Coal Board Buys Cessnock Land
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Joint Coal Board has signed a contract for the purchase of vacant land owned by the Cessnock…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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New State Mines to Open Soon
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—All the projected State coalmines would begin producing within a few months, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Threat Fading Enginemen May Seek Review
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Although there has not been a settlement of the dispute arising from the suspension of the mine enginedrivers' award, no immediate threat of a general hold-up on the New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Delay In Power Borers; Board To Tell Miners
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—More than 20 stoppages have occurred on the New South Wales coalfields this year as a protest against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pacific Colliery Manager Dies
Mr. Percival Walters, manager of Pacific Colliery, whose skull was fractured in a collision between a car and a bus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Claim Long Service Leave
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Miners' Federation filed an application with the Coal Industry Tribunal to-day for long service leave for its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Want Better Pit Services
THE Northern Miners' Management Board yesterday adopted a notice of motion from Aberdare Lodge which provided for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fell Under Skip In Mine
When he fell under a skip at Wallarah Colliery yesterday, Richard Cunningham, 18, clipper, of Blacksmiths, suffered a probable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schools Urged for State Miners
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Miners' leaders urged the State Government to-day to open training schools in the use of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Output Better in North
Coal production loss on the northern field today was lighter than on the previous three working…
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The coal production loss in the State yesterday was again high. In the North it was 12,010 tons, West 750 tons, and South 1605 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Coal For Four Ships In Newcastle
Because of recent stoppages on the Northern Coalfields, four colliers awaiting cargoes at Newcastle will be unable to load till next week…
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SYDNEY: Last night the State Council of the F.E.D.F.A. adjourned without making any statement concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Of Pacific Mine Manager
Mr. Percival David Walters, manager of Pacific colliery, Teralba, died in Sydney yesterday from injuries received in a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →6700 Tons of Coal Lost
The coal production loss in the North yesterday was 6705 tons. There were industrial disputes at seven mines. Another was idle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conference on Coal Losses Worry Government
SYDNEY, Friday.—A conference of coal-owners' representatives and mineworkers' leaders has been convened in Sydney for next Thursday by the Minister for Supply and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bellbird Miners Not To Reduce Darg
Bellbird miners' lodge decided yesterday not to put into operation a decision of a previous meeting to reduce the darg by four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British High Commissioner Will Go Down Coal Mine
A true Welshman, the British High Commissioner (Mr. E. J. Williams), who is coming to Newcastle to officially open the 42nd Show on Thursday, has expressed a wish to be taken down a coal mine…
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Coal production figures yesterday were the highest for almost a fortnight. Only one mine—Northern—was fully idle, but there were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drop In Coal Production
After a promising beginning for the week yesterday, northern N.S.W. coal production declined…
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