Strike Threat To Mines On South Coast
SYDNEY, Friday.—Trouble on the South Coast coalfield is threatened over the union affiliations of 39 men driving a tunnel through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
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Little Absenteeism at Mines Today; Two Pits Idle
One mine was idle because of a dispute and an open cut was unable to work following the heavy rain when the northern N.S.W. coalfields today worked their first "back" Saturday shift of the year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Ambulance Teams Contest
Abermain No. 1 A team received the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association shield for winning the colliery ambulance teams…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Avoid Nationality Bar In Mines
The Miners' Central Council has wisely decided to reconsider, in the light of discussions held with the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Seized On Motorship
SYDNEY: Dozens of gold bars, valued at thousands of pounds, were seized on the British motorship Shansi, now in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whitburn Mine Notices To Be Withdrawn
Notices issued to mineworkers at Whitburn colliery, Greta, will be withdrawn. This was decided at a conference…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Neck Win for Green and Gold
Green and Gold (N. Watterson) winning the Second Division of the Novice Handicap by a neck from Speltho King (N…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Tribunal Upholds 26-Skip Darg At Pit
SYDNEY: A darg of 26 skips a pair of miners at Burwood Colliery was reasonable and the company was within its rights in seeking its retention, the Coal Industry Tribunual (Mr. Gallagher) said today. "If a contract, miner finds it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board "To Create New Way Of Life"
WOLLONGONG, Sunday.—The Joint Coal Board was determined to create a new way of life for miners, said the Chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners in North to Take Annual Leave in Two Periods
SYDNEY: Northern district miners would take this year's annual leave in two periods, the first from Dec. 23 to Jan. 10, the second from the Thursday prior to Easter, returning on April 26, it was announced today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Talks To Avert Coal Stoppage
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cameron) to-day conferred with a representative of Messrs. Farley and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Board to Meet on Darg
The Northern Miners' Board of Management will meet on Thursday to discuss the Coal Industry Tribunal's decision on the Burwood mine darg. The lodge is likely to discuss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Output Needed For Coal Reserves
SYDNEY, Monday.—Coal stocks to carry over the miners' Christmas holidays would be sufficient only if stoppages were reduced to an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Clerk's Lottery Luck
Bellbird Colliery clerk Sam Richaids was busy making up pay for about 500 mine workers this, morning when told by a "Newcastle Sun" representative that he had won fourth prize (£350) in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Charges Against Manager
SYDNEY: The hearing of allegations by the Miners' Federation of lack of cooperation on the part of the manager of Richmond Main Colliery (Mr. A. Lightfoot) proceeded today before the Coal Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Coal Loss 8000 Tons
Yesterday's State coal loss was 8000 tons. Half of this was caused by the idleness of five and part idleness of two mines in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jeweller Gaoled For Gold Smuggling
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Thomas Henry Arrowsmith, 54, manufacturing jeweller, of King's Cross, was sentenced in the Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board's Offer On Wallsend Pool
If an Olympic pool were constructed at Wallsend, the Joint Coal Board would contribute the full cost of tree planting and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Output Improves
State coal production improved by 3000 tons yesterday. The loss was 5000 tons. The position in the North was—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Miners' Official Posts
Nominations close today for official Northern positions on the Miners' Federation. Positions to be filled are those of Northern President…
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