14 Points For Miners' Central Council
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Miners' Central Council will open in Sydney to-morrow. Fourteen points will be debated…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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British Ship Hit Mine; Nine Men Lost
LONDON, April 13. A.A.P.—The British steamer Viceroy (824 tons) hit a mine and sank off the Dutch coast. Eight British seamen,…
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SPRINGFIELD (Illinois), April 13. A.A.P.—A State committee which investigated the Centralia coalmine disaster, in which 111 men were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain's Coal Output Must Exceed 200M. Tons
The British Government has set the coal target for this year at 200,000,000 tons. The special T.U.C. crisis committee regards this target too low and suggests 220,000,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hidden Gold Disappeared
BULOLO, Tuesday: Australian troops, renowned for their scrounging ability, did a first-rate job in that direction when they occupied the goldfields of New Guinea. Mining company officials, after carefully checking over equipment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Coal Price Increased
BRISBANE, Monday.—The price of coal throughout Queensland has been increased by 5¼d a ton, average, from April 1. The Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Artificial Daylight In British Mines
LONDON, April 14. A.A.P.— The "Daily Express" says that fluorescent lights will be installed in British mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Coal Loss 5000 Tons
Coal production loss in the State yesterday was 5000 tons, cause by the idleness, of four Northern mines and one in the South, and the part…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France To Get German Coal
MOSCOW, April 14. A.A.P.—It is revealed authoritatively that the Foreign Ministers have negotiated an agreement on allotments of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. J. Martin Miners' New Vice-President
SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. J. Martin, of the Southern miners' district, and a member of the Communist Party, was elected to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holiday Pay For Three Coal Craft Unions
MEMBERS of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association and the Colliery Mechanics' Association were told at meetings at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Coal Losses May Embarrass Industry, Services
With northern coalfields production down today more than 8000 tons as a result of stoppages and a loss of more than 20,000 tons threatened tomorrow, industry and essential services throughout the country may be acutely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Craft Unions Are Granted Payment For Statutory Holidays
SYDNEY: Describing the situation in regard to industrial jurisdiction in the coal industry as a "Serbonian Bog," Mr. Justice Drake-Brockman, chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board, today granted payment for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →May Mine Polar Coal in 25 YEARS "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, April 15.—Rear Admiral Byrd believes that coal will be mined in the Antarctic within 25 years…
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JUDGING from the attention he devoted to it in his policy speech, the Leader of the Country Party (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ship Strikes Mine Near Singapore
SINGAPORE, April. 15. A.A.P.— The Straits Steamship Company's Empire Passmore radioed in S.O.S. stating that the vessel had struck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Men Injured At One Mine
Jammed between timber and his horse, Edward Broadbent, 31, of West Wallsend, a wheeler at Stockrington No. 2 colliery, received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seek Owner for Mine Shares
A share certificate, No. 650, representing 70 shares in an English mining company, was found in Maitland-road, Mayfield, on February 5…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Unions Meet To-day on Abermain
The Secretary of the Coalmining Unions' Council (Mr. H. C. Morton) said yesterday that the whole question of demarcation and inter-union relations would be discussed to-day between representatives of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters to Editor Mining Industry Judgments
Sir—It is reported in the Press that Judge Drake-Brockman, Acting Chiet Judge of the Arbitration Court, in delivering his judgment in…
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