Load Reserve Coal For Railways
LITHGOW, Friday.—The Joint Coal Board and Western miners' officials have agreed to load 10,000 tons of coal at Ben Bullen coal…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Coal Strike Cost France £13½M
PARIS, Dec. 31. A.A.P.—A report presented to the National Assembly disclosed that France lost nearly one-eighth of a normal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Board's Plan To Sub-lease Western Mine
LITHGOW, Friday.—In accordance with its policy of mechanisation and large-scale development of the Western coalfield, the Joint Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industry Will Need Much More Coal This Year
Though N.S.W. production of coal in 1948 was the highest since the record output of 1942 it is expected that the Joint Coal Board will call for a substantially increased effort by the industry in 1949…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£3000 Worth of Gold Found in Bag
PERTH, Friday.âPerth Gold Stealing Direction staff to-day found a calico bag holding 300 ounces of gold, valued at more than £3000,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Injured In Mine Air Shaft
Two men were injured when hey were struck by a winch while working in an air shaft attached to Kent Colliery, Beresfield, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt In Summer To Salvage Sunken Gold
LONDON, Mon. (A.AP.).—First attempt to recover gold worth several million sterling which, has been at the bottom…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shifting Timber in Coal Holiday
GRAFTON, Monday.—Railway trucks are being made available to shift timber stacked on the North Coast faster than mill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal, Flowers In Sand Gardens
WATERWORN pieces of coal and freshly picked hydrangeas were predominant materials in sand gardens built in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£379 Robbery at Open-cut Mine
Goods valued at £379 were stolen from Greta open-cut mine on Sunday night. Employees yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suitcase Holds Evidence on Mining Affairs "Herald" Service
LONDON, Jan. 3.—Startling new evidence about the affairs of the mining magnate, Claude Albo, de Bernales, has been discovered, says…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.s. Gold Stocks Largest Ever Held by One Nation
WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.).—United States gold stocks, totalling 24,230 million dollars, now amount to the greatest gold hoard ever held by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The English and the Danes would be indistinguishable if..." says Douglas Wilkie, the "Herald's" special commentator, in the third of his series, Report on Europe, a prose panorama of Europe to-day. The Danes Want Coal—And Guarantees
COPENHAGEN: The Danes are the most lively and sophisticated of the Scandinavian peoples. On that account they are the most worried just now. THE famous Tivoli, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Just Enough Coal to Last Until Mines Resume
With principal coal consumers watching their dwindling stocks carefully, indications are that available supplies will just last out until the miners return to work but that reserves by then will be critically low…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge U.s. Gold Hoard
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. A.A.P.—United States gold stocks, totalling 24,230 million dollars (£A7,571,875,000) now amount to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Coal figures Up 11,000,000 Tons
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).—British coal production last year was 208,000,000 tons— 11,000,000 tons better than…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Dispute Threatens Town With Extinction
CANBERRA: The prosperous little mining town of Captain's Flat faces extinction unless a dispute between miners and management is settled. Captain's Plat (pop. 1500) is 35 miles from Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Cuts Would Be Moderate Enough Coal For Most Utilities
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—"If rail restrictions were necessary because of diminishing coal stocks they would be on a moderate scale," the Minister for Transport (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Powerhouse Stocks Of Coal "Critical"
SYDNEY: Owing to the critical state of coal stocks in Railway power-houses throughout the State, minewor hers are being asked to resume immediately in several open cut mines in the Western district. The chairman of the Joint…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Criticised For Work Resumption
SYDNEY: "There will be little hell to play if the Joint Coal Board has gone behind the backs of unions in negotiating an early resumption of work at. open cut mines," said the secretary of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association (Mr. W. Lane) today…
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