Recruits For New Mining Era
ANOTHER instalment of the Coal Board's plants has been revealed and it is one that is fundamental because it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1947
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Mine Hold-ups May Follow If Private Bus Employees Strike
SYDNEY: Threatened stoppage by employees of private bus owners next week will hold up many mines in the north, west, and south of New South Wales. Miners are dependent on private…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Board Grant For Sports Area At Pelican Flats
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Joint Coal Board has agreed to make a grant of £1385 to cover the cost of materials to construct a recreation area on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →F.E.D.F.A. Requests To Coal Board
SYDNEY.—Further requests by the Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association were made at a meeting of the Central Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Pensioner's Appeal
Sir,—It is time that mine pensioners received some consideration. Out of our 37/6 a week we have to pay shire general, sanitary, garbage and town…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Request On Compensation
CANBERRA, Thursday. — Miners' leaders to-day asked Mr. Chifley to have the Northern and Western mining districts included in the dust…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →7000-ton Coal Loss
The State coal loss yesterday was about 7000 tons. There was a coal production loss at four Northern mines yesterday. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Mine Timber Caught Fire
Disused timber from an old loading ramp at the Cooperative mine, Wallsend, was damaged by fire last night. Wallsend brigade put the fire out with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bus Stoppage Would Hit Coal Output
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Miners' General President (Mr. Williams) to-day asked the State Government to intervene in the threatened stoppage by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Reef Killed In Track Crash
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Gold Reef was killed in a track accident at Randwick this morning. The horse crashed through the outside running…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bus Stoppage May Hit Coal Mines
If members of the Bus Employees' Union driving private buses stop work for one day next week, as they threaten to do, it is expected that Northern coal production will drop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Output Down At Five Northern Mines
Coal production was down at five northern mines yesterday. Four of the pits were idle all day. The fifth worked only a quarter of a shift…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Awaba Coal Mine May Be In Production Soon
Production on a small scale is expected to begin from the new State coal mine at Awaba within the next few weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Consumption, Output Higher
SYDNEY, Friday.—Coal production for 42 weeks beginning January 1 of this year showed an increase of 100,824 tons over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tasmanian Minister for Mines Dies
BURNIE, Friday.—Mr. James McDonald, M.L.C., Tasmania's Minister for Mines, died in Launceston to-day. He will be given a State funeral on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Continental Countries Lead In Mine Training
The plan announced by B.H.P. to train miners is the first move Australia has taken along a road well travelled by some coal producing countries. LINKED with the problems of new techniques of production is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sell Tin Mine, Houses and Town Allotment Area
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Mount Bischoff till mine, adjacent town allotment and houses, which the Federal Government acquired and worked in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prima Facie Case For 3'-Increase To Contract Miners
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Coal industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) to-day ruled that the Miners Federation had established a prima facie case for an increase of a flat rate of 3/ a day to be granted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Decision Yet; Develop Coal In Other States
CANBERRA, Friday.—No finality had been reached on plans for Commonwealth coal development in Victoria, Queensland and Western…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Out-of-work Crew Cleans Coal Dust On Idle Ship
The crew of the British ship Fort Beausejour worked on board for several hours yesterday morning to clean up much of the coal and dust which…
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