Rise In Coal Shipments
More than 50,000 tons of coal is expected to be shipped from Newcastle this week. Ships delayed in port because of the pilots' strike…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Coal Production Near Peak
Coal production in New South Wales was near its peak yesterday, with only four mines idle for a loss of 3590 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Found Gold Nugget Worth £240
LONDON, Aug. 23. A.A.P.—A miner working in alluvia diggings picked up a gold nugget six inches long and three inches…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extra Week's Holiday Granted Coal Union
SYDNEY: An extra week's leave and the abolition except in exceptional circumstances of the 2 a.m. start for night shift work were among concessions granted the Carrington Coal and Coke Shipping Union today by Mr. Justice Ferguson, of the Industrial Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →National Convention of Miners Opens; Policy Debated
SYDNEY: Important policy decisions are expected to be made at the Miners' Triennial National Convention, which opened in Sydney today. The convention will assess the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Uranium Found In Gold Mines
CAPE TOWN, August 24. A.A.P.—The new Minister for Mines (Mr. Eric Louw) moving the second reading of the bill to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Presidents Plan For More Coal
SYDNEY: Output from mines where power borers are operating will be increased appreciably if a recommendation by the General President (Mr. I. Williams) is adopted by the Miners' National Convention…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Phoenix Gold Mine To Be Closed
COOLGARDIE, Tuesday.—Phoenix goldmine at Coolgardie will close down within a month, it was announced to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old Man Crushed in Accident at Colliery
Crushed between the buffers of two coal hoppers at Old Lambton Colliery on July 29. William John Bedford, 72, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clash on Coal Allocation
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Discussion on coal distribution in Australia was almost broken up at the Premiers' Conference to-day by clashes in which the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. McGirr), the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Production Again High
Coal production in New South Wales was high again yesterday, the loss being only 4285 tons. Three mines were idle in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Convention Power Output Proposal
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The National Convention of the Miners' Federation is considering a recommendation that production in New South Wales mines equipped with power borer machines should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2 Shifts Refused Coal Loaders
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Justice Ferguson, of the State Industrial Commission, to-day refused to introduce a two-shift system for crane-drivers loading coal in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Plans 16M.-Ton Output
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Joint Coal Board has planned to increase coal production in New South Wales from 12 million tons a year to 16 million tons within the next four years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clipper Caught by Fall of Coal
Donald Straker, 18, of Tickhole-road Cardiff, a clipper at Waratah colliery, had his right hand fractured by a fall of coal in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Caledonian Collieries' Arrears Dividend
The directors of Caledonian Collieries Limited announce a dividend on cumulative preference capital of 2½ p.c., being arrears for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners to Seek 6d More for Coal Not Won by Borers
SYDNEY: The Miners' National Convention decided today to seek an increase of sixpence a ton for all coal won in pits not equipped with powerborers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Fatality Accidental
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at an inquest yesterday on William John Oliver Bedford,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Production Is Still High
After their "clean sheet" yesterday, the northern coalfields today had three mines idle. Production, however, was still high. The day's loss of output from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Board to End Rationing
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Joint Coal Board will shortly announce the lifting of coal rationing as a result of the high output from New South Wales mines in the past four weeks…
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