British Miners Ban Florence Meeting
LONDON, May 29. A.A.P.— The Executive Committee of the British National Union of Mineworkers had refused to take part…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1949
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Eight Mines Idle in State
Four mines, with an aggregate normal daily production of about 2500 tons, were idle on the Northern coalfields today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inter-union Coal Dispute Ruling
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr. Gallagher) has ruled that mining employees appointed as shotfirers in the district on or after June 5 next are to become…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Dispute "Has Basis Of Settlement"
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant) said to-night that he did not think the threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Federation Policy ON Deputies And Shotfirers
Any attempt to interfere with the membership and conditions of the Miners' Federation would be resisted by every means at its disposal, the Northern Executive of the Miners' Federation declared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board Head Resents A.L.P. Letter
"Your correspondent does not know what he is talking about, and should be sure of his facts before entering on this sort of letter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Statement By ALP Is Slander, Says Coal Board Chairman
Objection to the tone of a letter from the Kurri Kurri State Electorate Council on the Joint Coal Board's appointees was taken by the Board's chairman (Mr. K. A. Cameron) who described one statement as a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Third Day's Coal Talks Are Expected to Prevent Strike
SYDNEY: Talks between coal unions, the owners and the Joint Coal Board in Sydney today may avert threatened nationwide stop-work meetings on the coalfields next Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Northern Mines Idle
Five mines in the Northern district did not work yesterday and some men came out of a sixth at 9 o'clock. The coal production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Craft Union Issue for Miners' Board
The ruling of the Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr. Gailagher), that on and after June 5 Mining employees in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Compulsory Conference Called On Coal Deadlock
SYDNEY: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) has intervened in the deadlock which threatens coal supplies. This morning he summoned members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →John Darling Caused Bulk Of Coal Loss
Idleness of John Dealing's Victoria seam caused the bulk of the coal loss in the north today…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →750 Miles Of Rich Coal Deposits In Queensland
In Queensland, stretching 750 miles from West Moreton, near Brisbane, through the Callide country to Collinvale, near Bowen, there are almost unbroken deposits of high-grade black coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Talks Fail; Fear of Stoppage Tribunal Likely To Intervene
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Miners' Central Council will meet to-morrow to consider action to meet the breakdown of the conference to-day on the mining unions' log…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hisign And Gold Valley Fit For N.J.C. Sprint Clash
Hisign and Gold Valley, opponents in the Flying Welter Handicap at Newcastle on Saturday, were pleasing workers at Broadmeadow this morning. Hisign and Gold Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Support Miners' Claims
The Sheet Metal Workers' Union decided last night to support the Miners' Federation in its claims…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Insurance Against Mine Subsidence
SYDNEY: The proclamation establishing a mine subsidence insurance district over the area forming West Ward, City of Newcastle, would be published in the Government Gazette on Friday, a spokesman for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter Box Coal Crises
As we are always living in dread of a coal crisis, there is need for a more direct approach by both Federal and State…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Complaint Over Taxi Service
Officers of Aberdare Extended Miners' Lodge have complained to Cessnock Council that the taxi service at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cottages For Coal Board Staff
Cessnock Council last night granted an application by Mr. D. Bivens, Cessnock solicitor, to resubdivide portion of…
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