Getting Miners' Viewpoint
Rosewood colliery is one of the Queensland mines where the miners have not gone on strike. Some of the miners are shown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1946
1,987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 100
Mine Overseer's Hand Crushed
Leonard Harris, 40, of Wilson-street, West Wallsend, surface overseer at Stockrington No. 1 colliery, had his right hand severely crushed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways' Big Coal Deficit
The railways are consuming 3000 to 4000 tons of coal a week more than they are receiving, according to the District…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Output Week's Best
Coal production yesterday was the highest for the week. In the Southern District all mines except on went back to work. In the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victorian Plans for Brown Coal
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Industry could and must use raw brown coal because of the acute shortage of New South Wiles black coal, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Will Decide On Dust Action
SYDNEY: Miners' leaders from all N.S.W. districts will confer tomorrow on action to be taken to settle dust…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Chief Helps Draft New Bill
CABERRA, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Williams) is in Canberra to assist in drafting the bill to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Bill To Provide For Miners' Welfare
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—State legislation, under the Federal and State scheme for the control of coalmining, would contain provisions for the health and safety of employees, the Premier (Mr. McKell) told Caucus to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Problem
Sir,—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said harmony in the coal industry would result in greater production. If instead of its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Caught by Mine Fall
Struck by a fall of clay in Kent colliery during the driving of a new bord, Leslie Tolhurst, 22, miner, of Corona-street, Mayfield, received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Must Help Minister Appeals
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Hamilton Knight) to-day appealed to the miners to give the Federal and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Special Summary of Coal Report
CANBERRA, Thursday.—A special summary of Mr. Justice Davidson's report on coal had been prepared by one of the Judge's officers and was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corrimal Miners Want "All-out" on Dust Issue
SYDNEY: The dust shrike at Conrimal mine on the South Coast took a serious turn today when an appeal was sent out by Corrimal men to other South Coast miners to join them in their stoppage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to the Editor the Coal Problem
Sir,—To solve the coal problem, I would introduce a six-hour day; have two shifts in all mechanised mines; give permission to split pillars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minister to Meet Mining Craft Unions
Delegates to a conference of mining craft unions in Sydney yesterday were told that the Minister for Supply and Shipping (Senator Ashley) had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Rod Dies On Way To N.Z.
Gold Rod, one of the best horses in Australia a few years ago, died recently on his way from Sydney to New Zealand,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Lords Agrees to Coal Bill
LONDON, July 5. A.A.P.—The Coal Nationalisation Bill was passed, by the House of Lords…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Week's Coal Loss 43,000 Tons
COAL production loss this week was 43,000 tons. The output of Mines in the Northern District was down 19,480 tons, and the idleness of South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →England's Coal discoveries
Considerable coal reserves, which will permit production on a prewar scale until 1970 from existing collieries, have been found in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Awaba Mine to Open Soon"
He expected the new Stat, mile at Awaba to be in production soon Mr. F. H. Hawkins. M.L.A.. told Newcastle State A.L.P. Council…
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