Invite Coal Board to See Roads
Newcastle Council will invite representatives of the Joint Coal Board to inspect roads used by coal trucks at New Lambton and…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Letters To the Editor Research and Coal
IN A STATEMENT under the heading "Claims for Fire Danger in Other Mines," Mr. Williams, General President of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Engineers' Leaders Meet To-day Sydney Moves In Mine Strike
The Commonwealth Council of the Amalgamated Engineering Union will meet in Sydney at 9 a.m. to-day on the lightning strike by Maitland branch, which caused a…
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Northern district miners' lodge committee meetings set down for last night and to-night have been postponed till next week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →26 Mines Idle in North
Apart from the 21 collieries idle in the North yesterday because of the strike by members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Talks Chairman Ate On Job
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr. Gallagher) sat continuously for six hours to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Better Coal Outlook Men Vote To-Day On Work Order
The coal outlook has become brighter as the result of a series of conferences in Sydney yesterday before the Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.E.U. Men Decide To Stay Out; Big Coal Loss
Striking members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union on the Northern Coalfields today decided to continue their stoppage. The decision is expected to precipitate the most serious coal crisis of the year…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Directors of J. and A. Brown Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd. to-day declared an interim dividend of 3 per…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners End Strikes; Work Unlikely
MEMBERS of the Miners' Federation at Belmont North and No. 3 collieries, who have been on strike for three weeks,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Loss 30,000 Tons
Coal production loss in the State yesterday was 30,000 tons. This was made up as follows— North...27,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labour Lack Due to 'Miners' Psychology'
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The shortage of labour in the coalmining industry was due to the psychology of miners, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Managements "Take Orders" In Mines Now
SYDNEY: The position of managements in the coalmining industry would be intolerable if deputies and shotfirers belonged to the Miners' Federation, Mr. H. S. Williams, secretary of the Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Refuses School Radio Gear
Members of Cessnock Parents and Citizens' Association said it was apparent the Coal Board and Minister for Education (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diamond Drills In Coal Test Near Inverell
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Diamond drilling would begin on coal deposits at Ashford, near Inverell, next week, the Vice-president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Selfish, Stupid, Says Former Member
SYDNEY, Friday.—"You have to step out of the ranks of the Miners' Federation to realise how stupid and selfish they are," the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Coal Loss 28,000 Tons
Coal production loss throughout the State yesterday was about 28,000 tons. The strike by Amalgamated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Company's Shares Rise, Despite Warning
SYDNEY, Friday.—Coolgardie gold mine shares sold at a slightly increased level on the Stock Exchange to-day, despite a warning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Beam Geordie Miners Are Now Air Tourists
COAL miners are not expected to be air-minded,—and on the Newcastle coalfields they are not. But in Yorkshire,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gas Failure By Tuesday Unless Coal Is Received
Newcastle Gas Company had never been in such a bad position for coal stocks, a spokesman of the company said today. Generally when a coal shortage existed. 1[?] said, there was…
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