Present Case For State Mine
In support of the Cessnock Council's campaign for the establishment of a State mine in the South Cessnock-Ellalong area, the Mayor (Ald…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
1,843 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 93
Sacked Miners Go On Strike
MT. ISA, Thursday.—About 800 employees of Mt. Isa Mines Ltd. are on strike, following a stop-work meeting this morning. When the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Centrak Council-of the Miners' Federation would support the stand taken by Queensland miners against the…
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A thousand tons of coal being loaded today in the vessel Canopus in Newcastle will be the last shipment Sydney will receive from this port until the coal strike ends. Berthed not far from the Canopus in the Basin, the…
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Mr. J. Johnstone, consultant mining engineer, has been invited to address Cessnock Council next Tuesday night on the need for a State mine in the Cessnock district…
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Hopes of settlement of the State-wide coal strike now centre on the meeting of the Combined Mining Unions' Council in Sydney this afternoon. Officials of the F.E.D.F.A. attended…
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The Australian workman generally was neither a saboteur nor an irresponsible, said the Manager of Richmond Main colliery (Mr. A…
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LONDON, Jan. 22.—Australia is "still something of a mining camp;" says Mr. John Green, B.B.C. talks producer…
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The first Newcastle industry to stop operations as a result of the colliery strike by the Federal Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association is Electric Lamp Manufactures,…
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COAL CARGO. Three cranes at Carrington Basin load the River Glenelg for Adelaide with the last coal until the termination of the present dispute…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—Mr. Chifley was asked to-day if the Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) was greatly concerned at…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—Films of the landing of the Australian Antarctic Expedition at Heard Island disclose that the entrance to one…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—Tests are being made in Britain to determine whether fluorescent lighting provides the most suitable form of…
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Miners and officials worked most of yesterday and all last night to bring under control a fire which broke out in one of…
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Resumption of work at northern mines today averted further industrial deterioration and enabled essential rail services to be maintained. The mines, which have been idle since last Wednesday…
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Members of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association went back to work on the coalfields at 11 o'clock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Franc Cut Leads To Gold Rush "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
LONDON, Jan. 26.—Prices of gold shares rose sharply on the London and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges to-day following the devaluation of the franc by the French Government…
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Coal shipments were resumed from Newcastle last night, when the Mortlake Bank cleared Nobbys at 11.7. Big coal shipments are expected to be made to-day…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27. A.A.P.—A fire suddenly broke out last night in the big Willow Grove coalmine, at St. Clairsville (Ohio)…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Despite his disappointing effort in the Challenge Stakes, Mine Host is a likely runner in the Ashbury Mixed Stakes at Canterbury on Saturday…
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