Gas Depends On Monday's Mining
If too many mines were idle on Monday, there would be no gazettal of the lifting of gas rationing, the Manager of Newcastle Gas and Coke Company (Mr. A. Spence) said last night…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Jew Tricked Of Almost £1000 On Gold Deal
SYDNEY, Friday.— Detectives began scarching to-night for a man who tricked a Jewish gold buyer and manufacturing jeweller of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Survey Of Mine Accidents
MELBOURNE: The incidence of fatal accidents in Australian coal mines has not improved in the last 30 years, according to a survey by the Department of Labor and National Service. Figures for each year since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Gold Bill Passed
PARIS, Feb. 1. A.A.P.—The National Assembly adopted the Free Gold Market Bill by 324 votes to 226…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Workers' Club Wants Coal Board Aid
The Secretary of the committee sponsoring the Cessnock workers club (Mr. R. Hughes) said he had been in touch with the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Most British Approve Coal Nationalisation "Herald" Service
LONDON, Feb. 1.—Britain's coalmines have now been nationalised for 12 months. To a Gallup Poll question:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike Averted Hear Wheelers' Claims To-day
A threatened stoppage of mines on South Maitland coalfield to-day has been averted. Wheelers yesterday accepted a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Export of Coal
The defence offered by the Federal Government for the export of Blair Athol (Queensland) coal to China is that it is a trial shipment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Losses 9545 Tons
Coal production losses in New South Wales yesterday amounted to 9545 tons—8289 tons in the North, 500 in the South and 756 in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Food Parcels For British Miners
One hundred miners in Scotland and Wales will receive welcome food parcels during the next few weeks as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Martin Miners' Vice-President
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation, which commenced its annual meeting to-day, re-elected…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strike Holds Up Coal Shipment
A strike by crane employees at the Basin halted coal loading in Newcastle Harbour at 10 o'clock last night. Five ships loading coal for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federation Vote Of £250 To Mt. Isa Miners
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation to-day voted £250 to help Mt. Isa miners, who are involved in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Take Action on Hold-ups Coal Tribunal Warns
Those responsible for stoppages in the coal industry would be tracked down and dealt with, the Chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) said in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Dispute For Federation
BRISBANE, Tuesday. — Blair Athol miners' strike has been referred to the Central Council of the Miners' Federation, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World Mine Leaders Invited Here
SYDNEY.—The Miners' Federation will invite to Australia John L. Lewis, American miners' leader, and Will Lawther and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' President Gives 1948 Aims
SYDNEY: Significant pointers to the miners' aims for 1948 were given by the General President (Mr. I. Williams) in his presidential report now before the Miners' Central Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£195 Gold Ring Theft
SYDNEY Tuesday. — A tray of 12 gold rings set with diamonds, valued at £195, was reported to have been stolen from Colin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BHP Coal Stocks At Bedrock
B.H.P.-owned John Darling Colliery is still idle today and coal stocks at the Steel Works in Newcastle are desperately low. No new official announcements have been made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Position Eases At Steel Works
WITH the return to work of employees of Burwood colliery (3000 tons), the coal position improved at the B.H.P. Steel,…
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