West Ward "Mine Subsidence Area"
The Mine Subsidence Board advised Newcastle Council Finance Committee last night that West Ward had been declared a mine…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Govt. Shelves Miners' Pension Legislation
SYDNEY.—The State Government has refused at this stage legislation increasing pensions to coal and shale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hartley Main Mine Closes 'Under Pressure'
LITHGOW, Tuesday.—Hartley Main No. 2 colliery, the only one in New South Wales to work yesterday, closed to-day "under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal at Grass "Job For Board"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Premier (Mr. McGirr) was asked at the meeting of the State Labour Caucus to-day whether…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mass Meeting On Coal Strike Issues
The coal strike was not only the fight of mining industry employees, but it would pave the way for tremendous gains…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AEU Would Ban Open Cut Coal
SYDNEY: "The Amalgamated Engineering Union would immediately declare 'black' any coal mined from open cut mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Move On Mine Pension Scheme Sought
The Northern Miners' Management Board decided yesterday that Coalfields parliamentarians should seek early action on the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Request Yet For Miners To Get Credits
Coalfield storekeepers said yesterday that they had not been asked to extend credit to mineworkers during the strike or to accept…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Day's Meetings Lost More Coal Than Floods
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Miners' stopwork meetings on June 16 caused a greater coal loss than the dislocation of production caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5500 Tons Of Coal Being Shipped Today
Following yesterday's shipments of 6200 tons of coal from Newcastle, 5500 tons are scheduled to leave for Sydney's essential services today. The Hetton Brank and Canopus loaded a total of 3600 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Food Supply Cut By Coal Shortage
SYDNEY: Food shortages due to the coal strike are increasing and commodities hard to buy now are: Breakfast foods, refined sugar, coffee, methylated spirits, self raising flour, tropical fruits, apples, potatoes and onions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners May Challenge Federal Govt.'s 'Freezing' Legislation
SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation would examine its legal position with a view to testing the validity of the Federal Government's freezing of funds, the General President (Mr. I. Williams) said today. Mr. Williams would make no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Pit Forced To Close By Miners' Federation
LITHGOW: Hartley Main No. 2 Colliery, operated by six practical miners in partnership, which continued producing between 50 and 60 tons of coal a day for Katoomba, Lithgow and other hospitals on the Blue Mountains, has been closed under pressure from representatives of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opposition Is Expected To Shifting Of Coal
Unofficial estimates place the amount of coal in trucks and at grass on the South Maitland coalfields at about 30,000 tons. No attempt has yet been reported to move it out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Emergency Bill Debate, Cont. State "Could Open Mines"
The Minister for Housing (Mr. Evatt) said in the Legislative Assembly last night: "I feel we could and will open the mines if we want them open." The Emergency Powers Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.R.U. Leader Leaves Union Talks On Coal
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A leading trade-union official, Mr. J. A. Ferguson, M.L.C., walked out of a conference to-day between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anti-Red Unions Want Arbitration To End Coal Strike
SYDNEY: Moves are being made in Sydney to mobilise the anti-Communist unions in support of the Federal Government's stand that the strike must be settled by arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →F.E.D.F.A, Wont't Man Coal Trains
Members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association today refused to man locomotives to take empty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drastic Penalties In Coal Bill To Operate From June 16
CANBERRA: Drastic penalties are provided in the National Coal Strike Bill introduced in the House of Representatives today by the Attorney-General Dr. Evatt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Too Much Coal May Cause Big Strike In U.S.
NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.): The U.S. is threatened with a major coal strike because of the large amount of coal now above ground. Soft coal mine owners…
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