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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 100
SYDNEY, Sunday.—More than 1000 miners are expected to march through Wollongong streets to-morrow to the meeting hall, where they will hear addresses by lodge officials on the stoppage over "dust" problems…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six mines on the Northern Coalfields which had been idle on Friday returned to work today and the production loss due to stoppages fell substantially. THERE were three fresh stoppages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Federal Government had no definite plans on the extraction of oil from coal, Mr. D. O. Watkins, M.H.R., told the Newcastle Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Monday.—If claims made by the Miners' Federation for annual and sick leave and weekly pay succeeded, there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LITHGOW, Monday.—Coal from Lithgow colliery usually supplied to Bunneroung Power-house had been redirected and railed to the coal dump,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal production loss on the Northern fields yesterday was 2180 tons as a result of the idleness of three mines, Secretaries of the three lodges…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Southern miners recommended to-day at the stopwork meeting at Wollongong that the Northern and Western Miners' Board of Management be called together immediately to "join in the agitation for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Though again today only three mines on the northern coalfields were idle, the loss of output resulting from the stoppages was higher than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obtaining first-hand information on New South Wales coalmines, members of a Royal Commission appointed by the Western Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir.—As a mother of a large family whose husband works as a brusher, I fully appreciate the reason why many miners become hostile on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Drafting difficulties would delay Introduction of the Coal Bill into Parliament, Mr. Chifley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—Nobels' explosives factor may have to close down again unless enough coal is made available next week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State Cabinet to-day, approved proposals for the opening up of new coal deposits in New South Wales and the possible extension of open-cut mining. These are designed to increase production by at least…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY. Tuesday.—The Miners' Central Council has decided against buying two homes in Sydney for the President and Secretary. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Extra annual leave and three weeks' sick leave for miners would cost his company more than £134,000 a year, S. H…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The coal production loss in the State yesterday was 12,000 tons, the highest for more than a month. All the South Coast mines were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Council last night carried a motion, moved by the Mayor (Ald. Brown), that the Federal and State Governments examine the Dye low…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY: State legislation on the agreement between the Commonwealth and State Government for joint control by a coal authority of three members of the coalmining industry was being prepared, the Premier (Mr. McKell) told the Parliamentary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →While any move to open new coal deposits is welcome, production could be more quickly stepped up by reopening disused mines at West Wallsend, the Northern Vice-President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Scanlon) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Council will urge State and Federal Governments to examine a proposal by a Sydney syndicate to establish an oil from coal plant at Ellalong near Cessnock. This was decided by Cessnock…
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