State Coal Loss 6000 Tons
The coal production loss throughout the State yesterday was 6000 tons. Miners took the day off from several southern and western mines…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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French Coal Strike Begins Quietly
PARIS, Oct. 4. A.A.P.—France's 350,000 coalminers began a general strike to-day. Groups of pickets gathered alt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Valley in Smart Five
Gold Valley worked smartly over five furlongs in 1.7 on No. 2 grass track at Broadmeadow this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wants Absentee Mine Workers to Be Dismissed
SYDNEY: The Joint Coal Board should follow the lead of Britain's National Coal Board by dismissing absentees and miners with bad strike records, the secretary of the Northern Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suburban and District Meeting Urged On Coal Point-road
Coal Paint Progress Association will ask Toronto Urban Area Committee to call a public meeting at Toronto to urge Lake Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Coal Output
Only two mines were idle in the Northern district yesterday. They were Bellbird and Maitland Main. The production loss was 2400 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Aggregate Meetings
Aggregate meetings of Northern miners will be held on Sunday to consider reports from delegates and district officers who attended the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortage Hits Industry
CANBERRA: The current coal shortage was a key factor in difficulties met by Australian manufacturers in reducing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State's £131,500 To Coal Board
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The New South Wales Government had contributed £131,500 to the Joint Coal Board from February, 1947,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Coast Mines Out As State's Losses Mount
All South Coast mines were idle today for an output loss of 12,000 tons. Coal from this field normally goes mainly to heavy industries. On the northern field output loss today rose to 6800 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Southern Mines Idle To-day; 10,000-Ton Loss
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—South Coast mines will be idle to-morrow for a loss of 10,000 tons of coal while miners decide whether they will stay…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Royalties From Mining Were £1,154,501
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Mining contributed £1,154,501 to State finances, the Auditor-General (Mr. Swift) reported…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Coal Loss
The State coal production loss yesterday was more than 17,000 tons. This included 10,000 tons lost over the South Coast Kemira…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Statewide Coal Strike Move
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Miners' leaders on the Northern and Western Coalfields will he asked to meet on Monday to consider a State-wide coal strike unless the dispute at Kemira rock tunnel on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Mine Showed Profit For Year
SYDNEY: Despite a drop in production of 34,609 tons of coal during the past financial year, the State coal mine at Lithgow ended the year with a surplus of £5631…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Trace Most Impressive At Broadmeadow
Gold Trace (four in 51½ sec.) was not the fastest sprinter at Broadmeadow this morning but he was the most impressive. Galloping on the rails sec-…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners Against Holiday "Split"
MINERS’ lodges have rejected the Northern District Board of Management’s minute for splitting annual holidays to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Dumps Declare Dividends
Gold Dumps Pty. Ltd., Bendigo, declared an interim dividend of 2½ per cent. Rutherglen Gold Dumps Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Output Near Peak In North
Coal production on the Northern fields yesterday was almost at capacity. The only mine idle was Cessnock No. 1 (650 tons)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Christmas Coal Rests On Holiday Issue
Rejection of Northern miners' lodges of the Board of Management's minute for splitting annual holidays makes the position concerning Christmas coal supplies uncertain. Decision of the lodges does…
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