Report On Mine Subsidence
Greater Newcastle Council last night decided to ask the City Engineer (Mr. Baddeley) to report on mine…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Coal Board Hears Wage Claims
Evidence in support of Miners' Federation claims for increased wages was heard at a sitting of the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Mines Idle Over Power Borers
On the eve of talks on power borers between the Northern Executive of the Miners' Federation and the members of the Joint…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Mines in North Idle Today
Disputes in six northern mines, inducting Burwood, potentially the most productive colliery on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Claims For Mine Subsidence; Thousands Spent
Residents of Merewether had spent thousands of pounds on compulsory insurance against the subsidence of mines, but as far as he knew, no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Government Gives Up Mine Control
WASHINGTON, July 1. A. A. P.—The United States flag was hauled down on the coalfields at noon yesterday—12 hours before the expiration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seven Collieries Idle Today
SYDNEY.—Four northern and three western collieries are idle to-day for an output loss of 5690 tons. For the ninth successive day the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tribunal Hears Miners' Claims
Claims by the Miners' Federation for an increase in wages of 4/ a day for men employed above a first-class shiftman's rate, and 5/ for men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Would Send Wheat for Coal
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Victoria would be prepared to send up to 250 trucks of wheat a week to New South Wales if coal could be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →High Coal Cost For Victorian Railways
MELBOURNE: About 2000 tons of large and 1000 tons of small coal, to be overlanded from N.S.W. next week, will cost the Victorian Railways much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Federation Wants Action On Power Bore Machines
More than 5000 tons of coal have now been lost at Hebburn No. 1 and No. 2 collieries because of a dispute over the installation of power boring machines in these mines and the Miners' Federation is planning action to expedite this work…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scenes At Mine Taken For J. A. Rank Film
Exterior and interior scenes of Richmond Main colliery, the largest mine on the South Maitland coalfield, were taken yesterday by the J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Professor Urges University Course on Mining
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Establishment of a university degree course in coalmining has been recommended to the Commonwealth Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Companies Went To Aid Of Hospital
BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—Soon after the Superintendent of Broken Hill Hospital (Dr. S. P. Barnett) bad returned from a trip…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extra Light Charge Will Cover New Coal And Labor Costs
By applying a uniform special charge to cover increased coal and labor costs, a higher charge is now being made for electricity by the Greater Newcastle Council's Electric Supply Department…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Federation Claims Continued
The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. R. Gallagher) yesterday continued hearing the claims by the Miners' Federation for 4/ a day increase in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Mines "Far Ahead"
A complete panel of 7.7 acres of coal in an Illinois mine was worked in 61.6 days or 122 shifts for 78,000 tons, representing 81.9 per cent extraction. To do this on the Maitland field with hand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Claims Continued Before Tribunal
The hearing of claims by the Miners' Federation for an increase in wages of 4s a day for men employed above a first-class…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shotfirer Caught by Coal Fall
Caught by a fall of coal in John Darling mine yesterday. David Cane, 33, shot[?] of Cowlishaw-street, Redhead, sulfered a probable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3 Mines Idle Over Power Borers
Hebburn No. 1, Hebburn No. 2 and Stockrington No. 1 mines were idle yesterday on the power-borer issue. They will not work to-day. A combined meeting of the Hebburn No. 1 and…
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