Coal But No Soap
COMPOSER AT NINE.—Jill Godsail of Birmingham (Eng.) is only nine but she has already written 12 piano pieces and had one her compositions "Doll's Piece" broadcast by the B.B.C. Daughter of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1947
2,102 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 106
Mine Reclamation Was Unique Feat
Skill and physical endurance will chieye much, but those qualities alone would not have won anyone a place in the team of Cessnock miners who accepted a challenge three years ago to achieve what 99 per cent. of mining men, including the experts, regarded as impossible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wagga Gold Cup Meeting
SYDNEY: Sydney will be strongly represented this year at the Wagga Gold Cup meeting on April 30, and May l…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Board To Visit Newcastle
Members of the new Joint Coal Board would be in Newcastle on March 17, it was announced at the northern district…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mine Manager Gaoled On Gold Charge
KALGOORLIE, Sunday.— With a revolver in his hand Detective-Inspector H. McLernon, Chief of the gold stealing detection staff, had entered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Malayan Mine Strike Ended
SINGAPORE, March 9. A.A.P.—Miners have called off their seven weeks' old strike at Malayan collieries, They will resume work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Building Gold Reserve
PERTH, Sunday.—The Federal Government was trying to build up a gold reserve in the country" to the same figure as before the depression…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five Mines Idle in North Today
With five mines idle, the loss of coal production on the northern field today was approximately 5300 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Fail To Gain Concessions At Talks With Owners
SYDNEY: At a conference today with the N.S.W. Combined Colliery Proprietors' Association the miners failed to gain any concessions. THE conference is being followed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Prospects Please Miners
SYDNEY.—Though disappointed by the attitude of the owners, miners' leaders are pleased at the prospect of other States agreeing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£200,000 Gold Mine Deal
KALGOORLIE: A Perth syndicate, with South Australian financial support, has taken an option for £200,000 over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Parleys Fail To Clear Up Mine Unrest
Failure of miners' and mineowners' representatives to reach agreement on any of the demands in the miners' log of 19 claims shows that the threat of trouble in the coal industry has not passed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners, Owners Clash at Coal Talks Concessions Refused On Log Of Claims
SYDNEY, Monday.— Miners' leaders and coalowners' officials clashed at a coal conference to-day attended by the Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) and State Government Ministers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Needs Cooperation
The decision of the joint Coal Board to visit the fields and address lodge officials is wise. At the outset of its Career .the Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Advise on Coal Projects
LONDON, March 10. A.A.P.—The Powell Duffryn group, which was Britain's largest colliery undertaking before nationalisation,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Railmen Return, But Some Coal Lost
The return to work today of running-staff employees of the South Maitland Railways ensured the clearance of output of most South Maitland field coal mines. However, the Caldare open cut and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Cabinet on Amendments to Coal Pensions Act
SYDNEY, Monday. — The State Cabinet to-day considered proposed amendments and validations to the Coal Oil and Shale Mine Workers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →9 N.S.W. Mines Idle; 8600 Tons Lost
With five mines in the northern district, one in the west and three in the south idle yesterday, the coal production loss was 8600 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Expert Inspects Bellbird Mine
Professor D. Jones a British mining expert on coal dust yesterday made his first inspection of an Australian coalmine when he went…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Says Miners Sceptical of 'Promises'
Sir.—The aggregate meeting at West Wallsend, although a well behaved one, proved conclusively that the miners are in no mood to tolerate…
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