Miners' Inspectors to Discuss Safety
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Miners' district check inspectors from New South Wales coalfields will confer in Sydney to-morrow. They will…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Coal Figures For Half Year
SYDNEY.—Production figures issued by the Joint Coal Board today show that 5,057,104 tons of coal were…
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William Murray, 60, of Queen-street, Stockton, a painter at the B.H.P., suffered a probable fracture of the spine and injuries to the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Government control since 1939 was responsible for the chaotic condition of the coalmining industry, the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Two British mining experts arrived in Sydney to-day, by air from London to advise the Joint Coal Board on…
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Six Northern mines were idle yesterday for a loss of 5890 tons of coal, but three are expected to resume this morning…
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Many talented coal miners were precluded from training in art because of their economic circumstances, the Chief Welfare Officer of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. J. P. Carrington) said today…
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CANBERRA. Thursday.— The Joint Coal Board, which had frequently urged abolition of the coal subsidy had now been advised the…
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Because of the coal shortage, trains running from Newcastle district to Sydney on Sunday have been reduced from 11 to four,…
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SYDNEY: Even if coal losses are kept to a minimum, coal cuts are not likely to be lifted before the winter is almost over. Almost 30,000 tons of coal…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A Joint Coal Board long-range plan "to revolutionise coal production" was…
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Hebburn No. 2, which was the only idle mine in the north yesterday, is expected to resume this morning…
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Two ships with 10,200 tons of steel and five ships with more than 25,000 tons of coal will leave Newcastle to-day and to-morrow…
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A cheque for £10,000 was presented by the Joint Coal Board yesterday for the Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre. The cheque was handed to the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Joint Coal Board estimates that coal produced from New South Wales underground and…
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Emergency measures to reduce coal consumption in View of the acute shortage are still crystallising and, as far as Newcastle is concerned, further important developments are likely to be announced…
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The returning officer (Mr. J. S. Robson) has declared Mr. H. Lyle re-elected as vice-president of the Federated Mining…
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Coal production throughout the Northern District was at a high level again yesterday. Only one mine was fully idle; another was…
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It may be cold comfort for the housewife, restricted in the use of her stove to three short periods a day, to read of long-range…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The State Government would open and operate three new mines on the Northern field in the near future, the…
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