Coal Bill for Upper House
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Coal Bill will be introduced into the Legislative Council to-morrow. It has passed the Legislative Assembly…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Coal Committee Can Only Advise
SYDNEY, Monday.—The sole function of the Coal Distribution Committee was to try To get greater production, the Minister for Supply…
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An 18-year-old youth, Kevin Hancock, of Weston, died in Kurri Hospital early this morning as a result of head injuries he received when he…
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LONDON. Sept. 2.—"Friendly discipline" will be the new slogan for Britain's nationalised coalmines. This will be one of the highlights of a…
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At the present rate of extraction, Australia's black coal resources are estimated by scientists to last about 800 years. Resources are estimated at 13.699…
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The Northern Coalfields were comparatively free of industrial disputes again yesterday, but other causes took the number of idle mines to…
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The northern N.S.W. coalfields were free of stoppages caused by disputes today and only 1200 tons of coal was lost. This was at Hebburn No. 1, which was idle to enable members of the…
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Jillian Margaret Blundell, 2 years and 9 months, of Grant-street, Coal Point, was drowned in about three feet of water near her home…
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Four mineworkers were injured in collieries yesterday. Caught by a fall of coal in the Linton Borehole mine, Alan Stuart,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—During the second reading, in the Legislative Council to-day, the Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) appealed for impartial consideration of the Coal Bill…
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The Electrical Trades Union ban on overtime work threatens coal loading operations in Newcastle. Any serious electrical breakdown on the coal loading cranes at Carrington [?]…
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Nominations for General President and General Secretary of the Miners' Federation, held by Mr. H. Wells and Mr. G. Grant, will close on…
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The District Superintendent of Railways (Mr. Juchan) denied last. night that coal was being railed from Northern mines to be stacked…
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The only Northern mine idle yesterday was Hebburn No. 1. It was idle to permit members to attend the funeral of a youth fatally injured in…
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The Coal Bill passed the second reading shortly before 2 o'clock this morning in the Legislative Council, and was taken into committee. The miners' record during the war…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—No passenger train services except those in the metropolitan areas had been in- proved, the Minister for Transport…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—If the Coal Industry Bill passed both Chambers in the form submitted by the Government, mechanisation of the…
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SYDNEY: Open-cut mines may be worked on Saturdays in future and during Christmas when the miners' annual…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Representatives of mining unions will meet in Sydney next Sunday to discuss a request by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) for increased coal production between now and Christmas, so that full employment…
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SYDNEY: The State Government faced defeat by one vote on the Coal Control Bill in the Legislative Council early this morning. After an amendment to limit the scope of the Bill was moved shortly after 2 a.m., the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) made a strong plea for an adjournment. This was granted on the voices…
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