Merger Move By Mining Unions
The Delegate Board of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association in Newcastle yesterday formed a committee to draft a proposal for…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Miners' Central Council Meets Back Saturday Decision Expected Today
SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation today is expected to reach a decision on a proposal to build up coal reserves by introducing alternate Saturday shifts in N.S.W mines. Reserves are needed to tide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suburban and District Mine Shafts At South Wallsend "Health Menace"
Several open mine shafts in South Wallsend were a menace to health and a danger to children, members told the monthly meeting of South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Senior Mining Officers To Visit U.S.A.
The Assistant Superintendent of J. and A. Brown. Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd. (Mr. S. Wilkinson) and the Manager of Abermain No. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Under-Manager Farewelled
The Under-Manager of the Wallarah Colliery (Mr. J. Wilson) was farewelled by staff members on the eve of his departure for the Kandos…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Pensioners' Rate Relief Request Refused
Lake Macquarie Shire Council advised a meeting of Belmont-Swansea Retired Mine Pensioners' Branch that it could not grant a request for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Club at Branxton for Mine Workers
The club rooms and sports arena being built by the proprietors of Ayrfield No. 3 Collieries Ltd., Messrs. R. W. Miller and Co., under a scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Club, Sporting Areas For Ayrfield Miners
The clubhouse and sporting area being built by the proprietors of Ayrfield No. 3 Collieries Ltd. for their employees are expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Only Three Mines Idle In State
Only three mines were idle in the State yesterday, with a loss of 2600 tons of coal. At Elrington, in the north, screen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ask Premiers To Discuss Coal Control
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) told the Miners' central Council to-day that the extension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hearing of Mining Unions' Claims
Claims by the Amalgamated Engineering Union, the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association and the Federated Enginedrivers and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Back-saturday Coal Scheme May Depend on A.r.u. Attitude
Success or failure of the proposal to work back-Saturday shifts in coal mines to boost the coal reserve for the mine workers' Christmas holidays may depend upon the attitude of railway workers who haul the coal to shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saturday Mine Work to Aid Britain in Crisis Union Leaders To Make Move
LONDON, Aug. 8. A.A.P.—Developments in the new economic Battle for Britain, following plans to meet the crisis announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) are:— The Executive of the National Union of Mineworkers will recommend that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Colliery Strike Averted
SYDNEY: A threatened tie-up of J. and A. Brown's mines was averted today when Mr. D. V. Morrison, Federal Conciliation Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →All Northern Mines To Work
All mines on the Northern Coal-fields are expected to work to-day. John Darling, Borehole and Elrington collieries, which were idle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stagger Mine Holidays, Suggests A.R.U.
THE STAGGERING of holidays at coalmines to avoid a three-weeks stoppage of coal production at Christmas was proposed at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russians Draft More Germans To Uranium Mines
BERLIN, Aug. 10. A.A.P.—The Russians have ordered 20,000 more Germans to be drafted by August 31 to the uranium mines in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forecasts Coal Wage Rise Will Increase Prices
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Wage increases would cost the mining, industry £500,000 a year and would be reflected in increased charges for power,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Threat By Miners' Leader
MELBOURNE: If the Premier of South Australia (Mr. Playford) challenged the validity of the Coal Industry Act, the Miners' Federation would see that no coal was exported to South Australia, the President of the Federation (Mr. I. Williams) said at Wonthaggi today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Impropriety Charge at Mines Probe
MELBOURNE: The general manager of the State Coalmine (Mr. H. T. Johnston), the manager (Mr. J…
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