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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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Final efforts to avert a disastrous fie-up of industry, power and gas supplies throughout Australia are being made at a compulsory conference in Sydney today called by the Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr. F…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All the northern coal mines that had been idle last week as a result of the strike by members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union were back at work today, but 3400 steel industry workers in Newcastle are still out of their jobs because of the coal shortage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The grounds of the homes of Misses E. Tanner and M. Dawkins were decorated for the second annual garden fere for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HARLAN (Kentucky), March 20. A.A.P.—The tough little coal town of Evarts yesterday lost its fifth police chief since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern mines maintained high coal production figures today. Four mines were idle, two of these through floodings and a creep in the workings. Cessnock No. 2 open cut…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A conference of delegates from cit miners' lodges in the North, the Northern Miners' Board of Management and the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, March 21. A.A.P.— Miners at five New Monckton pits, which are threatened with closure, promised National Coal Board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday.—The Combined Mining Unions' Council decided in Sydney to-day to push on with its claims for higher pay,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BROKEN HILL, Monday.—Despite courageous efforts by workmates to rescue them, one of two men caught in a blast at South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PITTSBURGH, March 21. A.A.P.—More than 500,000 workers are now idle as a result of the fortnight's mine stoppage ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The B.H.P. Co. Ltd. will to-day begin taking back employees retrenched at the Steel Works over the week-end because of the coal shortage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's coal output is steadily increasing and production last month increased from 4,301,000 tons in the first week to 4,334,000 daring i the fourth week. Figures for the fourth week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loss of coal production due to stoppages on the northern field rose today to 5400 tons. Six mines on the field were idle. A dispute concerning a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Employees of Mount Morgan and Boston collieries, Wallsend, and their families, held a picnic at Nelson Bay. A programme of sports…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The coal output yesterday was near maximum production. Under 1500 tons was lost due to disputes. All mines worked on Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. N. HINDMARSH, Secretary of Maitland Deputies, before the Central Coal Reference Hoard is reported to have said ("N.M.H.,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All the profits made by coalmining companies in Australia in a year amounted to only a quarter of the amount miners threw away…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Executive of the Miners' Federation today instructed members in this district to take no part in any industrial action on the "Sharkey issue" unless authorised by the federation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines should not be idle because a disgruntled group refused to obey a majority decision of a lodge and returned home, a conference of miners' lodge delegates decided yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blackouts by Zara-street powerhouse were causing coal losses, the miners' Northern District Secretary (Mr. J. B. Simpson) said yesterday…
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