Want to End Mine Contract System
Favouring, a weekly wage, paid holidays and sick pay, a section of Northern miners is moving for abolition of payment by contract…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
1,987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 74 of 100
New Coal Board At Work Soon
SYDNEY.—Early enactment of the Coal Bill and the appointment of a board of three to control the industry are now assured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clashes in Assembly on Coal Bill
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Clashes between the Chairman of Committees (Mr. Booth) Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Treatt) and Premier (Mr. McKell) marked the debate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Moves for Coal Control In Other States
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State control of the, mining industry in Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia was likely, the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to Editor Discipline in Coal Industry
Sir,—Mr. A. Donne, in his address to the Cessnock Rotary Club ("N.M.H." 13/9/46) said discipline is the crux of the coal problem, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Amended Coal Bill Acceptable To Men: Wells
SYDNEY: The amended Coal Bill as it now stands is satisfactory to the mine workers, the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) said today, speaking on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Owners Ask About Fate Of Central Authority
SYDNEY.—The fate of the Central Industrial Authority under the new Coal Bill was raised at today's hearing before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Authority Hears Mine Rescue Case
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Central Coal Authority (Mr. Willis) said to-day that, until he received an intimation that his powers were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Unions Accept Coal Bill
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The amended Coal, Bill, of properly administered, would put the coal industry in New South Wales on its feet and help provide sufficient and regular coal production, the Miners' President (Mr. Wells)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Low Coal Loss in State
Idleness of three Northern mines— Bellbird. Lambton B and Stanford Main No. 1—caused a loss of 2800 tons of coal yesterday. It was the lowest…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Expect Miners to Favour Extra Shift
According to mining officials, who have tried to ascertain the feeling of the rank and file, mineworkers to-day are expected to vote in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Board Ends 3-Day Sitting
The Miners' Northern Board of Management concluded its three-day sitting in Newcastle yesterday. The board considered a dispute at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners Claim Lockout at Lambton B
MEMBERS of the Miners' Federation employed at Lambton B colliery had been looked out the Miners' Northern President (Mr. W. Crook)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Vote Today on Back Saturday: "Yes" —Plea Issued
Miners have been asked by their leaders to help return the Government by agreeing to work all "Back Saturdays" to December 20. The miners at all N.S.W. pits are voting in a secret ballot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Discuss Joint Coal Board
HOBART, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) will confer with the New South Wales Premier (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Week's Northern Coal Loss Was Low
Coal production loss of about 18,000 tons on the northern N.S.W. field due to stoppages this week was the lowest weekly figure for some time. It was about 5000 tons less than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Chief Calls Talks On Lambton B
THE Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Williams) will preside at a conference in Newcastle this morning to discuss the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Vote for Extra Coal Shift "No" Expected In South, West
Reports last night indicated that most lodges on the Newcastle and Maitland Coalfields yesterday voted in favour of the introduction of a back Saturday shift of six hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Injured in Bus Smash
Five miners from Belmont colliery were injured yesterday Horning when a bus, taking them to work, collided with a double-decker bus on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortage Made Them Sit Up
Representatives of Rotary clubs in many parts of New South Wales are attending the annual assembly of the 76th Rotary…
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