Coal Train Crews Take Holidays
SPARE train crews, normally engaged in hauling coal from Maitland field and southern mines are expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1945
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Won't Drive Mine Haulage Engines
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Members of the F.E.D. and F.A. at the Hermitage and Steel Works collieries have been instructed to drive only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil-From-Coal Plea By Mr. R. James
LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Rowland James. M.H.R. (Australia) made a plea for definite action on the extraction of oil from coal before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ayrfield Mine Still Working
Although members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association are on strike, and the bus proprietor has refused to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Zara-street Coal Dump
Black gold now. A tractor bulldozes the Zara-street powerhouse coal reserves. An official said coal in this dump could not last long…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Labour Plans to Nationalise Mines
Party made nationalisation of mines a main question in its programme, the Labour Government contends that it has an electoral…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Cut Mining Not New
Despite popular opinion that the open cut was a new departure in mining practice, the method was as old as mining itself, said…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Atom Threat to Coal Warning by Mr. Mighell
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Atomic power would menace the coal industry, the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell) said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Inquiry Postponed
SYDNEY, Friday.—Further public sittings of the Board of Inquiry into the coal industry have been postponed owing to the illness of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lack of Coal Closes Vienna University
VIENNA, Dec. 7. A.A.P.—The University of Vienna was forced to close down for the first time in the 600 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gevaldo; Green's Gold Likely Speedway Double
TWO GREYHOUNDS which appear to have outstanding chances at Newcastle to-day are Gevaldo and Green's Gold. The latter has excellent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Intimate Survey of Coal Town by Clergyman
A record of an intimate coalfields survey, compiled from questionnaires supplied by hundreds of residents, "Coaltown,"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Open-Cuts As Old As Mining Itself
Open-cut, or strip, mining is as old as mining itself. Coal was mined in this way in China centuries ago. The system was also used extensively in India. Coal was first mined in this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ONLY 18 Days' Coal Left for Gas Use of Electricity Down to Third in Daytime
Unless coal supplies are made available within 18 days, Newcastle will be faced with a stoppage of gas services. Coal is also needed for electricity production. Zara-street powerhouse has approximately 21 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collie Miners Reject Levy
PERTH, Sunday.—Miners at Collie have rejected the Miners' Federation's proposed levy of 2½ per cent. payable indefinitely on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Are Standing-by in Their Home Towns: Exodus Is Small
A survey on the northern coalfields to-day revealed that comparatively few miners have yet left for holiday resorts, and it is considered that in the event of an early settlement of the strike there would be good prospects of securing high…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Take Days to Get Mines Working 300,000 Tons Best Possible Output by Christmas
If the steel strike is settled to-morrow, it is unlikely that the miners would be in a position to work on Wednesday. The earliest they can resume is Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gasification of Coal
Sir,—It is surprising that those who are supposed to know all about coalmining do not give the system operating in Russia a trial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Atom Threat to Coal
Sir,—A statement published on December 7, attributed to the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell), was headed, "Atom Threat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Leaders To See P.M.
SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Chifley will see the General Vice-president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Crook) and the General Secretary…
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