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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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Queensland Coal Output Record
BRISBANE, Monday.—Queensland coalfields last year produced accord output of 1,883,406 tons, valued at £2,238,000, the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Medical Test Causes Delays, Miners Say
THE examination of new entrants into the mining industry caused the men too much delay before starting work, the…
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FRANKFURT, Feb. 16. A.A.P.—The Russians have began to work new ore mines along the Czech border in Polish-occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →4000-ton Coal Loss In North
The coal production loss throughout the Northern coalfields' yesterday was about 4000 tons, as a result of the idleness of six mines. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Live Mine On Trawler's Deck "Herald" Service
LONDON, Feb. 16.—The skipper of the British trawler Avondee wirelessed: "Have got a mine lashed down on deck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New State Mines Approved
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Proposals by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) to operate additional State coalmines were approved by State Cabinet to-day…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Joint Coal Board has advised the Northern District of the Miners' Federation that it will cooperate…
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Coal production in N.S.W. slumped again today. There were widespread stoppages of work on the northern field and it seems certain that again the Coal Board's weekly production target of 275,000 tons will not be achieved…
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SYDNEY: The Chief Secretary and Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) may leave State politics soon to take up an important State Government coalmining position…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Years for Smuggling Gold
PERTH, Tuesday.—Convicted on a charge of illicit exportation of gold, Israel Hertz Kinstler, 43, engineer, was sentenced to five years'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail Car Hits Coal Truck; 5 Injured
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Five people were injured to-day when a section of a rail car crashed into a coal truck a mile from Mt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →10,180-ton Coal Loss in North
The coal production loss on the Northern coalfields yesterday was 10,180 tons. On the South Coast four mines were idle for a coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Modern Lighting For British Colliery
A VIEW OF THE GALLERY at the bottom of the pit shaft at Chislet Colliery (Kent), well lit with fluorescent lighting. The experimental installation at the coal face at Chislet is the first of nine to be completed for a committee sponsored by the National Coal Board. The industry is awaiting with interest the decision as to the suitability of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Compensation for Miners
SYDNEY.—Two former miners, forced to give up mining because contact with coal dust had caused dermatitis…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' Board Attacks 'Blacklisting'
Members of the Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation declared at the board meeting today that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hearing Refused Mine Strikers
The Coal Industry Tribunal Chairman (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) yesterday refused to deal with a case from Hebburn No. 1 miners' lodge until the men went back to work…
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BRISBANE.—Locomotive crews are defying the Disputes Committee's ban to run coal trains from Ipswich to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Board Hails Amenity Plan
The Northern District Miners' Board yesterday received as very satisfactory advice from the Joint Coal Board that advances would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Brocade For Evening
The hips in this black and gold brocaded damask evening gown are accentuated by an overpattern of jade green embroidery. Designed by Mme. Elanora Garnett, the gown has a corset bodice and off-the-shoulder neckline…
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