Miners' Leaders Discuss Board Plans To-day
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Miners' leaders will decide in Sydney to-morrow whether to recommend strike action to miners on New…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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New Coal Award Provides—Weekly Basis Of Employment
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Australian coalminers are to be employed on a weekly basis. This is provided in a reserved judgment delivered by the Coal…
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Four coalmines were idle in the State yesterday for a loss of 3080 tons. Another mine worked only half a shift, one was partly…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—It was hoped to send 17,000 tons of coal by sea and 1000 tons by rail to South Australia this week, Mr…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Miners' leaders asked the Joint Coal Board to-day to withdraw its plan seeking to impose more stringent qualifications on New South Wales miners' holiday and pay benefits…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Miners' contributions to the pensions fund would be increased by 6d to 4/ a week under the Coal and Oil Shale…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Industry Peace Hopes Now Brighter
SYDNEY: Hopes are now held that a show-down in the coal industry will be avoided, as a result of the talks between miners leaders and the Joint Coal Board. The talks, which started…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Brief: Gold Found in Fish
A Wellington (N.Z.) boy found a small yellow ball in schnapper he was eating. A jeweller identified it as gold. It is believed a shellfish,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Compromise on Coal Mine Leaders To Urge Conciliation
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Agreement between the Miners' Federation and the Joint Coal Board has averted a recommendation for general strike action on New…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The State Secretary of the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union (Mr. Charles Tucker) resigned to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →5750-Ton Coal Loss
The coal production loss throughout the State yesterday was 5750 tons, as a result of disputes at six Northern and one Southern pit…
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LITHGOW, Thursday.—The Local Coal Authority and Chairman of the Western District Reference Board (Mr. Campbell Roy)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Essays Won Trip Down Mine
These lads were guests of the British National Coal Board recently. They were finalists in an essay competition dealing with coal. They are seen after a trip down the Astley Green Colliery, Lancashire. The boy in the centre is 12-year-old (3ft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Report On Top Coal Extraction
Following complaints by miners an No. 2 right main dip at Aberdare colliery, the Northern miners' Check Inspector (Mr. J. Barrett),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Host To Contest Mixed Stakes
SYDNEY: Mine Host will run in the Second Ashbury Mixed Stakes in preference to the Flying Handicap at Canterbury tomorrow. He is a short-priced favorite in the pre-post market…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Talks Avert Threat of Coal Trouble
Following [?] between Miners' Central and District [?] and discussions this week with the Joint coal Board a series of meetings will be held throughout all N.S.W. mining…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Combined Mining Unions' Council decided to-day to assist the Miners' Federation in reducing irresponsible stoppages on the New South Wales coalfields…
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At the Cessnock Sports Ground tomorrow local collieries will stage an athletic carnival to decide which has the…
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Five mines were idle in the State yesterday for a coal production loss of 4500 tons. Four of the stop pages were continuations of strikes…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—An order issued by the Joint Coal Board this week, gazetted to-day, states that owners must keep their mines open,…
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