Steamer Unloads Coal As Fire Precaution
Approximately 40 tons of coal have been taken out of the "booby" hatch of the interstate steamer Aroona as a safety…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1947
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Enginemen Threaten Statewide Coal Hold-up Government May Extend Tribunal's Powers
Stop-work meetings of enginedrivers and firemen would be held early next week on all New South Wales coalfields unless a tribunal was set up to hear union claims, the State President of the Federated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Shortage May Close Down Steel Works Grave Threat To Supplies Of Gas And Electricity
Continued stoppages at pits on the northern field threaten gas and industrial supplies and coal losses are mounting daily. In a statement today the manager of the B.H.P. (Mr. K. Butler) said that a stage would soon be reached where the Steel Works may have to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Manager Concealed Workings, Fined
On each of two charges laid under the provisions of the Coalmines Regulations Act, David Perry, Manager of the Valley Borehole colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hear Miners' Claims on Overtime
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal will discuss next Monday a claim by the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Shortage Holds Up Shipping
The shortage of coal is expected to dislocate shipping movements on the east coast of Australia next week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortage Hits Steel Output
The coal shortage has affected steel production at the Australian Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.'s Works, Port Kembla, and threatens production at Newcastle Steel Works…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£15 Lowest Mine Wage, Broken Hill
BROKEN HILL, Thurs.—The lowest paid man on the line of lode in Broken Hill receives £15 a week, according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Craft Unions and the Coal Board
The gilbertian situation has arisen that members of the Cessnock branch of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Position Alarming, Says Mr. Butler
"The coal stocks and the inflow of coal to the steel industry have determined alarmingly in the last two weeks," the Manager of Newcastle Steel Works (Mr. K. Butler) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →4ft. of Lead Ore In Tasmanian Mine
HOBART, Thursday.—Mr. J. J. Andrews consultant to the Farrell Mining Co., said after an inspection that No. 8 bottom level, where a good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rehabilitation Loans To Aid Mineral Mining
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Under certain conditions, the Commonwealth would make rehabilitation loans direct to individuals engaged in mineral…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chipped Coal
After Edmund Bull died, some of his children continued to work the place, opening it for public exhibition, serving refreshments under trellis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Southern Miners' President
WOLLONGONG, Friday.—Mr. W. Parkinson, President of Mount Keira Miners' Lodge, has been elected Southern miners' President…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Yield Increase
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Victorian gold yield increased last year by 25,203 oz., making Victoria the second largest gold producing State…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine Fall Damages Lithgow Homes
LITHGOW, Friday.—Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused to homes in the Vale of Clwydd area of Lithgow to-day, when there was an extensive fall in old workings of the Vale colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Coal for Vic. Railways
MELBOURNE.—With only three weeks' supply of large coal in reserve for the present 50 per cent, of normal country passenger services…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Supplies At Danger Point
Because of coal strikes on the Northern fields, Zara-street powerhosue has extra its coal reserves down to within four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swift Government Action To End Mining Dispute Is Likely
SYDNEY: With three States on the brink of gas rationing, power blackouts and dislocation of industries, the Federal Government may act swiftly to end the Cessnock coalfields dispute, which threatens to spread next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Offer May Avert Coal Tie-up Enginemen To Meet To-morrow
The threat of the tie-up of all New South Wales coal-miners next week may be averted as a result of assurances given the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association last night by the Federal Government through…
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