Want Chance For Miners' Sons In University Plan
If a university course on coalmining were established, the central executive would ask that preparatory examinations be held on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1947
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Inferior Coal Factor in Bunnerong Power Failures
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The enforced use of much inferior and unsuitable quality coal had reduced the output of the generating plant at Bunnerong powerhouse, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advisory Body For Proposed Coal Plant Urged
The formation of a committee to advise the State Government on a proposal to establish a dye process low-temperature carbonisation plant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain's Coal Position By No Means Safe
LONDON, July 3. A.A.P.—Of the nine million tons of coal which Britain aimed at saving in the summer months, 3½ million tons had already…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Should Have Chair Of Mining
The recommendation of Professor T. David Jones that a university department of coal-mining should be established in close…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Coal Strike Threat Averted "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
WASHINGTON, July 3.—Seventy-five` per cent. of the soft-coal industry operators are likely to have agreed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buried Under 200 Tons of Coal; Two Miners Saved
Richmond Main miners working in the main west pillar section had miraculous escapes from death yesterday when 200 tons of coal and stone came away from the roof without warning, and buried them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Mine Crash Accidental
While travelling in an electric train out of Lambton B colliery, Redhead, on the afternoon of May 28, William Alfred Jarrett, 37, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners Claim Conditions "Unnatural"
One reason given to the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. R. Gallagher) in Newcastle yesterday for a wage increase to miners was that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boys Stumble on Beach Mine, Unharmed
LONDON,-Boys playing on the beach In Norfolk recently tripped over a metal object lying half buried In the sand…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wage Increases For U.S. Miners
WASHINGTON, July 4. A.A.P.—The President of the United Mineworkers' Union (Mr. John L. Lewis) is reported to have won the biggest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Power Borers Going In: Mines to Work
HEBBURN NO. 1 and Hebburn No. 2 mines, which have been idle as a protest against the delay by the company in installing power…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bishop Supports Proposal For Chair Of Mining
The suggestion that a University Department of Coalmining should be established in Newcastle was warmly supported by the Bishop of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Surveyors' Exam
Mr. A. R. Tucker was successful at the examination for certificate of competency as mine surveyor, held under the provisions of the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Poles Train For Mine Work
Since the Polish Resettlement Corps was established, a year ago, nearly 14,000 men and women have been absorbed into British industry. Picture shows Poles being trained at Askern (Yorkshire) for work in the mines. Instructors explain a model which demonstrates how a mine is ventilated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship Hit Mine: 19 Drowned
LONDON, July 6. A.A.P.—The Turkish steamer Silivri hit a mine and sank opposite Budrum (South-western Turkey)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Output Dropped In North Today
Loss of coal production on the northern coalfields as a result of stoppages was higher today than for some time. SIX mines were idle and another, Stockrington No. 2. lost part of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mineowners Told To Combat Coal Dust With Water
Coalowners have been asked by the Joint Coal Board to introduce immediately methods to combat dust recommended by Professor Jones,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Day Granted F.e.d.f.a. Men in Open-cut Mines
SYDNEY: Members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association who work in open-cut mines were granted increased wages and weekly hiring by the Central Coal Reference Board today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Western Miners Demand Power-Borers
LITHGOW, Monday.—Unless the Department of Mines and Joint Coal Hoard cooperated to overcome a problem caused by the use of inferior…
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