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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 100
Northern coal production loss due to stoppages and partial stoppages today rose to more than 7200 tons. This was about 1500 tons more than yesterday's figure and brought the total for the two working days of the week so far to nearly 13,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six collieries on the northern field were idle today and two others were only partly manned, resulting in a loss of production of about 5600 tons. THERE was a resumption of work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three delegates from the Combined Craft Unions, with three representatives from the Miners' Federation, will meet the Premier (Mr. McKell)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two mine workers were injured this morning when the bus in which they were travelling to work at Bellbird Colliery broke a rear spring and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The hearing of the Miners' Federation claims for three weeks' annual leave, three weeks' annual leave and weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE COAL production loss in the State yesterday was 7300 tons as a result of the idleness of five Northern, two Southern and two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leigh Creek coal, coke and fuel oil could not be burnt efficiently in the boilers of the power station, it was stated in the 1946 report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal production loss on the northern field due to stoppages today was the lowest for the week. Five mines, however, were out of operation for an output drop of 3500 tons. Biggest of the idle mines was the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Three million good Australian people have been suffering untold hardships in Australia's capital cities as a result of a few people…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—As a member of the Miners Federation for 30 years, and looking over the past six years, we seem to have had quite a lot of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Nominations are being called by the Miners' Federation for the positions of general president, and general secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Not enough coal was being mined to keep the great industries going, Mr. R. G. Casey said to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →CANBERRA, Wednesday—Following the presentation at the Premiers' Conference to-day of a statement setting out the figures…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The shortage of coal, owing to intermittent working of collieries and the impressment by the Coal Commissioner for other consumers of approximately 22 per cent. of coal mined from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Victorian Government will shortly examine the possibility of entering into the joint Commonwealth-New South Wales scheme for rehabilitation of the industry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JERUSALEM, August 22. A.A.P.—Saboteurs evaded precautionary measures taken by the authorities to damage with mines the troopship Empire Rival lying off Haifa Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There were no fresh stoppages on the northern field today, and with yesterday's five idle mines still out, coal production loss remained at 3500 tons. Biggest of the idle mines, the B.H.P…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Leading union officials wil coalfields next week to urge the miners to increase [?] so that more coal can be allocate to the railways and ot[?] industries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday. — Southern District lodge officers to-day criticised the Federal Government's failure to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Most people closely associated with miners are aware of the futility of making threats. There have bees periodical condemnations of miners in…
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