Widow Given £800 Husband Killed in Mine Explosion
Aune Neilson Dawson, widow of William Petrie Dawson, shotfires, who was fatally injured by a premature explosion at Burwood colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1945
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Eye on German Oil From Coal Process
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Federal Government is maintaining close contact with investigations now being carried out into German…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Solid Coal Nearly Depleted "Coalfield Future Depends on Pillar Extraction"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The future of the Maitland Coalfields depended more than ever on the extraction of pillars because the solid coal was nearly depleted, said James Johnstone, Superintendent of J. and A. Brown and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured at Mine
Reginald Buckley, 47, of Wallace-street, West Wallsend, was taken to Wallsend Hospital by' Wallsend Ambulance with a punctured would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Compensation Awards for Miners
An award for £2 a week from August 4, 1944, was made by Judge Perdrian, of the Compensation Commission, yesterday on a claim by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Mines Idle in North
Three mines were idle in the Northern District yesterday. They were Lambton B. John Darling and Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Loss Down This Week
With a total loss of production due to stoppages of about 11,000 tons, this week was the best working period on the northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.Z. Miners Want Sunday Hotels
AUCKLAND, Friday. — When a man comes from a dusty mine he wants a man size drink, G. E. English said in evidence before the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Patience of Miners Exhausted at Delay"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The patience of miners was about exhausted at the delay in hearing their grievances, said the President of the Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Day Wages, Mechanisation "Make Mines Safer, Work Easier"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Stressing the need for mechanisation of coalmines, at the sitting of the Commonwealth Coal Inquiry, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Star Gold, Turn Again Appeal Strongly For Moorefield Double
Star Gold and Turn Again appeal strongly for tomorrow's chief races, the Flying and S.T.C. Handicaps respectively, at Moorefield. Each has shown a liking for the track…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Skip Distribution in Mines Coal Inquiry Decides on Special Investigation
SYDNEY, Friday.—Because of complaints of faulty distribution of skips in mines, with a consequent loss in output, it was decided at the sitting of the Commonwealth Coal Inquiry to-day to defer the matter for special…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inspecting Jap Land Mine
A land located by Sgt. Beeldsynder, Royal Netherlands. Indian Army, near Balikpapan. Borneo, is inspected by Captain Holton, A.I.F. Engineer, before being "deloused."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →5 Northern Mines Idle
Stoppages at five mines on the Northern field yesterday caused a loss of 4225 tons of coal. All are expected to resume on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Lift Ban on Fraternisation
LITHGOW, Friday.—General meetings at the Invincible lodge rescinded a motion placing a non-fraternisation ban on the deputies, but the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Coal Loss Today
With five bit mines and one small producer idle, coal production loss on the northern field today due to stoppages…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Official Argues Against Buses
SYDNEY, Monday. — Newcastle had never had a real tram service, the Secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Loss Remained High Today
Though the return to work of Australia's two biggest-producing mines, Burwood and Richmond Main, improved coal production…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →13,000-Ton Coal Loss
Coal loss in the State yesterday was the biggest for many weeks. In the Northern District five of the biggest mines were idle. Australia's largest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hospitals Coal Worry Over
With regular supplies now coming from Northern Extended mine, Teralba Wallsend Hospital's difficult in obtaining, coal has ended…
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