Northern Mines Idle
Development of ventilation trouble at Bellbird Colliery caused the third mine stoppage in the north today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Dedman Seeks Maximum Coal
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—After the Christmas holidays coal stocks were expected to be down so low as to be far from safe, said the Minister…
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