Joint Coal Board To Appoint Welfare Officer
The Joint Coal Board will appoint a special welfare officer to coordinate the activities of local committees planning social…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1947
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May Move to Avert General Coal Strike
A move may be made at a special meeting of the Miner's Central Council in Sydney next week to avert the threatened general coal strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →English Authority Hopes To End Dust In Mines
SYDNEY, Friday.—High hopes of solving the dust problem in Australian mines are held by Professor Thomas David Jones, English mining authority who arrived in Sydney late to-night by flying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Expert To Advise On Prevention Of Dust In N.S.W. Mines
SYDNEY: A man who may have the answer to the State's No. 1 industrial headache—the prevention of dust in coal mines—arrived in Sydney last night by flying boat from Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many May Lose Jobs Soon If B.H.P. Doesn't Obtain More Coal
Many Newcastle industrial workers may lose their jobs within a few days if coal intake at the B.H.P. Steel Works does not improve. This is the latest northern development in the critical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Dust Research
Professor T. David Jones, an expert on coal dust, who will inspect Australian coal mines on behalf of the Council for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners to Nominate May Queen
The Northern miners' May Day Committee decided yesterday to enter a contestant in the Trades Hall Council's May Queen competition…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Leaders Order Pits Back Would Avert Crisis At Steel Works
The Northern district Miner's Executive has ordered four Northern district mince, including two B.H.P. pits-John Darling and Burwood — to resume work this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Lodge Defies Order Of Leaders To Resume Miners' Decision At Burwood
In defiance of the instruction by the Northern Miners' Executive to resume work, Burwood lodge members today decided to remain out until aggregate meetings of miners are held,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Conference Called By Govt. Miners' Council Still Meeting
SYDNEY. -The Commonwealth Government has called a special conference in Sydney next Monday to iron out disputes in the coal industry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →5 Mines Idle in North Today
With a certain loss loss of more than 35,000 tons in the north tomorrow, when miners hold aggregate meetings to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Working Conditions "First Line" In Coal Board Plans
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Joint Coal Board expected soon to show tangible evidence of its intention to improve the mining industry and increase production, the Chairman (Mr. K. A. Cameron…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£1000 Limit on "Dusted" Miners Goes Important Issue In Strike Threat
State Cabined decided yesterday to restore weekly compensation payments to miners who were affected by dust between 1929 and 1942 and have exhausted the £1000 limit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Accidents
William Hamilton (35), of Kendell Street, Bellbird, a miner at Pelton Colliery, suffered injuries to his neck when he was struck by a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recommendation to Miners
The Central Council recommendation upon which today's aggregate meetings of miners voted was: "That we recommend to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Recommended Not to Strike
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Central Council decided to-day to recommend a "no-strike" policy to the aggregate meetings of 15,000 miners on the three New South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Sent, Avert Sydney Blackout
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Joint Coal Board had coal supplies sent to Bunnerong Powerhouse to-day to avert electricity rationing. The Chairman of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Coal, No Night Gosford Dogs
GOSFORD, Tuesday.— Night greyhound racing at Gosford ceases immediately because of coal shortages…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British Miners Seek £7 Minimum Wage "Herald" Service
LONDON, March 4.—A guaranteed minimum wage of £7 a week for underground workers and £6 for surface workers will be urged on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vote For Resumption By Miners At Early Meetings
By an overwhelming majority, early meetings of miners on the northern N.S.W. coalfields today voted for adoption of their Central Council's recommendation to return to work…
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