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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,625 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 82
SYDNEY: Coal supplies to Bunnerong Powerhouse were stopped at 3 p.m. today by railway unions. The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and the Premier (Mr. McKell) conferred by telephone today, but Mr. Chifley would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Unless considerable improvement in coal production is made quickly, the nation faces unemployment and inability to carry through its planned national projects, representatives of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal output on the northern field took another decline today. Eight mines were idle, resulting in a drop in production of about…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Scene at Bunnerong Powerhouse yesterday afternoon when the test train pulled in to replenish the dwindling coal stacks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ordered to take coal out of a cart by the watchman, which he was taking from Stockrington Colliery, on September 22, Arthur Pobje…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY.—Second only to the Bunnerong dispute among current industrial troubles, coal stoppages are developing to the most serious crisis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY: The coal conference between owners, miners, Federal and State Governments on the miners' five year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Entire stock of coal at Bunnerong Powerhouse yesterday morning consisted of the small mound…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The design of the first land mine detector produced in Australia was created by a Melbourne radio engineer, Alfred Miller, of Caulfield. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vice-President of the Northern District Miners' Federation (Henry Scanlon) denied in the Belmont Court today that he had said at the Coal Inquiry, before Mr. Justice Davidson, that if the law was contrary to his union principles he would obey the union…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Indications are that only Government intervention can now save Sydney from drastic rationing of electricity, to be followed by cessation of supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—Apart from stating that the Central Council of the Miners' Federation would be called at an early date to consider what steps…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—The conference on the miners' five-year industrial peace proposal broke down with rejection of the plan by the coalowners. The Chairman of the New South Wales Combined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal loss in the Northern District was high again yesterday—11,620 tons. Maitland Main resumed, but there were fresh stoppages at Burwood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The article appearing in last Friday's issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" headed "Miners Make Comparisons" is an unfortunate distortion of fact. Coming at the present time, it is not helpful to an honest appreciation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The vice-president of the North[?] District Miners' Federation (Hen[?] Scanlon) was bound over for [?] months on a bond of £20 at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Another poor working day on the northern coalfields today brought the week's loss of output due to stoppages to more than 53,000 tons. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—As an old-time miner, but for the last quarter of a century a farmer, I think I can understand the outlook of both industries. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—The chief chemist of the Metropolitan Gas Company (Mr. R. S. Andrews) said to-day that, as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A special meeting of the miners' Northern Board of Management in Newcastle to-day will discuss the general position of the federation as…
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