State Coal Loss 7460 Tons
Coal production loss throughout the, State yesterday was 7460 tons. There were five idle mines in the North, two in the South, and three…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Two Miners Hurt in Skip Accidents
When a locomotive collided with a net of skins underground at Burwood colliery yesterday, the driver Harold Anderson, 28, of Oakdale,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Subsidy Available Now for "Dusted" Miners
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—"Dusted" miners who have exhausted their £1000 compensation limit can now apply for a Government subsidy,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Welfare Officer For Cessnock
Chief Welfare Officer of the Coal Board (Mr. Carrlngton) today advised the Town Clerk (Mr. McPherson) that he proposes to visit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conference on Abermain No.1 Dispute Called by Coal Tribunal
A compulsory conference of parties to the Abermain No. 1 colliery dispute will be held in Sydney this afternoon. It has been summoned by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher)…
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COAL production loss in the State yesterday was 8500 tons. There were six idle mines in the North, two in the South and three in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Improve Mine Amenities
Mr. J. P. Carrington, Chief Welfare Officer to the Joint Coal Board, is visiting Newcastle and the Coalfields. He proposes to arrange…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Holiday Pay Decisions
SYDNEY: Two decisions of importance to miners on holiday pay were given by Mr. P. Gallagher (Coal Industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More American Mines Work
NEW YORK, April 10. A.A.P.—Twenty-thousand more miners have returned to the pits and production now is more than one million tons a day—about 45 per cent. of normal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Claim Less Absenteeism If Paid Weekly
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The miners' General Secretary (Mr. Grant) told the Coal Industry Tribunal to-day that weekly payment of wages to miners throughout Australia would substantially…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Benefit Payments For U.S. Mine Victims
WASHINGTON, April 10. A.A.P. —The trustees of the United Mine-workers of America welfare and retirement fund have established a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belgian Honour For British Mining Expert
LITHGOW, Thursday.—Professor T. David Jones, British mining expert who is touring the Western Coalfields, has been advised that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nine Are Killed In Mine Disaster In U.S.A.
WASHINGTON, Thursday.—While a Senate committee was investigating the Centralia mine disaster today, another mine accident took nine lives. Gas exploded in an anthracite mine 350ft. underground at Exeter (Penn-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nine Killed in Mine Explosion
NEW YORK, April 11. A.A.P.— Nine miners were killed and nine others injured when gas exploded in an anthracite mine 350 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Coal Loss 5780 Tons
Coal production loss in the State yesterday was 5780 tons—2940 tons in the North and 2840 tons in the West. All Southern mines worked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Ill to Get Holiday Pay
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) ruled to-day that miners absent the day before or after a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Party Policy Revitalise Mines Department
ORANGE, Friday.—The Country Party would revitalise the Mines Department, the State Leader of the party (Mr. Bruxner) said to-night in his policy speech…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Posts For Three Districts
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Joint Coal Board advised the Miners' Federation to-day of a number of appointments made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Tribunal to Deal with Hours
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) said today that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Week's Coal Shipments Down To 32,500 Tons
Coal shipments from Newcastle this week for other States and the islands totalled only 32,500 tons. The quantity available was…
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