EDITORIAL Awaba And Coal Needs
WHATEVER solution may be found for the coal crisis of the moment, it seems obvious that coalmining will remain this country's most chaotic industry until widespread…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Coal Offered By Other Countries
SYDNEY. — "Every country except Australia seems to have a surplus of coal," said the chairman of the County…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Whitburn Miners Nearing Shaft Water Withdrawn
The Manager of Whitburn colliery (Mr. Armstrong) advised the miners' Northern District Check Inspector (Mr. J. Barrett) that he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Power Station Makes Big Coal Saving
SYDNEY, Monday.—The hydro-electric power station at Wyangala Dam had saved about 10,000 tons of coal during its first year of…
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STRIKES on the Northern field yesterday caused a coal production loss of 2764 tons. Production on New South Wales…
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Ten mines were idle in the State today, following the appeal by miners' leaders to mine-workers yesterday to avoid stoppages in an effort to boost coal output…
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Private enterprise had fallen down on the job in the mines, and the Government should take over, the President (Mr. H. Sheedy) told…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Premier Opens New Coal Mine At Awaba
Awaba coal mine was officially opened to-day by the Premier (Mr. McGirr). "The Government is determined to make every effort to produce coal in such quantities…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Demonstrate As Protest At Cessnock Coal Office
As a protest against what they declared to be the Coal Board's inability to ensure practical methods of winning coal, 150 members of the Stanford Main No. 2 Miners' Lodge demonstrated outside the Cessnock offices of the board this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →11 Mines Idle in State: Coal Loss Today Was 7000 Tons
All mines on the Western field are working to-day, but eight stoppages in the North and three in the South lost output of almost 7000 tons. Heaviest loss was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Support for Miners' Federation
Northern District Council of the Miners' Federation Women's Auxiliary carried a resolution affirming that the Miners' Federation…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Commenting to-day on a statement by the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant), that New…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. —The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) is reported to have told a conference of mineowners and miners' representatives to-day that there are too many day to day…
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OPENING NEW STATE MINE AT AWABA.—Top left, the scene at the new mine. Top right, Premier of N.S.W. (Mr. McGirr), who performed the opening ceremony. Bottom left, the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. H. V. Treatt)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Loss on U.k. Mines
LONDON, July 13. A.A.P.—A loss of £stg.23,255,586 on the nationalised coal industry in its first year to December 31, 1947, was shown in a report by the National Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board's £10,000 for Lake Road
The Joint Coal Board wa3s making £10,00 available towards reconstruction of the Lake-road, it was stated at Cessnock State…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In a reserve( judgment, delivered to-day, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) ordered that the rate at Burwood, Stock-rington No. 1 and No. 2, Stanford Main No. 2 and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →250 Tons Coal For Normal Gas Week
An extra 250 tons of coal a week would enable Newcastle industries to receive a 100 per cent gas quota, the Manager of the Newcastle Gas and Coke Company (Mr. A. Spence) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Mining Hours Case To-morrow
The hearing of the Miners' Federation's claim for a 35-hour Week will open in Lithgow to-morrow. The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Migrant to Get Coal Mining Wish
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — A displaced person migrant, who had written to a Sydney newspaper, asking for work in a coalmine, would…
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