Win Coal Soon At Awaba Mine
Small-scale production of coal from the new State mine at Awaba was expected within a month, the miners' Northern President (Mr. W. Crook)…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Coal Loading at Cardiff
The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) is investigating a suggestion that the old railway cutting and the Sulphide signal box should be used…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Board And Bus Stoppage
The Northern Miners' Board of Management this afternoon considered the proposed stoppages by bus employees tomorrow and on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Rescue Corps' Award Variation
SYDNEY: A variation of the Mines Rescue Corps Award was asked of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. P. Gallagher) today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meeting of Miners' Board To-day
The miners' Northern Board of Management would begin sitting to-day to discuss current mining problems, the Assistant Secretary (Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to Editor Food for Mine Widows
Sir,—At Whitehaven (England), some months ago, 104 miners lost their lives in the William pit. Most of them were married and the fathers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heaviest Coal Losses Since Deputies' Strike Threaten Reserves
Coal production losses on the northern field today as a result of stoppages were the heaviest since the mine deputies' strike at the beginning of the month. In view of the emphasis placed for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Board Says F.e.d.f.a. Action Unfair
The inter-union dispute between the Miners' Federation and the F.E.D.F.A. which caused the idleness of Richmond Main Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →9680-ton Coal Loss
The loss in coal production in the Northern district yesterday was 9680 tons, as a result of the idleness of seven mines and partial idleness of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Board Condemns Enginemen's Stoppages
THE NORTHERN Miners' Management Board decided yesterday that the executive confer with the Federated Enginedrivers and Fireman's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Board Considers Stoppage Penalties
The Miners' Management Board is still considering the question of penalties imposed on several members of the Pelton Miners' Lodge for an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Belmont Seeks Coal Board Grant
Belmont Amenities Committee decided to seek grants from the Joint Coal Board to improve areas being resumed by the shire council. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Brief 6000 Scottish Miners Strike
More than 6000 miners are idle on the Lanarkshire (Scotland) coalfield as a result of oncast workers staging a lightning strike. They are dissatisfied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →40 Killed When Japanese Mine Explodes
TOKYO, Oct. 20. A.A.P.—Two Australians of the occupation force were among 40 persons killed in a mine explosion off Mitsuhama Beach,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leaders Will Ask Miners To Increase Output
The desperate position of coal stocks will be emphasised by miners' leaders when they address area meetings of miners at Cessnock and Kurri Kurri tomorrow night. Appeals to all mine workers to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →6700 British Miners Idle In Lightning Strike
LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): Following the sudden strike of 6000 coal miners in Lanarkshire (Scotland) yesterday, 700 miners struck at Blackwood Colliery, Monmouthshire (England)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£1 A Week More For Mine Rescue Workers
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) to-day awarded mine rescue station employees…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Affect Coal, Steel Output Private Buses Off Runs To-day
The one-day stoppage of drivers of privately-owned buses to-day is expected to cause absenteeism in some collieries and steel industries. There will be no interruption to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Accidents
John Teasdale. 52. of Allandale Rd., Cessnock, a top-hand at Aberdare Central Colliery, lacerated his forehead when he was struck by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board Policy Criticised
Sir.—The President of the Kearsley Shire Council (Cr. W. Varty), reporting to the council on a deputation to the Joint Coal Board ("N.M.H.,"…
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