Coal Output Better Today
There was an appreciable increase in coal production on the northern field today. Four mines, however, with a total normal…
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Mining & the mines, 1945
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One Jap Mine That Missed
One of the 10001b. sea mines hidden by the Japanese on Tarakan roads. R.A.A.F. bomb disposal boys got this one and rolled it away with gusto for further investigation. The mines, when exploded, make a 30ft. crater…
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SYDNEY: It was true that some men who had never worked in the mines before were using the industry as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minister Is to Inspect Mines
The Northern Vice-president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Scanlon) said today that the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) would make…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seven Mines Idle on Northern Field
IDLENESS of seven mines on the Northern field yesterday caused production loss of 6925 tons. Fresh stoppages occurred at Abermain No…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaoled in Coal Strike 36 Years Ago
MR. DAVID ("DI") WILLIAMS, a mining pioneer, now living in Sydney, is spending a holiday in Newcastle, with which his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Transport
Sir,—On Tuesday Aberdare colliery was laid idle because of lack of transport. Provision of transport has been under way for some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dogs As Mine-spotters
LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—An army of dogs used by the Russians as mine-spotters helped to discover more than a million mines, says a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Baddeley to Inspect Mines
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) will inspect North Wallarah and Pacific collieries to-day. At North Wallarah he will inspect the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Sank 550 Enemy Ships
LONDON, May 24. A.A.P.—Miner laid by the R.A.F. sank 550 enemy ships and damaged 480 from Bordeaux to the Eastern Baltic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aberdare Mine Conference
Today the northern district president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Cook), officials of Aberdare Lodge, and representatives of the company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockrington Miners Discuss Ambulance Areas
Members of the Lake Macquarie Ambulance and Newcastle Ambulance Committee met in conference at a meeting convened by the Stockrington…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Expects Coal Trade With Philippines
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Supply and Shipping (Senator Ashley) said the prewar Japanese coal trade with the Philippines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial News Two Mines Idle in North
Coal production loss was below 2000 tons yesterday when only two mines—Elrinigton and Stockrington No. 1—were idle on the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Production Manager's Coal Plan
SYDNEY.—Coal production 1942 to 1944 in the Lithgow district did not exceed three per cent., said Mr. Robert Jack,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →How Sweepers Beat Magnetic Mines
LONDON, May 27. Official Wireless.—Some of the story which lies behind Britain's victory over Hitler's first "secret weapon" of the war—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Miners Seek More Food
LONDON, Monday. — The executive of the Durham area of the National Union of Mineworkers has decided to inform the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial News One Northern Mine Idle
John Darling was the only Northern coalmine idle yesterday. The mine produces 1500 tons a day. The stoppage, was caused by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bonus System In Mines "Causes Trouble"
SYDNEY: Bonuses caused trouble in mines, said the Miners' General President (Mr. H. Wells) at the Commonwealth Coal Inquiry TO this, the colliery superinten…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cliff Tragedy: Nazi Gold Hoard
FREE AGAIN. — Fritz Thyssen (right), the German industrialist, who was imprisoned by Hitler after helping him to power, is here seen with his wife shortly after they had been released from a concentration camp in Italy…
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