Oil Replaces Coal in Rail Engines
Stages in the change-over from coal to oil fuel in Victorian trains are shown in this series of pictures. In the top left, men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1946
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New Gold Strike in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, June 21. A.A.P.—The Freestate Development and Investment Corporation (Freddies) has announced the complete…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Hold-up Averted Deputies' Dispute Settled
The threatened hold-up oil the Maitland coalfields on Monday has been averted. After a conference with the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injunction Against Mining Swansea Holding
In a reserved judgment in the Equity Court, Sydney, Mir. Justice Nicholas granted injunctions in the cases of Tudor, Mary and Charlotte…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Minister Warns on Coal Supplies More Electricity Cuts If Not Maintained
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) warned to-night that, unless coal supplies were maintained to the supply authorities and the public observed restrictions, more drastic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Colliery Idle Today
Burwood Colliery, Australia's biggest single producer of coal, was idle today. The hold-up at this mine cost about 3000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Famine
THE plain inescapable fact about the current coal famine is that not enough coal is being produced to meet present-day demands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four Mines Resume To-day
Abermain No. 1. Neath West Tunnel, Caldare open-cut and Northern Extended collieries will resume to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Future of the Coal Industry
No one can say what power, unharnessed as yet, may replace coal some day as a basic fuel. Atomic research may yield further secrets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramless Sunday Saved Little Coal
Fewer than 50 tons of coal was saved at Zara-street Power Station yesterday, as the result of the cessation of tram services for the day. Cutting out of Sunday services means that all tram…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Scissors For Bridge Opening
SYDNEY: Workmen in the Department of Railways metal ticket stamping workshops in Sydney are busy today gold-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sharp Rice in Europe's Coal Output
LONDON, June 23. A.A.P.—Coal output in Western Europe rose sharply during May. Western Germany increased production by over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No More Electricity Cuts While Coal Kept Up Industries Would Be Next
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) said to-night that there would be no further rationing of electricity in Sydney or Newcastle while day-to-day coal supplies came forward…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Miners Ordered Back
BRISBANE, Monday.—Queensland coalminers were ordered to-day by the Queensland Coal Reference Board to resume work on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Loss Up Today
Loss of coal output in N.S.W. as a result of stoppages rose sharply today. Six northern mines and two on other fields…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →5150 Tons of Coal Lost
The biggest coal producing mine in the State, Burwood, did not work yesterday. Two other mines were idle and one was partly manned,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Grant Says Some Miners Dismissed
SYDNEY, Monday.—Some miners on the New South Wales coalfields had received dismissal notices or were being allowed to work only part-time because colliery managements claimed there was not enough work, the General…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Europe Also Worried By Coal Shortage
LONDON, Monday: Coal from the Ruhr is being shipped to Italy, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and Portugal, say…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commonwealth Orders Coal Investigation Check Hoarding, Supply, Distribution
SYDNEY, Monday—The Commonwealth Government had instructed the Fuel Co-ordination Committee to make a complete inquiry into coal distribution in all States, the Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New State Mines To Be Opened At Awaba And Muswellbrook
SYDNEY: Six feet of first-class coal had been discovered at Awaba, which was one of three new fields to be opened up by the State Government to yield an additional 3,500,000 tons a year, the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. M. Baddeley) said today…
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