Secretary Comments On Miners' Ballot
Referring to a report in "The Newcastle Sun" on Thursday, in which he was quoted as commenting on the proposal to postpone the ballot for…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Miners' Ballot on District President
Yesterday ballot papers were sent out to all miners' lodges in the northern district for the election of district president, vice-president, two…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal Crisis Unless Slump Halted
SYDNEY, Friday.—Unless a steady slump in coal production from New South Wales mines in the past month is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Weeks Coal Loss 45,000 Tons
The coal production loss yesterday throughout the State was 9640 tons, bringing the total loss for the week to more than 45,000 tons. This loss…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to Editor Shuttle Cars in Mines
Sir.—In the last few weeks two fatalities have occurred with shuttle cars which should be more appropriately named "underground jeeps."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crown May Appeal in Mining Case
SYDNEY.—An appeal may be lodged against the decision of a magistrate at Helensburgh on Tuesday in favor of the manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →7000 At Bellbird Miners' Picnic
Thirty-three buses carried members of Bellbird miners' lodge and their families to Speers Point. yesterday for the first picnic since the was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work Advised at 10 Mines
The Merger Committee of the 10 miners' lodges in the J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham group decided yesterday to advise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Coal Ships For Melbourne
To build up Victoria's coal stocks six of the 11 interstate vessels which are expected to leave Newcastle this week are bound for Melbourne and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thousands of U.S. Miners Idle "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—Thousands of bituminous miners are now idle as the result of the wage and new contract demands being made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →May Consider Ending Back Shifts "Value Nullified By Mine Stoppages"
If present coal losses continued, the abandonment of back Saturday shifts on the Northern coalfields would have to be considered, the Coal Commissioner (Mr. Williams) said in Sydney last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Value of Back Saturday Coal Chief, Miners' Leader Clash
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Coal Commissioner (Mr. Williams) and the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Wells) clashed to-day over the value of back Saturday shifts on the Northern coalfields to build up a coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Ballots To-day
Northern District miners will vote to-day in the election for their president and vice-president and for the general secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Point Road Work
At a meeting of the Coal Point District Progress Association, presided over by Cr. G. Morgan (Port Stephens Shire), a letter was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Brief Miners On Strike
EIGHT hundred miners at Sutton Manor colliery, St. Helen's (Lancashire), have gone on strike because they object to working with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loss Over 15,000 Tons
The coal production loss in the Northern district yesterday was 7550 tons. There was a loss of 7650 tons in the Western district, where…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mighell May Be Offered New Coal Control Job
SYDNEY: The possibility of the position of Chairman of the new Coal Board being offered to Mr. Norman. Mighell, now Deputy High Commissioner in London, is being discussed with interest in coal circles…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Dispute Over Explosive Causes Another Heavy Coal Loss Today
The trouble about introduction of a new type of explosive on the Northern Coalfields again caused a heavy loss of output today. Three of the biggest mines on the South Maitland section of the field were idle over the issue. The day's loss…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Begin Ballot
Northern District miners started their ballot for district president district vice-president and general secretary yesterday. To-day they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flames Threaten Homes And Collieries: 103 Deg. Reached
As the temperature soared to 103 degrees this afternoon. Newcastle became ringed with home-menacing bush fires. At one stage nine brigades were in action simultaneously. Production at Redhead Colliery was interrupted when a fire swept…
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