New Manager For Bloomfield Mine
LITHGOW, Thursday.—Mr. W. Lewis, manager of Vale of Clwydd colliery, Lithgow, has been appointed manager of Bloomfield…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Labour Council Supports Coal Nationalisation
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The New South Wales Trades and Labour Council to-night adopted an A.C.T.U. resolution that the coal…
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I disagree with the advice of F. Elvin (Belmont) to the rank and file miners to demand a secret ballot to decide strike action. The…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Premier (Mr. McGirr) criticised the Governments of Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Higher Output "If Shorter Week In Mines"
LITHGOW, Thursday.—The introduction of a 35-hour week would mean less fatigue and absenteeism, and consequently increased…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Engineer Leaves Soon To Buy U.S. Plant
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. G Sellers, an engineer of the Joint Coal Board at Lithgow, will leave or America next month to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Delayed, Industry in S.A. May Close
A breakdown in industry in South Australia within the next few days is possible as the result of delays in coal shipments from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Contralto Sees Mine
World travelled Australian contralto, Essie Ackland (extreme right) inspected Burwood colliery borchole seam yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Position "Worse"
The Under-Secretary for Local Government (Mr. Haviland) had told him in Sydney that, despite gas and electricity rationing, the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Casey Meets Miners' Leaders
The Federal President of the Liberal Party (Mr. R. G. Casey) called at the Northern District miners' office yesterday afternoon and had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Few Youths Going Into Mines
In recent years about 2800 children in coalfield areas have left school each year, but not more than 40 have gone direct into the coalmining industry. This year employers would be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board To Aid Widow
SYDNEY, Friday.— The Joint Coal Board Operations Division has decided to assist the widow of a mineworker who was killed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Reminder Of Heat Restrictions
"This piece of coal will remind me how warm I could have been last week had I had some," said Miss Essie Ackland, Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Coal Loss 4130 Tons
Four Northern and two Southern mines were idle yesterday. The coal loss was 4130 tons. Strikes were continued at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Leaders Excluded From Award Hearing
LITHGOW, Friday.—The Coda Industrial Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day granted a request by the Secretary of Northern Collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Coal Production at John Darling Borehole Seam
The Borehole Seam at John Darling Colliery, big B.H.P. mine on the Newcastle field, had had a record production fortnight, declared the president of the miners' lodge (Mr. R. Miller) today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poles May Work In Coal Mines
SYDNEY: Polish miners may be used in Australian mines as one method of stepping up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letter Box Concerts For Miners
The A.B.C. concert party visiting the coalfields should include Messrs. Chifley and Evatt. Chlf. would be heard to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Board Hears Deputies* Dispute
SYDNEY: Refusal by the Deputies and Shot-firers' Association to allow the management of Aberdare Colliery to appoint members of the Miners' Federation to fill temporary vacancies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Defends English Coal Board Expenditure
LONDON, July 18. A.A.P.—The Secretary for War (Mr. Shinwell), in a speech at Easington, said the money spent by the…
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