"Holiday for All But Miners"
According to reports he had received, everybody but the miners in Cessnock last Week had had a holiday, said the miners' Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1945
1,625 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 82
Stoppages at Seven Mines in North
Stoppages at seven mines in the North yesterday caused a loss of nearly 7000 tons of coal. Biggest loss was at Burwood, which has a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil-coal Plant at Cessnock Kearsley Request to Government
Kearsley Shire Council will ask the Federal Government, through Mr. R. James, M. H. R. to approve establishment of a plant to extract…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Coal Loss at Northern Mines
IDLENESS at seven mines and two partial stoppages eaused loss of 6650 tons coal in the North. An enginedrivers' dispute caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Secretary Dies Suddenly
The Secretary of Wallarah miners' lodge (Mr. W. W. Tobin) died suddenly early yesterday morning. He had been at work on Tuesday and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Paper Warns Mr. Chifley
The miners' journal, "Common Cause," refers to a statement by the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) on Coalcliff and Lithgow State collieries,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Ample Food for Miners at Cessnock"
Business people at Cessnock Claimed' yesterday there had been ample supplies of foodstuffs last week for miners who had returned to work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hydraulic Stowage To Save Millions In Coal
By hydraulic stowage 500 million tons of coal, worth £170 million, could be saved in the Greta seam alone, says the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →20 Killed When Mine Exploded
LONDON, Jan. 11. A.A.P.—When a mine exploded during a demonstration at a military camp yesterday, 20 soldiers were killed and 15…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Less Gold From Transvaal
JOHANNESBURG. Thursday.— War demands caused a further reduction in Transvaal gold output last year…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners Accuse Owners of Pin-pricking
The actions and general attitude of mine managements in the north were issues which could be investigated at the forthcoming Coal Inquiry with probable benefit to the industry, declared the Northern Miners' Executive in a statement today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seven Mines Idle; Loss 7720 Tons
Seven Northern coalmines were idle yesterday, and one in the Western District, resulting in a coal loss of 7720 tons. Indications…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →11,042,750 Tons Last Year Coal Production in N.S.W.
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Coal production In New South Wales in 1944 was approximately 11,042,750 tons, the Minister for Mines (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Garnishees at Six Northern Mines
Pay of miners at six collieries was garnisheed yesterday. The men had from one to four shifts to collect and after the garnishee deductions they had very little to take home. One man at South Seaham had £1/10/11 taken from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Report To Miners On Forde Talks
The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. R. Wells) conferred with the Northern President (Mr. w. Crook) and Vice-President…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Expected To Endorse Inquiry Terms
SYDNEY.—Almost the complete structure of the industry, from coal-face to market, is covered by the terms of the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Coal Owners' Plan to Lift Output
LONDON, Saturday. — British coal owners have produced a merger plan in reply to criticism of the industry by an American…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. T. Armstrong on Coal Inquiry Wide Terms of Reference
CANBERRA, Friday.—Wide terms of reference for the Board of inquiry to investigate and report on the coalmining industry were announced to-day by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Research
There is a danger that the emphasis inevitably placed on the controversies of the coal industry may divert attention from its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Inquiry Into Mining
THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY into the coal industry has been given an almost unlimited field for its investigations and there should…
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