Miners Apply for Compensation Pay
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Federation to-day applied to the Central Coal Authority (Mr. A. C Willis) for variation of an award…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1946
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Check Use of New Mine Explosive
Bellbird miners' lodge last night discussed the quality of the explosive which has been responsible for the idleness of the mine. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Expert To Probe Miners' Complaints About Explosives
An explosives expert is probing the northern miners' grievances over the use of a new explosive which has caused a crop of stoppages this week. Pending the outcome of these tests,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Topics of the Day First Coal Export
THE brig Anna Josepha, owned by Simeon Lord and Hugh Mechan, left Newcastle on November 6, 1801, for the Cape with a cargo of 100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Loss Was 6,300 Tons
Coal production loss in the State yesterday was 6300 tons. Losses in each district were—North 3020 tons, South 2700 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Public Knows Coal Facts, Says Premier
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Broadly speaking, the general public was well informed about facts and conditions on the coalfields, the Premier (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Has Hopes for New Coal Act
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth Government hopes that the operation of the new Coal Industry Act…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Western Miners Return Secretary
LITHGOW, Thursday.—The Secretary of the Western Miners' Federation (Mr. J. H. King) has been re-elected unopposed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Injured in Mine Accidents
Jammed between a skip and a horse in Belmont North mine. John Gray, 37, of Pelican Flats, miner, had two fingers lacerated. Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Coal Loss 6350 Tons
COAL production loss in the State yesterday was 6350 tons. Three Northern mines were idle, and two partially idle for a production loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Back Shift "In Balance"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Back Saturday coal shifts are believed to be in the balance because of heavy production losses and demands by railwaymen for penalty rates for hauling the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seek Extraction of Coal Oil
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The miners' General President (Mr. Wells) and General Secretary (Mr. Grant) have accepted invitations to be represented…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Governments Are Hawking Coal Board Job"
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Harrison) accused the Federal and New South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threatened Stoppage Of Railwaymen Might Disrupt Mines
If attempts being made today to avert a threatened 24-hour stoppage of Port Waratah railwaymen are not successful, serious dislocation of coal train services are expected, probably jeopardising work on the northern coalfields at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Clarification Yet Of Controversy Over Miners' Presidency
Little indication of the ultimate outcome of the controversy concerning the nomination of Mr. H. Wells for the position of General President of the Miners' Federation can be gleaned from the voting returns of miners' lodges on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. R. James Again Coal Liaison Officer
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Mr. R. James, M.H.R., who last year was Chairman of the Public Works Committee, did not recontest the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Working Day In N.S.W. Mines
Today was the best working day of the week on New South Wales coalfields, the total loss as a result of stoppages being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Representation
Sir,—Mr. Edgar Ross, the Miners' Federation representative on the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council, lined up with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Week's Best Coal Day
Yesterday was the beat coal production day for the week. All Northern mines worked. There was only half production at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Protest By Belmont Mine Pensioners
The Belmont-Swansea Mine Pensioners' Association has decided to protest to the district delegate board against mine proprietors being allowed to contribute a…
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