Oil From Coal Unlikely Yet
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Because of the high cost of equipment no firm was likely to undertake the manufacture of petrol from coal,…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Serious Slump In Coal Output
Today was the worst coal-production day for weeks in the northern coalfields. Eleven mines on the field were idle and two others lost part of their output for a total production drop of 9800 tons…
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The coal production loss in the North yesterday was 6800 tons. Idle mines were—Aberdare Extended: Employees…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rich Gold Find In South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 26. A.A.P.—Midd's Witwatersrand (western areas) Limited, has announced one of the richest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Timbermen Seek Increases
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. J. V. Dwyer, Federal Conciliation Commissioner, began the hearing to-day of an application by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reopen Talks On Coal Strike
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Leaders of the Australian Council of Trade-unions will reopen negotiations with the Miners' Central Council in Sydney to-morrow in a fresh effort to end the South Coast coal…
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The Joint Coal Board has acquired five cottages of the Housing Commission's project at Blackalls. They will be occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Coal Loss 23,000 Tons
Coal production loss in the North yesterday was a serious blow to the Coal Board's efforts to build up stocks to meet National…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Takes Over Olstan Pit
Olstan colliery, situated between Fassifern and Awaba, has been taken over by the Joint Coal Board. About eight miners and four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Trace Pleased In Trial At Broadmeadow
Gold Trace, easy winner at Wyong last Saturday, again ran a winning trial—five in 1.4¾—at Broadmeadow this morning. Voter and Urdu were also attractive gallopers…
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A fire in the switchboard of the Old Lambton colliery yesterday damaged wiring and woodwork. Waratah brigade, assisted by…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A deputation from the Miners' Federation conferred with the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr Finnan)…
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A cheque for £96/9/ from the miners at Stockrington No. 2 pit was handed to the Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) yesterday for the…
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Gold Trace (Welter Handicap) has strong opposition at tomorrow's N.J.C. meeting, but he appeals as the day's best bet. Landmark also appeals in the first division of the Novice Handicap…
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The coal production loss in the North yesterday was 6500 tons. In the South, where the Kemira strike continued, the loss was 10,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Govt. Will Act If Coal Dispute Goes Interstate
CANBERRA: If the South Coast coal strike involved other States, the Federal Government might have to bring it before the Commonwealth Conciliation Commission, the Minister for Labor and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last-Minute A.C.T.U. Attempt To Stop General Coal Strike
SYDNEY: The Emergency Committee of the A.C.T.U. is meeting in Sydney today to decide whether any fresh approach can be made for the settlement of the 24-day-old South C oast mine strike which threatens next week to develop into a general stopple…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guards Capture French Mine
PARIS, Oct. 29. A.A.P.—Four hundred mobile guards captured the Couriol mine in St. Etienne, which is the biggest in central France. Three thousand miners were holding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Resent Holidays Threat, Says President
SYDNEY:. Any threat to curtail miners' Christmas holidays would only raise another issue in an already troubled field and would increase the possibility of a decision by miners for a general…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Miners' Secretary Rebuked "Herald" Service
LONDON, Oct. 29.—The Communist General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (Mr. Arthur Horner) was…
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