Mine Condition Puzzles Experts
IPSWICH, Friday.âExperts are puzzled why 30 miners are unable to work at Harris coalmine, near Raceview…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Challenge Trial For Mine Host
SYDNEY, Friday.—A start for Mine Host in the Challenge Stakes will be determined on his showing in the Sefton Handicap at Randwick to-morrow…
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High coal production is expected in New South Wales on Monday when mineworkers resume after their three weeks' holiday. Monday is one of the qualifying…
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It was not practicable to load trucks, used to take goods to the country, with coal on the return trip because delays were inevitable,…
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The miners start work to-day after three weeks' holiday spent in pleasant weather, except for the storms of a week ago. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Leader Expects High Output To-day
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mr. C. W. S. Grant expects New South Wales mines to produce about 55,000 tons of coal to-morrow…
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Caught by a fall of coal in Stockrington No. 1 mine, Raymond Hancock, 44, of Seahampton, West Wallsend, had his right thigh…
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Five disputes, two breakdowns and a funeral laid eight N.S.W. mines idle today for a loss of 5000 tons of coal, which cut output for the day to about 51,000 tons. In the north, disputes caused…
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New South Wales mineworkers produced almost the maximum yesterday, when they resumed work after their three week's holiday…
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HOBART, Monday. — Proper provision for the housing, recreational, physical and social needs of mining industry employees and…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cameron) said to-day that the board would award six scholarships for…
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When a drill slipped at work yesterday Harold Turner, 38, of The Boulevarde, Toronto, a miner in Northumberland No. 2 mine,…
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Disputes over the payment for statutory holidays, which caused a sharp rise in losses on northern coalfields today, were settled in Sydney this afternoon…
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BOMBAY, Jan. 18. A.A.P.—Customs officials have found in a secondhand motor-car, which had been shipped from a Middle East…
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The township of Minmi may be given a fresh lease of life if plans by the J. and A. Brown and Abermain-S eaham Collieries Ltd. to reopen the old Minmi coalfield are fulfilled. The company proposes to…
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HOBART, Tuesday. — Bright, modern and well-planned mining towns were the only solution to Australia's coal problem, the head…
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HOBART, Tuesday.—Weekly production of black coal was 100,000 tons short of requirements. Professor Copland, Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National…
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Newcastle Hospital Board last night rejected an application by Lambton Central Collieries Pty Ltd. for permission to work coal scams…
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Only two industrial disputes caused mine hold-ups in the North yesterday, but indications last night were that there may be trouble…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday. — The Queensland Cabinet to-day approved applications for the shipment of 7100 tons of Callide coal in…
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