Rail Trucks On S.A. Coal Haul
Railway trucks were hauling coal part of the way to South Australia while trucks were not available to lift wheat from country sidings, it…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Man To Man Appeal For More Coal
CANBERRA, Friday.—A man-to-man appeal for greater coal production will be made by Mr. Chifley when he visits Northern…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. S. J. Grant, an engineer employed by the Joint Coal Board, will leave Sydney for Singapore to-morrow to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Long Leave for Miners Immediate Costs To Industry £9M
SYDNEY, Friday.—Long-service leave to miners, to operate retrospectively, would cost the coal industry immediately £8,963,000, said the Secretary of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. N…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Brown Coal Mine
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A fir which started when sparks from the brake drum of a coal trait flew to the top of the south bench…
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Two Northern mines—Maitland Main and Neath—which were idle on Friday, are expected to resume to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pilots' Strike May Hold Up Coal Shipments
Shipment from Newcastle of more than 33,000 tons of urgently needed coal for southern States is likely to be delayed as a result of the barbor pilots' strike. Unless the strike is settled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hear Miners' Claim To-morrow
LITHGOW, Monday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) will continue the Miners' Federation claim for a 35-hour week, in…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Combined Mining Unions' Council decided to-day to seek a conference on the claim for long-service leave before it recommends back Saturday work to the 17,000 New South…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Negotiations have been completed for the supply of 20,000 tons of large coal and 100,000 tons of small…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Industry Survey 11 Per Cent. Loss On Target Likely
Coal production in New South Wales in 1948 will probably be 1,408,000 tons (nearly 11 per cent) behind the Joint Coal Board's target figure of 13 million tons, according to a report on the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terraced Levels of Muswellbrook Open Cut Open Cuts Help Hold Coal Output
SYDNEY, Monday.—Coal production in New South Wales for the first 24 weeks of 1948 was maintained at the 1947 level, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Cost Survey Challenged
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Figures quoted by Research Service on allocations to the coal industry by the Joint Coal Board from…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Relaxation of some restrictions on the use of coal last week had been possible because a safe minimum production level had been restored in New South Wales mines…
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If the pilots' strike is not settled before the weekend coal shipments from Newcastle for southern States will be less than half of normal and it is likely that accumulated coal intended for the interstate trade will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.S.L. Gold Badge For Mrs. Kilgour
SYDNEY.—In the presence of the State Governor (Lient.-General J. Northcott), Mrs. Bertha Kilgour, a former…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BLONDIE- Coal Comfort
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Berths Idle at Basin
Newcastle coal loading berths at the Basin are idle because of the harbour pilots' strike. Railway hoppers, loaded with coal for shipment, are piling up in Port Waratah yards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Tribunal Impounds Pit Document
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Submitting what he alleged was a Communist document aimed at slandering the Tribunal, and endeavouring…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Fall Kills Abermain Miner
Struck by a fall of coal at Richmond Main colliery yesterday, Robert Partridge, 40, miner, of 78 Melbourne-street, Abermain,…
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