Six Mines Idle; 6000 Tons Lost
THE coal production loss yesterday was more than 6000 tons as a result of the idleness of one Southern and five Northern mines…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Bolting Coal Skip Kills Two Men
BRISBANE, Monday.—One man was killed and another was fatally injured when they were crushed by a runaway coal skip at the foot of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria Presses For Cheaper Coal, Oil Fuel
CANBERRA, Monday. — Federal cooperation in obtaining cheaper overlanded coal and fuel oil for Victoria was sought to-day by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Debate On Coal Bill May Start To-night
CANBERRA. Monday. — The second reading debate on the Coal Bill is expected to commence in the House of Representatives to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thousands of Sheep May Die Because of Coal Stoppages
SYDNEY: Coal stoppages are expected to cause the death of thousands of sheep in the drought-stricken North-West this year. BECAUSE of the coal shortage, in sufficient railway trucks are…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners' Award Varied By Coal Authority Recompense For Contract Men
SYDNEY: The Central Coal Authority (Mr. A. C. Willis) ordered today that compensation must be paid to contract miners called off the coal face to do shift-work, wheeling or clipping more than once in each quarterly cavil…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Miners Looked on As Scum of Earth": Cr. Varty At Conference On Coal Amenities
SYDNEY: Miners were looked upon as the scum of the earth and underground heathens by Sydney people, said the chairman of the Miners' Social Amenities Conference (Councillor W. Varty) today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Inspector's Claim Fails
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—H. E. Ellis, Mines Department Inspector, proceeded against A. G. Reeks, Manager of Mt. Kiera Colliery, in the District…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Board to Discuss Stoppages
STOPPAGES at Northern collieries, particularly those at Abermain No. 2 and Lambton, will be discussed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Miners' Board Of Management Decision On Abermain Dispute
The Northern Miners' Board of Management today decided to insist that the carpenter involved in the demarcation dispute between the Federation and the Mining Mechanics' Association at Abermain No. 2 colliery remain a member of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Government Drops Section From Coal Bill Powers Widened, Says Mr. Menzies
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A surprise move was made in the House of Representatives to-night when the Minister for Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) announced that the Government would withdraw a complete section from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. James to Seek Change in Penal Clause Federal Coal Bill Debate
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Mr. James (Lab., N.S.W.) indicated in the House of Representatives to-night that he would seek amendments to the penal provisions of the Coal Bill. He said that penal clause as it stood would do nothing to get more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extra 5/- for Miners Off Coal Face
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Contract miners in New South Wales who are transferred from the coal face to do wheeling, clipping or other shiftwork, will receive an extra 5/-a day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Enforce Law Against Miners" Says Hughes In Coal Bill Debate
CANBERRA: Resuming the second reading debate on the Coal Bill, Mr. Morgan (Labor, N.S.W.), said every reform in mine control had been resisted by the mine owners. It took many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tension Growing Over Coal Bill Owners, Miners Plan Strong Moves
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A tense situation between the Federal Government the Miners' Federation and the mine owners is rapidly developing over the form of the bill to establish a Joint Coal Board over New South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stone and Coal Sandwich
After examining the specimen of a stone-coal sandwich, supplied to the Queensland Railway Department, Queensland's Minister for Transport (Mr. Walsh) concurred with a statement that stones were bought from coalmines. The coal was between layers of stone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Communist Defeated In Miners' Poll
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Mr. C. Tucker, rank-and-file member of Queensland branch of the Miners' Federation, defeated Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Board Meets on Disputes
THE Northern Miners Board of Management yesterday considered dispute at several northern collieries. Outcome of discussions were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Struck by Fall of Coal
Struck by a fall of coal in Waratah colliery, Arthur McCrohan, 37, of Lamnbton-road, Charlestown, miner, had his forehead bruised, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. James Urges Technical Education for Miners
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—There must be a strong scheme of technical education for miners if the coal industry was to be restored to…
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