Fear Coal Inquiry May Cease Because of Delay
SYDNEY, Friday.—The resignation of Mr. Idris Williams, through ill-health, from the Board of Inquiry set up to investigate coalmining has…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Coal Authority
The Local Coal Authority (Mr. J. Connell) will hear claims from Gunnedah miners' lodge to-day…
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NEWCASTLE COASTAL AND INTERSTATE SHIPPING is rapidly returning to normal and the week-end was particularly busy. The picture shows the well-known visitor, the Corio, passing Nobbys to berth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Staff Men Await Advice
Information was still being awaited from their legal advisers on the High Court ruling of the award granted by the Chairman of the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only 3 Northern Mines Idle
The only mines idle in the State yesterday were Richmond Main, Stanford Merthyr No. 1 and Pacific, all in the North. They caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Want Credit For Free Coal
SYDNEY.—Miners on the western coalfields, who are given a ton of coal every four weeks for household use, want to hand it over to the Lithgow…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Collie Miners May Rejoin Federation
SYDNEY—Collie (W.A.) mines are to re-submit to a ballot next week to question of continuing their affiliation with the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Open Cut Mine For Cessnock
Cessnock Council last night decided to grant an application by Caledonia Collieries Ltd. to mine for coal by the open cut method on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Mines Idle in North Today
Though two frest stoppages occurred, coal production on the northern field remained high today. The stoppages, at Elrington…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday—Five miners were killed, 15 were injured and 60 others were entombed as the result of a colliery explosion at Welch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Dispute May Spread Over Suspension of Carpenter
A dispute at Cessnock No. 1 colliery may involve most of the mines on the Maitland field. The dispute will be referred to the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire On Wharf At Coal Dyke
After a two-hour fight Newcastle and Carrington Fire Brigades extinguished a blaze in a pile of logs which burned through the decking of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Production Figures High
The coal loss for the State yesterday was only 2000 tons. There were no industrial troubles, the idleness at two mines being caused through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good Week For Coal Production
State coal production remained high this week. Production loss (about 10,000 tons), was the lowest for more than a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping 58,700 Tons of Coal Interstate
Interstate shipments of coal from Newcastle this week will total 58,700 tons, which is almost equal to the figures for last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Accidents at Cessnock
Luke Matthews, 49, of Weston St. Weston, a miner employed at Stan ford Main No. 2 colliery, received a probable fracture of the left leg…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Indian Troopship Strikes Mine
SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. A.A.P.—The troopship Highland Brigade, carrying 2000 Indian troops, struck a mine off…
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INNISFAIL, Friday.—Rough seas have washed up two mines, one near the lighthouse on Barnard Island and the other on the coast north of…
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LONDON, Jan. 18. A.A.P.—The Minister of Fuel and Power (Mr. Shinwell) told a Glasgow audience he was considering taking drastic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Many Mines Worked Full Time
The majority of collieries on the northern field worked full time in the past fortnight. With an estimated output of more…
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