MR. McKELL Hears Miners on Machines
SYDNEY, Monday.—Decisions reached at the first of the three vital coal conferences to be held in Sydney this week will be announced to-morrow by the Premier (Mr. McKell)…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Gold Cup Pleased Owner More Than Big Wagers
BRISBANE.—Bookmaker Arthur Browning, who won the Victory Cup with Good Idea yesterday, was more pleased with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →State Faces Grave Coal Shortage: 12 Pits Idle Today
SYDNEY.—With N.S.W. today facing a serious position because of the shrinkage of coal reserves and a committee of experts meeting to prepare for rationing, 12 mines were idle for an output loss of 7640 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Luxury Change House for Miners
Hot and cold showers, air-conditioning and cream-tiled walls are among the comforts for miners in a new bath and change house to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Duke To See Mines, Industries
The Duke of Gloucester, who will arrive in Newcastle on May 21, will have a heavy programme. Until noon on Wednesday, May 22, his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Coal Loss 9320 Tons
THE COAL production loss in New south Wales yesterday was 9320 tons. The Northern loss was 4870 tons in the South 4400 tons, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waiting for Coal for Melbourne
There was no loading of coal in ships at the Basin yesterday. The River Burdekin is seen idle at the electric cranes. She will take a cargo of coal to Melbourne to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Industry in the Melting Pot
Representatives of the Miners' Federation are to meet Federal and State Parliamentarians to-day to ask that the mining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May Ban Coal Exports Unless Output Rises
Exports of New South Wales coal to other States may cease or be drastically reduced unless production increases considerably this week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Parties Meet to Discuss Demand for Control by State
SYDNEY: An attempt is being made by miners' leaders, at a conference with State and Federal coalfields Parliamentarians today, to force the hand of the State Government to break through constitutional difficulties for State control of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strikes at Caledonian Collieries Attacked
SYDNEY, Wednesday—Trenchant criticism of members of the Miners' Federation was made at the annual meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seven Northern Mines Idle
Coal production loss on the northern field today as a result of stoppages was about 5700 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →21 Killed In Mine Explosion
CHARLEROI (Belgium), May 8. A.A.P.—Twenty-one miners are reported to have been killed after an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Coal Loss Was 9520 Tons
Coal output loss in the State yesterday was 9520 tons. All but 1950 tons represented the loss in the Northern District, where the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opposition Move on Coal Report Defeated
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The report made by Mr. Justice Davidson on the coal industry was under consideration by the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Public School Wanted at Coal Point
The Coal Point Progress Association wants a public school. About 30 to 40 children from the area travel by bus to Toronto…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Decision Soon on State Coal Control
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A decision on State Control of the New South Wales mining industry will probably be made within the next two weeks, as result of an important coal conference held to-day and to-night between miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Minister To Seek Coal Speed-up
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Victorian Minister for Mines (Mr. Stoneham) will go to Newcastle to-morrow with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Interstate Coal Cargoes To Leave Before Week-End
Several big coal cargoes are expected to leave Newcastle before the week-end for Victoria and South Australia. These will help…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Minister's Appeal to Speed Up Coal Deliveries
Victoria's coal stocks are alarmingly low and the industrial position is as bad as can be imagined, the Victorian Minister for Transport (Mr. C. P. Stoneham) said in Newcastle today. "We are on the brink of imposing…
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