Ask W.A. Miners To Reject Ban On Communists
SYDNEY Tuesday.—The Miners' Central Council to-day called on the Collie (W.A.) miners to reject a proposal to exclude…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
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Miners' Federation
I read that A.L.P. industrial groups intend to wage war on what they call "Communist control" in unions. Members of the A.L.P…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Against Mine Conciliation Committees
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Miners' Central Council does not favour the setting up of mine conciliation committees on the New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Subsidise Homes For Miners
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Joint Coal Board will sponsor and subsidise cooperative building societies to assist New South Wales mineworkers to build their own homes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Board 'Delaying Coal Legislation'
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Miners' Central Council criticised the Joint Coal Board to-day on the ground that it had delayed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Losses Through Waggon Shortage
THE coal production loss in the Northern district yesterday was 7740 tons. Four mines and an open cut were unable to work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extensively Injured by Coal Truck
Apparently losing his balance while he was gravitating a coal waggon for unloading at the elevator at East Greta railway junction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North's Coal Loss Again Heavy Today
Coal production loss on the Northern coalfields due to stoppages remained heavy today. Four mines were idle and one was only part-manned, for a total output drop of 7300 tons. The State's biggest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bandits Steal Gold Worth £625,000
BANGKOK, May 12. A.A.P.—The Siamese Criminal Investigation Division announced that 20 to 30 armed bandits to-day stole an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Illegal Export Of Gold Case Goes To Court
SYDNEY: Thomas Henry Arrowsmith, 52, manufacturer, of Craigend- st, King's Cross, was charged in the Federal Court today before Mr. Isles, S.M., with having between May 28 and August 31 last, with others, illegally sent gold out of the country…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Improvements "Made At Most Mines"
Slow as progress might appear, there were few mines at which improvements, however small, had not been made or started since the Joint…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Coal Loss 8000 Tons
The State coal production loss yesterday was 8000 tons, as a result of the idleness of four mines in the North, one in the South and one in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Resignation From British Coal Board
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.): Sir Charles Reid has resigned as production member of the National Coal Board. "I have no confidence either…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Owner Wins Own Gold Cup
Mr. E. Hunter Bowman won his own £100 gold Cup, when Agenda won the Upper Hunter Amateur Race Club's Cup on his private "Skellatar" course at Muswellbrook, yesterday. Mr. Bowman donated the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners To Ask For First-aid Improvements
SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Miners' Central Council to-day adopted a scheme, to be presented to the Joint Coal Board, to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Urge Action On Wastage At Maitland Mines
SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Miners' Central Council to-day called on the State Government and the Joint Coal Board to take…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Manufacturer Denies Illegal Deal In Gold
SYDNEY, Thursday.— Thomas Henry Arrowsmith, 52, manufacturer, had bought gold at £10 an ounce in Australia and sent it to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burwood Miners to Resume
Burwood miners' lodge, which met at Charlestown yesterday, decided to resume on Monday. Burwood and Musewellbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Stop Threat on Compensation
SYDNEY, Friday.—Direct action unless amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act were introduced at the next sitting of State Parliament was threatened to-day by the Central Council of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Slight Improvement In Coal Output
SYDNEY, Friday.—Coal production in New South Wales for the 20 weeks from December 27, 1947, to May 15, 1948, was…
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