Would Fight If Miners Blacklisted
The Miners' Federation would "pull on a fight" with the employers if it got evidence that members were being blacklisted, the…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
1,843 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 93
Unions Move on Mine Disputes
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Combined Mining Unions' Council to-day condemned irresponsible and unauthorised stoppages. It moved to secure unified action in the handling of disputes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Coal Loss 7000 Tons
Idleness of 11 mines yesterday caused a State coal loss of 6938 tons. The northrn loss was 3260 tons and southern 3678. All mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tribunal Finds For Miners; "Fear Complex"
The Chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) held yesterday that employees of John Darling colliery had a fear…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Coal "Extract 160m. Tons In Pillars"
There were 160 million tons of coal in pillars on the Cessnock field which could be extracted, the Production Manager of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. R. P. Jack) said at Cessnock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stoppage At Burwood Lowers B.H.P. Coal
Intake of coal at the B.H.P. Steel Works in Newcastle slumped again today after three days of good supplies. The northern field coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Subsidence Fund
Merewether residents, have paid to a Mine Subsidence Fund for many years, and are still paying on a lower scale. Surely a loan from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Outlook Is Brighter
SYDNEY.—A more hopeful feeling that a general coal holdup could be averted preceded the combined Mining Unions'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burwood Miners Meet To-day
Members of Burwood Miners' Lodge will meet at 10 o'clock this morning to decide if they will return to work on Monday. They were on strike yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heard Island Gold Lead "Salted"
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Sidelights on the Australian Antarctic expedition on Heard Island— Radio technicians sinking a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All North Mines To Get Tea Service Soon
SYDNEY, Thursday.— Underground tea services for all miners on the northern coalfields would be introduced as quickly as possible,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →B.H.P.'s Coal Stocks Are Shrinking Again
Burwood Colliery is to resume work on Monday. The pit was still idle today and the small gain made in Steel Works coal stocks in Newcastle from the good working of the B.H.P. mines earlier in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Scholarships
SYDNEY.—Following are Northern winners of scholarships granted by the Joint Coal Board in coal mine engineering…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Award Suspension Mining Council Against Strike
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Combined Mining Unions' Council to-day decided against calling a general strike over suspension of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's award…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Manager In Collision
Percival Walters, 48, Manager of Pacific colliery, Teralba, was seriously injured on Saturday when his car and a bus collided. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →4 Mines Expected To Resume
Four mines in the North which were idle on Friday are expected to resume to-day. They are Belmont No. 3 and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.k. Mine Experts to Visit Queensland
LONDON, Feb. 15. A.A.P.—Mining engineers from the Powell-Duffryn Technical Services will leave England for Australia by air…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Mining Scholarships To Northern Area
SYDNEY. Sunday.—Six of the Joint Coal Board's 12 scholarships in the coal mining engineering degree were awarded to boys in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Rehabilitation Centre
UNUSUAL OCCUPATION.—Miss Jean Yarwood, of Cheshire (Eng.), has an unusual job at Lancashire and North Wales Miners' Rehabilitation. Centre at Oakmore Hall. Jean directs a class of injured miners and restores them to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Stowage Inquiry Move
The Northern Miners' Management Board decided yesterday to ask the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) to have hydraulic…
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