Week's Coal Output Best This Year
SYDNEY, Friday.—New South Wales miners this week have established the best coal-production week this year…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Won't Develop Coal at Murrurundi
MUSWELLBROOK, Friday.—The Upper Hunter Regional Development Committee was informed by the Department of Mines that deposits of…
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Burwood, John Darling and Maitland Main collieries, idle on Friday, will resume to-day. Burwood was idle two days over a…
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BERLIN, June 2. A.A.P.—The Americans will recruit 21,000 Germans from their zone form the Ruhr mines in the British zone, says…
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POTCHEFSTROOM (Transvaal), June 2. A.A.P.—A contract between the Town Council and the Union Corporation Co. Ltd., giving the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Govt. Prepares To Control Coal Mines
CANBERRA: The Commonwealth today is preparing to take control of the coalmining industry at a cost of millions of pounds. When the Chifley-Ashley coal plan is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Strike Idle Now 371,000 Hard Coal Miners Still Out
NEW YORK, June 3. A.A.P.—As 400,000 soft coal miners trooped back to the Government-operated mines, the nation's total idle as a result of labour disputes dropped to 371,000 —the lowest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Good Working Day for State's Mines
SYDNEY.—Another good working day was reported from the coalfields today—only three mines being idle because of disputes for…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—Federal Ministers will be asked to-morrow to declare themselves for or against continued Commonwealth interest in the coal industry. It is regarded as certain that they will back the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Controller, Miners' Chief Differ On Facts
SYDNEY: Some Queensland miners, who had to work naked and without boots in the worst and most primitive conditions in Australia, had the best working record, said the Commonwealth Coal Controller (Mr. R. P. Jack) last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Electricians
Messrs. George Hay and William Roy Marsden passed the examination for certificates of competency as mine electricians, held at Ultimo…
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WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—Joseph Davies, 57, miner, of Wollongona. was found dead in Mt. Kembla colliery to-day. He was working alone…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Fire Fumes At Cessnock
At last night's meeting of Cessnock Council the Mayor (Alderman J. Brown) reported that West Cessnock residents had complained about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Idle Mines Expected To Resume
The Two Northern mines idle yesterday are expected to resume production This morning. They are Millfield Greta and Bellbird. Their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Say Coal Point Bus Overcrowded
Coal Point Progress Association decided to interview Stead's Motor Service regarding overcrowding of buses from Toronto railway on Fridays at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →High Output, But Coal Crisis Feared
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Although high production was being maintained on the New South Wales coalfields, a shortage of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Are Cautious On Federal Plan; Will "Wait And See"
SYDNEY: A wait-and-see policy is being adopted by the Miners' Federation to Federal Cabinet's plan for development and improvement of conditions in the coal industry. THE General President (Mr. Wells)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal-state Coal Talks This Week Chifley Announces Cabinet Decisions
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) will confer this week with the Premier (Mr. McKell) and his colleagues on methods to control…
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Following yesterday's "clean sheet" on the northern coalfields, when there were no mines out of production, today was…
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There is no short cut to the reorganisation of the coal industry The Federal Government, having accepted moral…
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