German Coal Oil Experts Coming To Australia Soon
CANBERRA, Tuesday. — Two highly-qualified chemical engineers were expected to leave Germany soon to study coal oil extraction in…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Shortage Of Coal Causes Idleness Of Three Ships Here
The coal shortage, caused by stoppages on the Northern field, today tied up three ships in Newcastle for the second successive day. The three are the Empire Cowdray…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia Uses Veto To Aid Albania In Vote Over Mines
NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Russia used the "veto" today to block a decision in Britain's favor in her dispute with Albania over minelaying in the Corfu Channel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →115 Perish In Mine Explosion
CENTRALIA (Illinois), March 26. A.A.P. Mine officials fear that 115 men perished in the [?]plosion at the Centralia Coal Company's mine yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Miracle Planned In America
PITTSBURGH (U.S), March 26.—The beg[?]ning of a gigantic industrial miracle, by which it is expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tribunal Went On With Miners' Claims
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day rejected a move by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ships Have To Wait For Coal
A heavy demand for coal and the idleness of many Northern District mines caused a banking up of coal ships yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canberra Talks To-day On Coal Control
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Miners' leaders will fly to Canberra tomorrow to confer with Federal and State Ministers on plans to extend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Hope For 110 Trapped U.S. Miners
NEW YORK. Wednesday.—With carbon monoxide fumes filling the tunnels hope has been abandoned for 110 miners still trapped in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Coast Threat Premier to Meet Mine Unions
The Premier (Mr. McGirr) will meet members of the combined Mining Unions' Council at midday to-day on the South Coast deputies and shotfirers' Stopwork threat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.N.R.R.A. Food Ship Strikes Mine
BELGRADE, March 26. A.A.P—The United States ship St. Lawrence Victory, bound for Sibenik (Yugoslavia) from the United States, with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steel Works Are Again Facing Big Coal Crisis B © ©
With a coal loss of nearly 14,500 tons from S.N.P. mines on the [?] coalfields already this v[?] it is believed that the Steel Works in Newcastle are again facing a coal [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two B.H.P. Mines Among Eight Idle In North
BURWOOD colliery (3000 tons a day), main coal producer for the B.H.P. Steel Works, was idle yesterday for the third successive day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hopes To Avert Southern Coal Strike: McGirr In Talks
SYDNEY: Following what was described today by union officials as a helpful conference with the Premier (Mr. McGirr), it is now almost a certainty that hold-up of southern N.S.W. collieries from next Monday will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →States Seek Joint Coal Bills
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The States are moving into line to secure benefits under the Commonwealth Government's plans for development of coal resources throughout Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →B.H.P. Coal Losses Mounting
Burwood colliery will be idle to-day for the fifth consecutive day. Its idleness has caused a coal production loss of 15,000 tons—half a week's supply for the Steel Works…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. I. Williams Is Miners' New President
SYDNEY: Mr. I. Williams, Secretary of the Victorian Miners' Federation and well known member of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Tribunal Decisions On Inter-Union Disputes
Inter-union disputes at Abermain No. 1 and Bellbird Collieries were dealt with today by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cases To Be Heard By Coal Tribunal
CANBERRA, Thursday.—By an amendment to the National Security Coal Mining Industry Employment Regulations issued to-day, the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advise Against Southern Mine Strike Talks Satisfied Union Leaders
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The President of the Combined Mining Unions' Council (Mr. Fountain) said to-night that a "no-strike" recommendation would be placed before a mass meeting of deputies and shotfirers at Wollongong at 10 a.m. on Saturday…
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