Coal Company Will Pay 2 P.c. Dividend
SYDNEY, Thursday.—J. and A. Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd., having been reimbursed by the Commonwealth Coal…
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Mining & the mines, 1945
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Coal Leases Cut to Five Years "May Be Way to Cheap Nationalisation"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The President (Mr. Justice Davidaon) suggested at the Commonwealth Coal Inquiry to-day that the Government might be aiming at a cheap method of nationalising the mining industry by refusing to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Commission Won't Be Rubber Stamp For Any Party At Inquiry
SYDNEY.— "I won't the a rubber stamp for employers, employees or any union," the Chairman of the Coal Commission (Mr. Justice Davidson) said today after the representative of the Southern Collieries Proprietors' Association (Mr. W…
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Abermain No. 2 and Belnont collieries were the only mines idle on the Northern coalfields yesterday. Abermain No. 2 was idle over, the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—With New South Wales coal reserves lower than at this time last year, the position of gas and electricity…
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SYDNEY.— King's Birthday (June 18) won't be a holiday for coal miners, but they will receive double payment for working…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Judge at Coal Inquiry "Not Rubber Stamp for Union"
SYDNEY, Friday—Mr. Justice Davidson, President of the Commonwealth Coal inquiry, said that he refused to be a rubber…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Washing Plant Is Latest Addition to Steel Works
ERECTION of this coal-washing plant, brought into use in recent weeks, was in keeping with the B.H.P. policy of continually…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Mines Idle Today
Three mines on the northern field did not work today. Loss of production because of their idleness was about 4200 tons…
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THE Federal Government has saved £75,000 a year at the expense of the miners' pensions fund, because the difference…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nazis Laid 100,000,000 Mines in France
LONDON, June 3. A.A.P.—The United States Seventh Army has captured and turned over to the French Government detailed German charts…
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Coal output was high on the Northern field yesterday. Only two mines were idle—Aberdare Extended (dispute over payments) and…
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A request by the Retired Miners' Association that they should be given full hospital services for a reduced contribution of 3d a week was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Output Slumped Heavily Today
With eight mines idle, loss of coal production because of stoppages on the northern field was the highest today since May 8,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Will Expand Own Industry Victoria Determined to Import Less Coal
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—"Victoria is determined to make itself much more independent of imported coal than at present, and any new plant erected in the next few years will be built to use briquettes as well as black coal," said Ian…
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LONDON: Drastic recommendations for technical changes in British coal mines are made in a report by leading mining engineers to the British Ministry of Fuel and Power. THEY state that such changes,…
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Coal production on the northern field was substantially better than yesterday. Six of the eight mines which had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mine Chief Has His Troubles
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At the Commonwealth Coal Inquiry, Mr. Watt, K.C. (for the Attorney-General asked Mr. N. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Loss in North Was 8625 Tons
Eight mines were idle on the Northern coalfields yesterday seven because of disputes. Coal loss was 8625 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japs Use Shells As Land Mines Bougainville Tricks
BOUGAINVILLE, June 6.—The Japanese on Bougainville are pulling out of the bag of experience every trick they know to break the…
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