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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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SYDNEY.—Fears that another gas crisis may overtake Sydney have been strengthened today by a warning by the manager of the Australian Gas Light Co. (Mr. H. Tindale) that Mortlake holds only one day's coal reserves. The company was now using about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Friday.—An unexpectedly rapid improvement in the coal industry has made the economic outlook in Britain considerably brighter. Although the situation is still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Negotiations proceeded in Sydney today between representatives of coal owners and of the Miners' Federation in an effort to secure settlement of the Abermain No. 1 Colliery dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Production of coal at the eight open cut mines in New South Wales will cease on Monday because of a dispute over the hearing of claimed by the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY: Coal miners were more susceptible to feverish colds, influenza, lumbago, sweat rushes, boils…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal shipments from Newcastle will be seriously affected by the decision of the Cessnock branch of the F.E.D.F.A. to lay idle 11 mines in that part of the Northern field. Coal losses will exceed 30,000 tons for the three days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Two doctors giving evidence before the Coal Industry Tribunal to-day said that coalminers, owing to economic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the most important proposals to promote the general health of mine-workers ever placed before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BROKEN HILL, Monday.—Broken Hill miners will be paid a bonus of £8/15/ a week, or £1/15/ a shift, during June…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STATE coal production yesterday was the worst for many weeks. Production was down 14,000 tons. Nine northern, two southern,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, May 12.—A new five-point charter for Britain's miners under State control was outlined by the Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, May 12.—Gold valued at more than £stg120,000, which Arabs had smuggled into India, has been seized by Bombay Customs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A decision of the Cessnock branch of the F.E.D. and F.A. last night will cause 11 mines to be idle to-morrow. The meeting decided that from 11 o'clock would be held…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Enginedrivers and firemen on a 24-hour strike at mines on the Cessnock field will be asked at their stopwork meeting to-morrow to accept an executive recommendation to return to work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WITH NO Production at open out mines with the exception of those in the Cessnock area, idleness of seven northern, two southern and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY.—Mr. R. W. Davie (Northern Colliery Owners) told the Coal Industrial Authority (Mr. Gallagher) today that he did not believe the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal is being removed from the bunker hatch of the interstate steamer Aroona, berthed at the Carrington Dyke, to enable the crew to extinguish a fire which was discovered early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The 13 mines idle in the Cessnock district today will remain out of production until a tribunal is set up to hear a log of claims put forward by the Cessnock sub-branch of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire which smouldered all yesterday beneath the coal in one of the holds of the S.S. Aroona, lying at Carrington, was said to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA: Australian coal production was nearly one million tons higher in 1946 than in 1945…
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