Last Blast Revealed Rich Gold Reef
KALGOORLIE. Monday.—Camillo Reghenzani had had no lock prospecting, and decided to let go his last gelignite plugs in one blast. When…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1947
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Ample Colliers But Coal May Be Short
More than 50,000 tons of coal will have to reach the Newcastle basin cranes between to-day and Friday to meet the full coal quota for shipment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outlaw Unauthorised Stoppages Miners' Board Moves In North
Motions to outlaw unauthorised stoppages on the northern coalfields were carried yesterday by a special meeting of Northern Miners' Board Management. The board described last Wednesday's stoppage by Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Discipline Moves May Mean Improved Production Of Coal
Hopes for improved coal production from the northern field are held following the series of drastic motions passed by the Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Race To Extract Oil From Coal In America: Subsidy By Govt
The Power Age—an infant in terms of historical time—suffers already from premature senility. Already we are beginning a new cycle which, within a decade or two, could radically alter the world's orthodox economics of energy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cardiff Open Cut May Produce Up to One Million Tons Of Coal
The open cut coal mine at Cardiff which began production a fortnight ago is expected to produce from 600,000 to 1,000,000 tons of coal in from three to six years. The first cut which is 300 feet by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plan By Miners' Official To Win Greta Coal
Having explored several old pits in the Greta district, many of which have been abandoned, the miners' Northern District Cheek Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Delegate Board Meeting
Miners' Federation officials discuss problems with lodge delegates after today's conference at Federation House, Newcastle. Behind the table, left to right, are the general president (Mr. I. Williams), Northern District president (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brought Coal To Newcastle
PACKED in brown paper, a parcel of coal weighing 51b was handed to the Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) yesterday by a visiting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Strikes Without Authority Ridicule Miners"
Unauthorised stoppages brought disunity into the federation, and held the whole of the membership up to ridicule, the General President of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Strike Spreads In Scotland
LONDON, September 23. A.A.P.— Six thousand miners in nine Lanarkshire collieries have begun an unofficial strike over wages claims…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bringing Mine-Workers Up-to-date
THIS week the Northern Miners' Board of Management has given a demonstration of firmness calculated to have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stand Against 'Anarchy' Endorsed By Miners' Delegates
A conference of more than 100 delegates from miners lodges on the northern coalfields today unanimously endorsed Monday's decisions of the Northern Board of Management of their union, aimed at eliminating unauthorised…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Monmouthshire Miners Are Demanding Rugby Union “Rights”
LONDON, Wednesday: Touring Australian Rugby Union team's match today against combined Abertillery and Crosskeys, at Abertillery, threatens coal output from Monmouthshire collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →State Coal Loss Down To 1750 Tons
Coal production yesterday the first day after the decision of the Northern Miners' Board of Management to outlaw unauthorised stoppages,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquiry Ends at Cairns Into Corvette Mining
CAIRNS, Tuesday.—An inquiry into the sinking of the corvette Warrnambool was held on board H.M.A.S. Swan yesterday and this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Increase For Shiftmen In Collieries
The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) has granted an application by the Miners' Federation for an award…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Delegates Support Miners' Board
Delegates from miners' lodges in the Northern district yesterday endorsed the stand of the Management Board to outlaw unauthorised stop pages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scottish Coal Strike Ends
LONDON, Thursday.—Miners at Blantyre, where the Scottish coal strike originated over a wage dispute, have unanimously decided to return…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Scottish Mine Strikers Vote To Return
LONDON, Sept. 24. A.A.P.—Workers at Blantyre, where the Scottish coal strike originated, started on Monday, to-day unanimously decided…
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