Ruling of High Court Delays Colliery Award
SYDNEY: An award made by Judge Drake Brockman on September 11 last as chairman of the Central Coal Reference…
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Mining & the mines, 1945
1,625 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 80 of 82
Warns of "Good" Coal Finds
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A warning against the acceptance by the public of reports of the discovery of "good" coal unless officially…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →National Coal Plan To Cost £150m
LONDON, Dec. 20. A.AP.—For the first five years of the nationalisation of the British coal industry, the National Coal Board which would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Legal Opinion Obtained Power to Acquire Coal Output
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Legal opinions had been received on the powers the State and Commonwealth might possess to acquire and distribute coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conditions In N.S.W. Second To None: Miners' Secretary
After discussions with delegates from other countries he had formed the opinion that industrial conditions in NJ5.W. were second to none in most respects, writes the secretary of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. J. B. Simpson) from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Mines Finish with Best Week's Output for the Year
With only one stoppage, the northern mining field today completed its best week for the year. The. field's production since the resumption of work after the general strike was estimated to be in the vicinity of 170,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working Time at Mines
Though the coal strike resulted in general figures for working time at northern field collieries during the past fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Explode on English Coast
LONDON, Dec. 21. A.A.P.—Twenty-one mines are adrift off the south coast of England, according to coastal observers. The Ministry for Air has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Rise for Mine Staff Men
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Full High Court to-day was divided equally on an important issue involving wages in the coal industry. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Takes Over 68 German Mines
LONDON, Saturday.—It is officially announced that the British are taking over direct control of all collieries in the British zone in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gales Fill English Channel With Mines
LONDON. Saturday: Every available British and Allied minesweeper Ls being mobilised to fight hundreds of mines driven through the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Letters to Editor Reports on Miners' Meetings
Sir,—Because of a belief that miners' meetings are not truthfully reported in the Press, exception was taken at the aggregate meeting at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Mines Bill Causes Alarm "Herald" Service
LONDON, Dec. 21.—The Mines Nationalisation Bill, as the first of its kind in Britain, is creating widespread critical interest, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Ross Smartest In Broadmeadow Sprints
Gold Ross pleased in a brilliant half-mile on the rails section of the No. 2 Grass track in 50 at Broadmeadow this morning. Gold Rose is encaged at Newcastle on Boxing Day in the N.J.C. and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Coal Output, But Stocks Not Good
After an almost trouble-free week, during which more than 200,000 tons of coal was produced, New South Wales miners went on holidays yesterday. They will resume on January 7…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Gold Rush" As Chinese Seek Buried Treasure
RABAUL,—Chinese have started a minor "gold rush" digging deep into the earth to retrieve valuables buried when the Japs moved into New Britain. It is estimated that there are several thousand pounds worth of notes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adelaide Coal Held Up Ship's Engineers in Dispute
A dispute involving engineers, aboard the Baron Maclay, has delayed the shipment of 8000 tons of coal to Adelaide, where it is urgently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Mine Alley" Escort For Troopships
LONDON, Dec. 23. A.A.P.—An escort of naval motor launches and frigates will be given all troopships steaming through the "mine alley"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brighton Home Evacuated Because Of Mines
LONDON, Sunday: Residents along Brighton's sea front were evacuated from their homes on Saturday night because of danger from drifting mines which broke away in the gale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Coal Ships for Other States
Four more vessels are expected to sail from Newcastle with interstate coal cargoes this week. There will then be no more coal from northern N.S.W. fields until the…
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