Only One Mine Idle
Good coal production was maintained on the northern coalfields today. Only one mine was idle…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
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Coal Production Near Peak
All collieries in the northern and western districts of New South Wales worked yesterday. The only mine idle in the State was South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Western Coal Output
LITHGOW: Western miners this week expect to produce a record weekly total of approximately 66.000 tons in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extending Tea Service In Northern Mines
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Preparations were being made for the immediate installation of the tea service in a group of Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Secret Ballot In Coal Industry Urged
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The secret ballot, with severe penalties for illegal strikes, should be introduced in the coal industry, Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Subsidise Grant To Widow If Mine Works
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Joint Coal Board would consider giving a subsidy to miners' lodges on the Northern and Western fields which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One Colliery Idle In North
Stockrington No. 1 Colliery was the only Northern pit idle yesterday. The coal loss was 950 tons. The mine is expected to resume…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Fall Injures Neath Miner
Herbert Tritten, 41, of Neath, a miner at Abermain No. 2 colliery, who was struck by a fall of coal yesterday, received injuries to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Week's Coal May Reach Record
If the present good working of northern mines continues, production from the field this week may be a record for the year. Today, for the second time…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →7 Coal Ships for Victoria
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Seven ships carrying 41,700 tons of coal were scheduled to leave Newcastle for Victoria this week, the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wollondilly Mine May Have To Close
SYDNEY: Because the Government will not extend its coal leases, Wollondilly Extended Colliery in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Coal Mines Bill In Assembly
SYDNEY.—An area in the Burragorang district containing an estimated 427,000,000 tons of coal, had been reserved for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways Need More Coal
SYDNEY. Thursday.—The rail-ways required more coal than they were receiving to carry them over the Christmas and New Year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Re-elected Western Miners' President
LITHGOW, Thursday.—The retiring President of the Western District of the Miners' Federation (Mr. E. Mara) has been re-elected…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Off Duty Dig Graves
LITHGOW, Thursday. — Miners and cement workers were frequently called on to dig graves in their off-work periods because Portland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cigarette Butt Theory On Mine Explosion
LITHGOW, Thursday.—Investigation officers from Mines and Police departments, belive a smouldering cigarette bumper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Record of 275,000 Tons
SYDNEY: In a record-smashing output drive N.S.W. miners have produced 275,000 tons of coal this week. Back-Saturday production to-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miner Buried Under Fall Of Coal
William Plumb, 36, of Kitchener, was buried under a fall of coal at Aberdare Central Colliery yesterday. He suffered multiple…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loading Berths Full and Busy
Because of the high coal ouput of Northern miners, coal-loading facilities in Newcastle are working to capacity. At the Basin,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Confidence In Miners' Support
The recently elected Northern Vice-president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Cockerill) said in Cessnock last night be…
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