2000 Copies of Coal Industry Report
CANBERRA Thursday.—It was stated to-day that 2000 copies of Mr. Justice Davidson's report on the coal industry were being printed. The…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Slack Coal Trade Meant Idle Days
SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the early years of the 1914-1945 period and particularly up to 1936, the number of days lost in coalmines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →M.L.A. Claims Miners Working Against Public
SYDNEY, Thursday.—f the miners were not careful, some other means than coal might be found to meet Australia's power needs, Mr. Sheahan (Lab., Yass) said in the Legislative Assembly to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burwood Mined 12½ Tons of Coal a Minute
Burwood colliery produced 3694 tons of coal yesterday beating its own Australian record of 3682 tons. Every minute a waggon was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Employee's Claim Fails
An award for the respondent was returned by Judge Rainbow, at a special sitting of the Workers Compensation Commission in Newcastle in the…
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Northern coal mines generally had their best working period in the past fortnight for a long time. Maxy mines on the field worked…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—At 5.5 a.m. the Coal Industry Bill was passed without amendments in the Legislative Assembly to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Decide Functions of Coal Committee
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) will probably confer with the Minster for Supply (Senator Ashley) on the functions of the Coal Distribution Committee set up to assist the Coal Commissioner (Mr. Williams)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Bill 'Reeks," Says Mr. Treatt
"The Coal Bill reeks with prejudice, bias and such things as confiscation, intimidation and appeasement, yet received to a sickening degree the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seek Formula To Avoid Southern Mine Stoppage
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Mines Department is endeavouring to find a formula to end the dispute at Metropolitan colliery, which threatens to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appeal To Union Leaders For More Coal
An appeal for more coal will be made by the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Weils) and other mining union officials to meetings in Newcastle and Cessnock this morning. Another meeting will be held at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Coal Is Shipped To Other States As Production Rises
The good working week on the northern coalfields was reflected in considerably increased shipments of coal to other States. The total allocated from the week's production for interstate users—more than 47,000 tons—was substantially…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unions Urge That Specific Complaints Be Met to Improve Coal Production
If an earnest attempt were made to remedy specified complaints concerning conditions on the coalfields, in the towns and at the pits themselves, they felt much would be done do improve coal production, speakers declared at the conference of mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steel Output Only Two-thirds Capacity B.H.P. Chairman Blames Coal Lack
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The steel industry in its conversion from war to peace-time operation by now should have reached maximum production, but unhappily this had…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Some coal mines were good and some were "rat holes" and should be closed, said the Minister for Information (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Search Over Continent Detectives To Go To Gold Fields
LONDON, Sept: 1. A.A.P.-The two Scotland Yard detectives who are on their way to Australia to investigate a case of alleged fraud,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carry Out Promises to Get Coal Mr. Wells Warns Government
"Unless we see some real evidence of Government promises being effected by the Coal Board, we will be unwilling to expend too much energy in getting Coal supplies. But that does not mean there could not be improvement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal And Cooperation
NO plan for restoring the stability of the coal industry and assuring increased production can…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wonthaggi Accepts Coal Plan
MELBOUTRNE, Monday.—Miners at the State Coalmine, Wonthaggi, decided to-day at a stop-work meeting to accept the State Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck by Coal Fall
Thomas Cadman, 37, miner, of Boolaroo, had his left knee lacerated when caught by a fall in Stockton Borehole mine yesterday. Lake…
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