Miner Struck by Falling Coal
Robert Taylor, 55, of Swansea, had his left leg fractured, when caught by a fall of coal in Wallarah Colliery yesterday. Belmout Ambulance took…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
1,987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 100
Will Make Own Decisions, Say Miners
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Central Council decided to-day to reserve the right independent policy on any decisions reached by the Joint Coal Board, to be set up to control the coal industry in New South Wales…
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At least five Northern District coalmines will not work to-day because of strikes. Their idleness will cause a production loss of 4,600 tons, to take the loss this week to 20,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Union Seeks Ban on B.h.p. Coal Haulage
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen will ask the New South Wale Trades and Labour Council on Thursday night to consider authorising the union to ban the hauling of coal to the B.H.P. Co…
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The Combined Craft Unions and the Miners' Federation will confer in Sydney on Friday if the federation accepts the invitation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nine Mines Are Idle in North Today for Loss of 10,000 Tons
With the coal shortage threatening disruption of industry, nine collieries, with a production of over 10,000 tons, were idle on the Northern field today, sending production loss for the week to 24,600 tons…
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SYDNEY. Wednesday.—The Miners' Federation was trying to sabetage the new Coal Bill, the Secretary of the Southern and Western…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shortage Hits Flour Mills
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The export of New South Wales flour to wartorn countries would be reduced because of the coal shortage, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peter, Paul And The Coal Crisis
THE protests made by a meeting of B.H.P. employees, by the Ironworkers' Secretary (Mr. R. C. Morgan) and the statement by the B.H.P…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Miners Will Consider Any Approach On Christmas Holiday"
SYDNEY: If any approach to the Miners' Federation in regard to miners' christmas Holidays were made, it would be considered, the General President of the Federation (Mr. Harold Wells) said, today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welsh Miners to Sing in Opera "Herald" Service
LONDON, Aug. 14.—Two Welsh miners will sing with the Covent Garden Opera Company in the coming season if they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Diversion Opposed by Steel Workers Retrenchment Fear
B.H.P. Steel Works employees fear that wholesale retrenchments would follow diversion of coal from the works. About 70 men, at a lunch-time meeting at the plant yesterday, carried a motion viewing with grave concern the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ornament Won For Coalfield Mining Family
Two Coalfield families connected with mining and racing were associated with the success of Ornament, a former Newcastle horse, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Loco-Men Still Press For B.H.P. Coal Cut
SYDNEY: Undeterred by the opposition of steelworkers in Newcastle, the Locomotive Enginemen's Union will ask the Labor Council to endorse a demand that coal supplies to the B.H.P. should be cut and more coal diverted to the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Loss This Week Is 40,000 Tons: Ten Northern Pits Idle Today
Coal production loss in N.S.W. this week as a result of stoppages at collieries already exceeds 40,000 tons, compared with las) week's loss of 25,520 tons. The drop, in output as a result of today's stoppages was more than 12,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Line Claimed Dangerous
A new method of working coal trucks into Port Waratah, via the balloon loop, was dangerous and contrary to local working regulations,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Figures Show A Decline
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The quantity of coal produced in New South Wales, as recorded by the Commonwealth Coal Commission, was 798,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Want State to Amend Bill
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Miners' Federation has asked for a conference with the State Government to discuss amendments to the Coal Bill, to be introduced into State Parliament this month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Secretary Accused Of "Deliberate Lie"
SYDNEY, Thursday—The Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. Grant) was accused of a "deliberate lie" during a clash with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Stern Discipline to End Coal Stranglehold"
"THE stranglehold, brought about by the coal hold-up upon industry, and the economic life of Australia must…
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