Big Coal Reserves in Bowen Field
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Estimated coal reserves in the Bowen field approach 1500 million tons, said the Minister for Mines (Mr. Gair)…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Christmas Coal
The production in New South Wales of 510,000 tons of coal for the fortnight ended September 28 will be welcomed by the public,…
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The threat of the miners' lodges merger committee in the J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham Group to stop the 10 mines owned by the…
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TRIESTE, Oct. 17 .A.A.P. — The 7000[?]on American Liberty ship Cassius Hudson is reported to be sinking off the Istrian coast after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eight Mines Idle in North
Eight mines on the Northern field were idle yesterday. The coal loss was 6800 tons. Six of the mines will resume to-day…
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James Roarty, 54, miner, of Anzac-street, West Maitland, was caught in a fall of coal at Bloomfield colliery yesterday, and received an injury to the…
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Continued idleness of two mines on the northern coalfields today brought the week's drop in output to more than 26,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clergyman Broke Leg in Mine Fall
Canon F. C. Riley, 72, retired Church of England minister, of Hamilton-street, Rose Bay, fractured his left leg when he stumbled in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vote Sunday on Mine Union Merger
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Proposals for the amalgamation of the Miners Federation and the Federated Engine drivers and Firemen's Association in the coal industry were completed to-day…
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CANBERRA, Thursday—Although the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and the New South Wales Premier (Mr. McKell) yesterday discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.R.U. Seeking Same Penalty Rates as Miners
Port Waratah branch of the Australian Railways Union decided to ask the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) to provide for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amalgamation Of Mining Unions Is Anticipated
It was anticipated that rank-and-file mass meetings would endorse the recommendaiton for amalgamation of the Federated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Meetings To-morrow
If members of the Miners' Federation endorse the proposals for amalgamation with the Federated Engine drivers and Firemen's Association, a…
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With two mines idle in the Northern District and one on the South Coast, the State's coal production lose yesterday was 2650 tons, bringing the…
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BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa), Friday: While not favoring the nationalisation of gold mines, Dr. Malan, Opposition leader, in a speech…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Justice Ferguson, of the State Industrial Commission, held to-day that an anomaly existed in the rates of pay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Settlement Of J. And A. Brown Mine Issues
Most of the outstanding issues between the management and the men at Abermain No. 2 Colliery had been satisfactorily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shipments Cut by Sydney Waterside Dispute
Interstate shipments of coal from Newcastle this week were the lowest for a considerable time. This was due mainly to the dislocation of shipping movements caused by the waterfront strike in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.l.p. Expels Mr. Graves; Coal Bill Sequel
SYDNEY, Friday.—The central A.L.P. Executive to-night unanimously decided to expel Mr. J. J. Graves M.L.C., from the Official Labour Party. He was expelled because he failed to attend a sitting of…
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After a conference on Saturday morning it was announced that the threatened stoppage to-day at the J. and A. Brown mines had been…
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