Wheelers At Work But Coal Loss Again Heavy Today
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 3
Wheelers on the Northern Coalfields returned to work today after their one-day stoppage which had disrupted production on the field yesterday, but there was again a heavy coal loss, with six big pits idle for a variety of reasons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Executives Will Probe Cause Of Stoppages
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 1
SYDNEY: Assurances were given by the president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) to the Chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) today that a conference of executives would be held on Monday to try…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Miners Seek £2 a Week Rise
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 3
LONDON, Friday.—The National Executive of the Mineworkers' Union has decided to press immediately for an all-round wage increase…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lithgow People Seek Relief For Mine Subsidence
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 3
LITHGOWV, Thursday.—The State Government's failure to compensate residents whose homes were damaged in a subsidence in the Vale of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Week's Northern Coal Loss 52,000 Tons
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 4
Continued idleness today of two big mines on the northern coalfields brought this week's coal loss in the north to approximately 52,000 tons. This was the heaviest weekly loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vital Coal Case To-day; Losses Continue
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 2
Heavy coal losses continued yesterday on the Northern fields. The outcome of the special sitting of the Coal Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Earth Tremor In Mining Town
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 5
LITHGOW.—Many residents of Vale of Clwydd were again aroused from their sleep by severe underground bumps and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Chance to Win Holiday Coal Fortnight To Honour Agreement
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 1
SYDNEY, Friday. — The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) to-day gave New South Wales miners a fortnight in which to prove that they could honour an agreement with the joint Coal Board to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carrying Coal To Newcastle
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 3
BALTIMORE, Sep. 19. A.A.P. —A ship sailed from Baltimore yesterday carrying 8656 tons of coal to Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Miners To Press For Wage Rise
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 1
LONDON, Sept. 19. A.A.P.—The National Executive of the National Union of Mineworkers has decided to press immediately for an all-round…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Lodge Officials 10 Confer on Recent Stoppages
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 3
A conference of representatives of miners' lodges on the northern coalfields has been called for next Wednesday. It is expected that it will consider recommendations to be formulated by the Northern Board of Management of the Miners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Nothing Achieved by Panic Over Coal Losses"
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 3
SYDNEY, Friday.—The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. William) told the Coal Industry Tribunal to-day that nothing could be achieved by those associated with the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Coal Loss This Week Was 52,000 Tons
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 4
Coal loss for the State this week was 52,000 tons. Most of the loss was due to stoppages in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners's Board Meets: Stay-In Strike At Waratah Colliery
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 September 1947 · page 3
Plans to reduce stoppages and increase output at mines on the northern coalfields are expected to be discussed at today's special meeting of the Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Orr Urges Miners to Work Hard
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 September 1947 · page 6
Commenting today on the Coal Industry Tribunal's extension of a fortnight to enable miners to earn the extra five…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Tenders May Stop Muswellbrook Mines
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1947 · page 5
The Combined Coalmining Unions Council would meet in Sydney today to consider contracts for the haulage of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured in Mines
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 5
Norval Shaw, 54, Mayfield-street, Cessnock, a shiftman employed at Aberdare colliery, fractured the first finger on the right hand, and received…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Education For Coal's New Era
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 6
IT IS now widely recognised as an ugly reality that the coal industry in its present condition is incapable of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Good Faith of the Miners
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 2
The Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation faced a serious issue when it met yesterday to consider the stay-in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seek Amenities For Lake Coal Areas
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 2
After an address by the Secretary of Newcastle District Amenities Committee (Mr. H. Seanlon), Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →