U.K. Miners To Discipline Communists
LONDON, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—The Yorkshire area of the National Union of Mineworkers decided overwhelmingly yesterday to begin…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Treble Rates If Miners Work Holiday
SYDNEY, Monday. — Treble rates are to be paid to members of the Combined Mining Unions if they work on Anniversary Day—…
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Poor quality coal and overworked engines were mainly responsible for the soot and ash that soiled housewives' washing at Tighe's Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burgowan Mine Dispute Ends, But Still Meet
BRISBANE, Monday. — Coalminers throughout the State will hold aggregate meetings on Wednesday despite the settlement of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Will Votes Tomorrow On Anniversary Day Shift
New South Wales coahniners will vote tomorrow on a proposal to work collieries on the Anniversary Day holiday next Monday. Following talks between the Joint Coal Board and the Com…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miss J. D. Miners
Miss Joan Doris Miners, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Miners, of Bourke-street, Adamstown, died suddenly. She is…
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The coal production loss throughout the State yesterday was 4000 tons. Mines idle in the North were.—…
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SYDNEY.— The Local Coal Authority at Lithgow (Mr. Campbell Roy), who was one of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Killed in Mine Accident
Robert Brown, locomotive driver, of Kurri Kurri, was killed in an accident at Elrington colliery late last night…
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Greater Newcastle Works Committee decided to recommend to the council that it accept an offer of £233 from the Joint Coal Board…
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An application by the Joint Coal Board for electricity supply, to its open cut mine at Greta was approved by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board Aid for Marks Point
The District Mining Engineer of the Joint Coal Board has advised the Lake Council that Marks Point has been classed as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Likely To Vote For Work On Holday
Northern miners today are expected to vote for work on the Anniversary Day holiday next Monday. A ballot of all mining unions was taken on the proposal at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →B.H.P. Coal Stocks Were Low
The day the miners returned to work, Broken Hill Pty. Ltd. coal stocks were almost nonexistent, as this joint Coal…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Immediate setting up of a State Coal Board to put into effect the union's programme for pit and…
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Northern and Southern New South Wales mineworkers decided yesterday by a big majority to work on the Australia Day holiday on Monday…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday. — Ald. Campbell Roy, 61, Western Coal Authority, and Chairman of the Local Coal Reference Board,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holiday Work Will Boost Coal Output
The majority decision by N.S.W. coalminers to work on the Australia Day holiday on Monday is expected to boost production considerably in the next week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Graded Coal Sought To Reduce Smoke
"We should start battering at the Coal Board to produce graded coal; the board is doing nothing at present," Mr. L. Stewart (colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Loss Down To 3207 Tons
The Joint Coal Board estimated the State's coal loss yesterday at 3207 tons—1893 tons in the North and 1314 tons in the South. All…
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