New Uses for Coal Predicted "Herald" Service
LONDON, Feb. 26.—"We are entering an era not of less coal, but of less wastefulness of our precious asset," Professor…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
2,102 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 106
General Strike is Likely. Warn Miners All Pits Idle On Southern Field
General feeling on the northern coalfields today is that, within the next few weeks aggregate meetings on all fields in the Commonwealth will decide whether or not there is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Coast Miners to Stay Out Seek General Strike In Three States
More than 1500 South Coast miners decided in Sydney yesterday, after a demonstration outside Parliament House, to stay on strike until their demands for increased compensation payments to dusted miners were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Production Sags Further
SYDNEY. — Coal production slumped further today when more mines stopped work, and the miners' central executive sees…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drifting Mines Safe, Says Minister
CANBERRA, Thursday. — The British electric mines reported to have broken adrift off the Queensland coast were harmless, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners to Vote on Strike Plan
As from next Wednesday the Miners' Federation is to hold aggregate stop-work meetings throughout Australia to discuss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Says Miners Succumbed to Communist Party
SYDNEY ,Thursday.—It was very obvious that the Miners' Federation had succumbed to the dictation of the Communist. Party, which had fed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bill Gives Miners Safety, Says Minister
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Amending Coal mines Regulation Bill was designed to give mineworkers the best and most modern working conditions and safety facilities, the Minister for Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Professor To Investigate Coal Dust Menace
DARWIN: An attempt to solve the problem of dust in Australian coal mines will be made during the next three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Coal Loss Was 18,000 Tons
THE State's coal production was down 18,000 tons yesterday. All mines were idle on the South Coast. Six Northern mines did not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Crises For Another Two Years, Says Chifley
CANBERRA: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said today that he could see no permanent solution of recurring coal crises in less than two years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vote on Nationwide Coal Stoppage Aggregate Meetings To Be Called
Miners' leaders decided in Sydney yesterday to call aggregate stopwork meetings throughout Australia as from next Wednesday to discuss proposals for a general coal strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steel Cut Threat Unless More Coal B.H.P. Miners Not To Resume Work
The B.H.P. Steel Works would have to curtail drastically iron and steel production and retrench men unless Burwood and John Darling collieries resume immediately, the Manager (Mr. K. Butler) said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Food for British Miners
LONDON, Feb. 28, A.A.P.—More food and more houses are to be provided for the mining areas, to stimulate coal production, as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike May Be Postponed
SYDNEY: Postponement of next week's threatened coal strike may be the upshot of yesterday's talks between the miners' leaders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Asked for Amenities
SYDNEY, Friday.—A deputation from Kearsley Shire Council placed before the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cameron) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners "Amused at Owners' Crocodile Tears"
SYDNEY, Friday.—Crocodile tears being shed by the Secretary of the Southern and Western Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Opinion Coal Strike Prospects Diminishing
On the northern coalfields there is a feeling that the danger of a general mining stoppage is receding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Loss Again 18,000 Tons
For the second consecutive day, the coal production loss in the State yesterday was 18,006 tons. About 9000 tons was lost as a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appeal To Miners Repeated By Prime Minister
SYDNEY: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) again appealed to miners' leaders today not to call for a general coal strike…
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