Coal Seen As Pivot Of National Life
SYDNEY.—Australian lives, development and ideas and even our freedom from absorption by Asiatics depended on coal…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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£15 Of Every £20 Spent On Coal Wasted
LONDON: Of every £20 spent on coal for the old-fashioned sittins-room fire, £15 is wasted up the chimney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Production Improves, But Nine Northern Pits Still Idle
Coal production improved considerably in the North today but the loss was still substantial at 5280 tons from nine mines. Another B.H.P. pit, Lambton B, was idle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South African Gold Loan To Britain May Be Recalled
CAPE TOWN, Tues. (A.A.P.): South Africa faced a crisis, involving growing unemployment and the closing of banks, declared the Leader of the Opposition (Marshal Smuts) at a par ty rally. The only hope appeared to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →6000-Ton Coal Loss
With eight mines idle in the north one in the south and two in the west, the coal production loss throughout the State yesterday was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Won't Use Mine Pensioners
Cessnock Council has decided against a proposal to employ mine pensioners as casual workers for one and a half days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Tackling Coal Problem On National Basis"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A spokesman for the Joint Coal Board to-night challenged a statement by the Chairman of Sydney County…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Move on Pillar Work
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Joint Coal Board has asked the Miners' Federation to define its attitude to the mechanical extraction of coal from pillars. Referring to the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hopes for Winter Reserves of Coal Recede: More Stoppages
With widespread stoppages of work still occurring at mines on the northern N.S.W. coalfields hopes are receding of building adequate reserves of coal for the winter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Improved Coal Output Today
Coal production in N.S.VV. improved considerably today. Losses of output due to stoppages of work were little more than half yesterday's figure. Yesterday the coal Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shed Sought For Borehole Miners
Boolaroo-Speers Point branch of the Labour Party decided to ask the Minister for Transport to permit the Joint Coal Board to erect…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Most Idle Mines May Resume
Eight of nine mines completely idle in the North yesterday were expected to resume production this morning, lodge secretaries said last night. The coal production loss in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dispute Delays Coal For Adelaide
A seamen's dispute is holding up the departure of the Dundula with 4500 tons of coal for Adelaide. The seamen refused several days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Affluence' Of Miners Blamed For Strikes
The primary reason the miner went on strike was that he could afford to strike, Mr. A. A. Davie (for colliery proprietors) told the Chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) in Newcastle today. Mr. Gallagher continued the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miner Hurt by Fall of Coal
Edward Wiggs, 24, of Macquarie-lane, Wallsend, who was caught by a fall of coal in Stockrington No. 1 mine yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Host May Begin Better At Moorefield
SYDNEY: Mine Host, who was one of the horses badly away at Canterbury last Saturday, will start in the Flying Handicap at Moorefield on Saturday, and it is expected that the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tribunal Warns May Act On Coal Losses
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— If there were not a marked improvement in coal production next week, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Concern; Holiday Threat
The Northern Miners' Board of Management expressed concern yesterday at the warning by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) on statutary holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strikes Worst at Modern Mines
There were more stoppages at modern collieries than at smaller mines where there were no amenities —and sometimes no bathrooms. The Secretary of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Unions Ban Coal Cargo
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Four unions have banned the handling of the coal cargo of the British freighter Heligonian Duke, berthed at…
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