Coal Loss of 5375 Tons
Coal production loss in the Northern district yesterday was 5375 tons from seven idle mines. Resumptions were made at…
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Mining & the mines, 1945
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State Mine Produced 366,123 Tons
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Operations of the State coal mine at Lithgow, for the year ended June 30, resulted in an output of 366,123 tons of coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ruhr Coal for France and Belgium
LONDON, Nov. 8. A.A.P.—The Belgian Prime Minister (M. Van Acker), who is on a brief visit to London called on Mr. Atlee and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Coal Needed to Run Extra Trains
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Unless the railways got additional coal between now and the middle of December it would not be possible to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to Editor Mining Examinations
Sir,—In a letter headed "Mining Examinations" published yesterday, I made the statement that "we cannot get our first-class tickets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heir to Gold Millions Is Believed Kidnapped
NEW YORK, Thursday: All Californian police are looking out for two men, believed to have kidnapped Dickie Turn Suden, three-year-old heir to gold-mining millions. Troops, police and business men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Inquiry 300 Mine Variations in Three Years
SYDNEY, Friday.—In less than seven years, five tribunals had dealt with affairs of the Miners' Federation, and there had been 300 variations in three years, Mr. W. F. McNally (Southern and Western Coal Proprietors) said at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial News Five Northern Mines Idle
The coal production loss in the Northern district yesterday was 2810 tone. Five mines were idle. Resumptions were made at Hebburn No. 2,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Industry Exempt Grant of £300,000 Sought for Mining
CANBERRA, Sunday.—A Government grant of £300,000 to rehabilitate the Australian mining industry is understood to be one of the…
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Bloomfield Main, Bloomfield South and Rhondda collieries will resume to-day. Kurri branch of the Federated…
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SYDNEY.—Mount Kembla Collieries Ltd. is selling its colliery to Australian Iron and Steel Ltd. for £150,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Boards Described As "Jungle Law" By Owners' Rep
SYDNEY: Coal Reference Boards were named as "jungle law under the guise of legislation" by the representative of the Southern collieries (Mr. McNally) at the Coal Inquiry today. DEALING with the present…
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IT is reported that Mr. Rowley James, M.H.R., who is Liaison Officer between the coalmining industry and the Government, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Inquiry Mine Owners Think Arbitration Best
SYDNEY, Monday.—"The sooner we get back to proper law and order the better it will be for the industry, and mining unions will be glad to know that they will not have to return home over some trivial matter."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sale of Mount Kembla Colliery
SYDNEY, Monday.— Australian Iron and Steel Ltd., a subsidiary of B.H.P., is acquiring Mount Kembla colliery. The colliery will be sold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hit Mine Off Singapore
SINGAPORE, Nov. 12. A.A:P.— The newly-built 4000-ton merchant vessel River Crest hit a mine in Singapore Straits this…
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Haaken Madsen, 28, bosun on the S.S. Mortlake Bank, was fatally injured when crushed against the steamers' bulkhead by a hopper of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sutherland Blames Political Agitators for Coal Strikes
SYDNEY: Strikes on the coalfields were mainly caused by political agitators dissatisfied with the Government, said Mr. H. H. Sutherland, President of the F.E.D. and F.A. at the Coal Inquiry today. MANAGERS, he said, were equally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Judge Travels 13,000 Miles During Inquiry, Visits Five States
From L. OUTRIDGE, a 'Newcastle Sun' Representative in Sydney. The most travelled member of the judiciary in 1945 is the chairman of the Commonwealth Board of Inquiry into the Coal Industry (Mr. Justice Davidson), whose investigations are still…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Improved Coal Production
There was a big improvement in coal production yesterday. Only one Northern district mine was idle, involving a loss of 1700 tons…
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