Want State Mine at Cessnock
The Deputy Mayor of Cessnock (Ald. J. Brown) gave notice of motion at a meeting of the Municipal Council last night that he would move at…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Coal Crisis Closes Motor Works
Because of the coal shortage in Britain, many factories have closed down. Top: Austin's the great motor works at Longbridge, Birmingham, is idle through lack of power. This is one of the deserted production lines. Below: This small heap of snow-covered coal was all that was left at the Austin works a week ago. It was used for maintenance. The Austin works employ…
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LONDON, Wednesday: One hundred and twenty-five ships, carrying 195,000 tons of coal, are ice-bound in the Tyne (Northern England). I…
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LONDON, Wednesday. — Mines in Che shallows around the Danish and Western Swedish coasts, which may have been loosened by icy conditions,…
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Coal production in the State was down about 6300 tons yesterday. Seven Northern mines and one Western mine were idle…
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Coal production loss due to stoppages on the northern field was again heavy today. Rain caused some interruption of…
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PORTLAND (Oregon), Wednesday.—The crew of the British steamer Hartigan, which took 10.000 tons of coal aboard here for Singapore,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners To March On State House
WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. — Southern miners decided by 351 votes to 228 at a mass meeting to-day to hold a mass demonstration at Parliament House when State Government reassembles…
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PORTLAND (Oregon), Feb. 12. A.A.P.—The crew of the British steamer Hartington struck, demanding that the 10,000 tons of coal loaded…
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The second open-cut mine on the South Maitland coalfields is now in operation about a mile on the Maitland side of Cessnock…
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LONDON, Feb. 13. A.A.P.—Mines in the shallows around the coasts of Denmark and Western Sweden may have been loosened by icing…
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Coal production in the State was down 4500 tons yesterday because of the idleness of five Northern and one Western mine…
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New South Wales coal production jumped this week. The State's total loss was 27,000 tons, compared with last week's loss of…
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A conference has been arranged for next week between the Northern Executive of the Miners' Federation and members of the new Coal…
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SYDNEY: The Miners' official organ, "Common Cause," today called on coal miners throughout Australia to prepare for a general coal strike in three weeks. It says that to avert a strike,…
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The Northern Miners' Board of Management decided yesterday to make representations to the Local Coal Authority (Mr. J. Connell) for…
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Sir.—Gains made by the Victorian District of the Miners' Federation in the last 12 month include payment for public holidays, weekly pays, six…
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NEW YORK, Friday—Willow Grove coal mine, St. Clairsville (Ohio), the most modern in the world, has pithead facilities comparable with a…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—It was announced in the Commonwealth Gazette that Mr. Walter Sydney Winning had been, appointed…
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WITH six Northern and two Southern mines idle and no work at two Western open-cuts because of rain, coal…
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