Conference On Mine Transport
SYDNEY, Friday.—Developments in the coalmining industry to-day were— Miners' leaders will confer with the Minister for Transport (Mr…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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State's Coal Loss 4660 Tons
The coal production loss in the Northern district yesterday was 3810 tons. All mines were working in the South…
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LONDON, Saturday: Annual report of the executive of the National Union of Mineworkers warns that recent rate of recruitment in the drive for men for the coal mines might not be maintained…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£22,000 Grant By Coal Board For Swimming Pool
The Joint Coal Board has decided to grant £22,000 towards the construction of a swimming pool at Kurri Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old Goldfield Is Still Rich
ARMIDALE, Friday.—In its heyday one of Australia's richest gold-producing centres, Hillgrove, 20 miles from Armidale, is far from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Colliery Talks To-day
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Coal Board will meet officials of Northern Collieries Ltd. to-morrow to discus the board's refusal to allow the…
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The Bloom Mill at the B.H.P. Steel Works in Newcastle produced 49,107 tons of blooms and billets in the four weeks ended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lambton Coal Bridges To Stay
Members of the Waratah A.L.P. Electorate Council were told yesterday that the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) could not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conference Aims At More Coal For Industries
CANBERRA.—The Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) will preside at a conference at the end of the month aimed at stepping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Mines Threaten To Strike Over Bus Fares: Officials Confer Today
SYDNEY: Efforts to avert a hold-up at six northern mines, producing about 6000 tons of coal daily, are being made by miners' officials today. Miners at Burwood. John Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stoppage Averted At Six Collieries; Bus Tickets Dispute
SYDNEY: A threatened stoppage at six northern mines, producing about 6000 tons of coal daily, has been averted. MINERS at Burwood, John Darling, Lambton, Belmont, North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2160-Ton Coal Loss
Only one mine was idle in the North yesterday. The coal production loss was 460 tons. On the South Coast, South Bulli…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Mine Enginedrivers Defer Stoppage
Cessnock sub-branch of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association has postponed the stop-work meeting planned for to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miner Killed By Coal Fall
Caught by a fall of coal in Rose-bank colliery, Cardiff, shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday, Joseph Edward Dryden, 58, of Perks-street, Wallsend,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lewis Signs for U.s. Miners
The President of the United Mineworker's Union (Mr. John L. Lewis) signs a contract covering 150,000 American soft-coal miners. Looking on are Mr. Charles O'Neill northern commercial operators) and Mr. Harry M. Moses (steel companies mines), who…
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Most pits were working on the Northern coalfields today. Total coal production loss was 1300 tons. Collieries idle were Neath (both…
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MR. ARTHUR MORNER, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers in Britain, who threatens strike action in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Queensland miners' President (Mr. Millar told the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day that Queensland…
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Stockton Borehole, the only mine idle in the Northern District yesterday, is expected to resume this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exploitation of Youths in Mines Alleged
SYDNEY.—Exploitation of youths in coal mines was alleged by Mr. T. M. Miller, president of Queensland branch of the Miners' Federation, at…
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