Good Day at the Mines
Today was another good day for coal production in the north. On the Newcastle and Maitland fields, only one small mine was idle,…
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Mining & the mines, 1945
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Coal Output Highest This Year
COAL output on the Northern field yesterday was the highest this year. Loss of 400 tons was due to the idleness of Belmont and Belmont…
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With only two Northern mines idle, coal production loss was again low today. This was the first time in three days that, the…
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WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—John Morgan, manager of Mt. Keira colliery, was fined £10, with costs totalling £3/11/, by Mr. C. Pickup,…
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The Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Alderman R. Norris) is shown presenting a block of coal from a local mine, mounted on Australian…
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Northern field coal mines worked better this week than for two months. The production loss due to stoppages, a little under 10,500 tons, was the lowest since the week ending March 2 (7500)…
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LOSS in the Northern coalifield yesterday was 1150 tons, due to the idlensess of Stockrington No. 1 and Cessnock No. 1 (Kalingo)…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—If the trouble-maker could be eliminated from mining there would be no need for any committee of inquiry, said Mr. A. Watt, K.C., addressing the Commonwealth Coal Inquiry…
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Sir,—Recently Bellbird miners' lodge received from the Mines Department the report on an analysis of air samples taken in the…
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WEEKLY coal output in the North this week was the best for two months. The loss was less than 11,000 tons—lowest since the week…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—There was only an element of about 5 per cent who should be removed-from the mining industry and then there would be no trouble, said the Manager of Millfield Colliery, Adam Sneddon, at the…
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Mineworkers had a realistic dis play in yesterday's May Day procession, drawing attention to their demands for improved living conditions…
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Loss of coal output on the northern field due to stoppages rose sharply today when six mines did not work…
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SYDNEY: The only way to get peace in the coal industry was to get rid of the malcontents, said Mr. A. R. Watt,…
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Though two big collieries which had been idle yesterday returned to work today, coal production loss on the northern field due to…
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A TOTAL of 8500 tons of coal was lost on the Northern coalfield yesterday when six mines were idle. This was in contract to last week's…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—One of the reasons for the failure of Pit Production Committees was that the cost was often thrown upon the unions, said the Miners' President (Mr. H. Wells) addressing the Commonwealth Coal Inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Protest to Commission He Ran Taxi And Worked At Mine: Inquiry Move
SYDNEY: When the Coal Inquiry resumed today Mr. Davie (representative of the Northern Collieries Association,) told Mr. Justice Davidson, the chairman, that the man who was respondays was the holder of a taxi licence, who mixed his car hire…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—There should be some means of putting such men out of the industry, because they injure the country, the men who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wants 2-Day Victory Break Open Hotels, Says Miners' Leader
Speaking for the 10,000 members of the Northern district of the Miners Federation, the President (Mr. W. Crook) said V-E Day should be…
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