Mine Leaders Denounce Scottish Strikes
LONDON, Oct. 21. A.A.P.—Delegates to a wage conference at Scottish headquarters of the National Union of Mineworkers unanimously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1947
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Miners' Board Suspends Five Wheelers
The miners' Northern Board of Management yesterday suspended five wheelers for having taken part in an unauthorised stoppage at Pelton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Objection To Coal Stoves
Cessnock Council last night decided to ask the Housing Commission to replace the coal stoves in the 12 homes almost completed at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All Coal Unions At Meetings
FOR the first time in the North members of all unions employed in the coal industry will attend combined aggregate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Offices For Coal Authority
From Monday, October 27, the offices of the Local Coal Authority (Mr. J. Connell) will be transferred from the Union Steamship Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Fears On New Open Cut
The company owning Cessnock No. 2 colliery intended to cavil out six pairs of miners at the end of the next quarter and proposed to develop an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Only Two Mines Idle In North
The resumption of eight mines on the Northern field yesterday caused a big rise in coal output. Only two mines were idle yester…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Offer To Explain Enginedrivers' Dispute At Mine
Commenting on a statement made by the Northern Miners' President (Mr. W. Crook) in yesterday's "Newcastle Herald" on the disputes at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ask Coal Board To Aid Beach Upkeep
Greater Newcastle Council, on the motion of Ald. McDougall, will ask the Joint Coal Board to make a substantial contribution towards the cost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →10,000-Ton Coal Loss Feared in South Private Bus Employees Plan One-Day Stop
Nearly all South Coast mines will be idle to-morrow if private bus employees hold a proposed one-day stoppage. This would cause a coal loss of about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Not Stockrington Coal
The Shipping Manager of J. and A. Brown, and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd. (Mr. H. G. Thomson) said yesterday that he had been informed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chifley On Coal Reserves
CANBERRA: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said in the House of Representatives today that he was hopeful that if coal production rate could be continued, reserves could be built up for Christmas and the miners would be able to take their three weeks' holidays. Mr. Chifley was replying to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scottish Coal Strike Spreads
LONDON, October 22. A.A.P.—The unofficial strike on the Scottish coalfields has not spread to Lothian and Fife and now involves 67 pits and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Seek Report on Earnings
THE miners' Northern Board of Management decided yesterday to ask lodges with members at fully and partly-mechanised mines to submit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Coal Loss 2550 Tons
The State coal loss yesterday—2550 tons—was the lowest for several weeks. All Western and Southern mines worked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Refused Miners Admission To Board Meeting
The miners' Northern Board of Management yesterday refused to hear six miners from Aberdare Extended Lodge because they carried no authority…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Help Save Home From Fire
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Miners at the State mine and the Steel Works colliery assisted the fire brigade to save a house threatened by a bush…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Leaders Make Threat Of Sshowdown With "Irresponsibles"
Referring specifically to the action of a section of the membership of Aberdare Extended lodge in throwing the pit idle today, the Central and Northern District Executives of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Premier Queried In Appointments To Coal Board
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said in the Legislative Assembly to-day he did not know on what basis appointments were made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hostile Reception for Miners' Leaders Mr. Scanlon Walks Out At Cessnock
Two Miners' leaders were given a hostile reception at an area meeting at Cessnock last night. The Northern Vice-president (Mr. H. Scanlon) was interrupted so many times that he refused to continue his address and…
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