Back Saturday In The Mines
The proposal of the joint Coal Board that the New south Wales and Victorian fields should work alternate Saturdays until…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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State Coal Loss 4500 Tons
Yesterday's coal loss in N.S.W. was 4500 tons. Two northern mines did not work and another was idle for the greater…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Leaders, Mechanics Meet On Memorandum
SYDNEY, Monday.—A conference between leaders of the Miners' Federation and the Colliery Mechanics' Union on proposals for amalgamation,…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—There would be no guarantee that existing priorities for the shipment of coal and building materials could be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bore Used at Awaba Mine
Part of the huge steel bore used to test the Great Northern seam for the state coalmine at Awaba being inspected by the Manager (Mr. M. Mathieson) and Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley). They bore was sunk to 300ft. in places,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Test Of Britain's Coal Industry
LONDON, Monday: This winter will be the acid test of the British coalmining industry, according to Mr. Arthur Horner. MR. HORNER, who is general…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Only Two Mines In State Idle
Only two mines in the State were idle yesterday, Hebburn No. 2 in the north and Metropolitan in the south. Work was resumed at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homes For Steel And Coal Workers
The conference of Federal and State Ministers for Housing has approved the suggestion that workers in the coal and steel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Coal May Go To Makers Of Building Material
SYDNEY: The question of further coal supplies being made available to building material manufacturers will be considered by the Joint Coal Board when it confers with the State Government's Production Advisory Committee on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →3000 Applications for Jobs in New Mine to Open at Awaba
No difficulty is expected in securing labor for the new State-owned coal mine to be opened at Awaba, which is to feed the proposed new power station on the western shore of Lake Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£10M. Power Station for Lake Use Awaba Coal; Take 5 Years
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State Cabinet has approved the construction on the western shore of Lake Macquaric of a power-station which in conjunction with existing power-stations, will serve Sydney and Newcastle and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain Wants To Nationalise Ruhr Coal Mines
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. A.A.P.—The Anglo-American Ruhr Coal Conference opened yesterday with a preliminary 30-minute meeting, and both…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S.a. Mine Stoppage
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Because demands for better meals had not been satisfied, miners on Leigh Creek coalfield stopped work this…
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HOBART, Wednesday.—The Mt. Bishoff mine at Waratah once the richest tin mine in the world, is to, be closed down at the end of this week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Dragged Into Coal Cutter
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—William Boucher, 18, labourer, of Bacchus Marsh, was critically injured to-day when he was mangled in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Day's Coal Loss Was 3520 Tons
With a production loss at two mines in the North and two idle nines in the West, the State, had a drop coal output of 3520 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Leaders to Inspect Glen Davis Oil Works
SYDNEY.—The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) said to-day if he and the general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners to Ballot on Extra Shift; Tide Over Holidays
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A ballot will be held on all New South Wales coalfields on Thursday, August 28, to decided whether miners will works every second Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Leaders Believe Men Will Work Back Sats. To Build Reserve
SYDNEY: Leaders of the Miners' Federation believe that miners will work every second Saturday to build up stocks of coal, according to a joint statement issued by the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Manager To Appeal Again
PERTH, Thursday.—Acting for Walter Stuart McColl, mine manager, of Sydney, solicitors to-day filed notice of appeal to the Central…
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