Nine Nominees For Miners' President
Nine candidates will contest the position of General President of the Miners' Federation for the next two years. The candidates announced today are—…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
2,102 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 106
Confiscate Refugees' Gold Bars
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Federal Treasury will confiscate the 2-inch gold bars discovered during the Customs' search of the steamer Hwa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moves To Avert Wharf And Mine Stoppages
SYDNEY: Attempts are being made at conferences to-day to avert hold-ups on the wharves and in coal mines which, threaten to hamstring Australian industries. A general stoppage on the western…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →13,000 Nova Scotian Miners On Strike
SYDNEY (Nova Scotia), Feb. 2. A.A.P.—Demanding increased pay, 13,000 members of the United Mine-workers' Union on maritime coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Says Atom Not Yet Threat to Coal
DEVELOPMENTS in atomic power would not threaten the future of coal power for many years, the distinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Central Council To Debate General Coal Strike
SYDNEY.— A move for an Australia-wide coal strike may be made at the Miners' Central Council meeting, which will open…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Coal Loss Yesterday
Industrial disputes caused a coal production loss of 5300 tons on the Northern coalfields yesterday. Another 1500 tons were lost because…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stay-in Strike by Miners
TAMWORTH, Monday.—A stay-in strike, involving 28 men, began at Prestons Company's colliery at Curlewis this morning. The management…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Stoppage in West Averted
SYDNEY, Monday.—The threatened stoppage on the Western Coalfield has been averted following a conference between miners' officials and the Minister for Supply and Shipping (Senator Ashley) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nova Scotian Coal Strike Postponed
SYDNEY (Nova Scotia), Feb. 3. A.A.P.—The coal strike has been called off for a fortnight's truce, during which the union and the owners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →500 Miners Strike at Captain's Flat
CANBERRA, Monday.—About 500 miners are on strike at Captain's Flat, near Canberra, over the alleged non-payment by the management of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stay-In Coal Strikers Eat Rockmelons
GUNNEDAH. — Thirty coalminers staging a stay-in strike at the Preston Extended Colliery. Carlewis, are having a picnic on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Urge Miners' Pension Increase
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) would recommend to the State Cabinet that pensions to retired mine workers be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Has A Long Life
ALTHOUGH there is evidence all over the world that recovery depends largely upon methods to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Discuss General Coal Strike
SYDNEY.— A special meeting of the Miners' Central Council which opened in Sydney today, was expected to decide whether…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Coal Loss 14,000 Tons
EIGHT Northern mines did not work yesterday. There was a one-third loss in output at another. In the Western district, five mines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Inspector Critical of New Act Changes
Mr. J. Barrett, of Cessnock, said he had been advised by the miners' Northern Check Inspector (Mr. W. H. May) that vital amendments to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stay-in Strikers To Meet Miners' Rep
Twenty-two miners who are on a stay-in strike in Curlewis Extended Colliery. Gunnedah. will come to the cit top today to meet a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Curlewis Stay-in Miners to Meet Mr. Scanlon
TAMWORTH, Tuesday.—The stay-in strikers at Preston Coal Company's colliery at Curlewis will have been underground over 50 hours when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wells Resignation Accepted by Miners' Council: Joins Building Firm
SYDNEY: The resignation of the Miners' General President (Mr. H. Wells) was accepted by the Miners' Central Council today. The President of Queensland district (Mr. T. Miller) has…
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