Denial That Miners Poor Prawners
SYDNEY. — Miners have been flicked on the raw by a statement attributed to the Museum Zoologist (Mr. McNeil) that miners…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
1,987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 100
Big Coal Loss in North
Idleness of six Northern mines, including Australia's two largest producers, caused a loss of more than 8900 tons yesterday…
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The State's loss of coal output due to mine stoppages during January was 51,570 tons. This was the lowest monthly figure for several months. Production loss on the northern field due to stoppages dropped today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Opposition to National Coal Bill
LONDON, Jan. 30. A.A.P.—The Mining Association had "given up the ghost" and withdrawn its opposition to the principles of the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Coal Bill Passes Second Reading
LONDON, Wednesday. — The coal Nationalisation Bill was read a second time without a division after the House of Commons by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claim by Owners Australian Miners "Best-paid"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Australia had the best-paid mining industry in the world, the Secretary of the Western and Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →First Talks on 5-Year Coal Scheme
SYDNEY, Wednesday:—A conference has been arranged between the Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley), the Premier (Mr. McKell), the State…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Few Wheelers in Mines Men Want More Pay for Work
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The serious shortage of wheelers in Australian coalmines was emphasised during the hearing of a claim by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Northern Mines Idle
Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 2 were the only mines idle in the Northern District yesterday, but both are expected to work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claim Anomaly in Miners' Pension
Wallarah lodge of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association yesterday decided to inform the Mineworkers' Pension Tribunal, through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Manager Fined for Breach
WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—For having permitted explosives to be carried into a mine, other than in recognised containers, a breach of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burwood Miners Support Lake Home Appeal
"That is an excellent example for other Northern lodges to follow," the organiser of Lake Macquarie War Memorial Convalescent Home and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cessnock Miners Wants Beer On Saturdays
A meeting of representatives of the miners' lodges and other trades unions in the Cessnock district last night decided to approach South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Reading of National Coal Bill
LONDON, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—The Coal Nationalisation Bill was read a second time without division after the House of Commons, by 356 to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Men "Sick of Strikes," Leave Mining
SYDNEY, Thursday.—One reason for the exodus of men from the mining industry was that miners became "sick and tired of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Owners and Staffs to Meet
If no finality comes from the conference between the proprietors and the Australian Collieries Staff Association next Tuesday, the association…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial News Three Northern Mines Idle
Stanford Main No. 2, Millfield and Neath collieries were idle yesterday. All are expected to resume on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →23 Mines Worked Full Time
The Anniversary Day holiday reduced the available working time at the mines by one day during the fortnight. Full-time was nine days,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Mining Intolerable Monstrosity"
LONDON, Feb. 3. A.A.P.—Mr. G. B. Shaw, in a letter to Mr. Emrys Hughes, Labour candidate for the South Ayrshire by-election,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Writer Defends Book Seeking New Deal For People Of Coalfields Reply to "Coal town" Criticism
Last year a summary of "Coalt own" in the form of a series of articles appeared in a daily paper. Commenting on it the miners' official paper, "Common Cause" said: "They were the most sympathetic articles on the coal problem that have…
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