Miners' Travel Claim Adjourned
LITHGOW, Wednesday. — The claim by the Miners' Federation for travelling allowances for employees at Mudgee Line collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
1,843 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 93
EDITORIAL. Coal And Compensation
NOT the [?] of the problems which the Joint Coal Board comes up against is that re[?]ng to workers' compensation. The board proposes to solve it by taking over control…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seek Coal, Gas Nationalisation
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A public meeting to-night, organised by the Miners' Federation, called for nationalisation of the coal and gas industries. More than 1500 people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children Sing at Mine Opening
Awaba and Wangi schoolchildren yesterday attended the official opening of Awaba State coalmine, and the turning of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Work To Aid Widow
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Mineworkers at the Commonwealth open cut mine, Lidsdale, on the Western coalfields, worked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Protest Claim Skip Shortage
Miners demonstrated before the offices of the Joint Coal Board in Cessnock yesterday "against the failure of colliery managements to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board "Doing Good Job"
"I believe the Joint Coal Board is doing a good job, and when the proper amenities and safety measures are provided for the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board To List Savings
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Joint Coal Board will issue figures next week to show the amount of coal saved since it ordered drastic cuts in coal consumption by industrial users in three States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Skip Shortage Affects Coal Production
The Joint Coal Board should ascertain how much coal was being lost because miners could not get…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Loss Was 6500 Tons
Seven mines Idle and another partly out of production on the northern fields today lost about 5600 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Continue Mine Strike Until Trappers Used
Employees at Aberdare Extended colliery, idle for the past two days, have decided to remain on strike until trappers are placed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1947 Coal Output Can Be Beaten
In theory there is much to be said against "back-Saturday" work in the mines. It tends to increase fatigue, especially if the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"U.K. Coal Loss Proves Nothing"
LONDON, July 14. A.A.P.—The National Coal Board's loss of 23,255,000 in its first year proves nothing about the efficiency or…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Open Case for 35-Hour Week
SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation case for a 35-hour working week opened in Lithgow today. Miners at present work a 40-hour week of eight hours a day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters To the Editor. "Miners, Be Fair"
The sub-leader ("N.M.H.,") 12/7/,18), "Let miners he fair and no one will be cold," is commended, but the miners have never been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Plan Of Amenities for Kearsley Shire
At a special meeting of Kearsley Shire Council last night, Mr. Oldham, an officer of the Joint Coal Board, discussed amenities…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Better Output At Collieries
Coal production improved on the northern field today. Losses due to stoppages of work at mines fell to 3200 tons,, making the week's total loss about 23,000 tons for the field…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Mechanics' Award Hearing
Hearing of the general award application by the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association would be continued by the Chairman of the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Loss 6730 Tons
The coal production loss in the State yesterday was 6730 tons. In the North there was a loss at seven mines. In the South two mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Produce 5¾m. Tons
SYDNEY Thursday.—New South Wales mineworkers produced 5,752,695 tons of coal from the beginning of the year until last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →