Cookery Points In The Coal Crisis
MORE THAN half the inquiries that came to me last week on emergency cooking problems concerned the use of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1949
2,299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 115
Cabinet Talks About Maitland Coal Lift
SYDNEY: The question of working open cut mines in New South Wales will come before State Cabinet later for full discussion, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chifley's Hint On Open Cut Mine Control
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Mr. Chifley to-night hinted at the possibility of the Government mobilising for temporary control…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Grase" Coal Lifted In Cessnock Area
A start was made today with the shifting of "grass" coal at Aberdare Centra and Neath collieries, in the Cessraock area. Mechanical loaders are moving 650 tons at Aberdare Central and 400 torts at Neath into railway waggons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Casey Urges Removal Of Open-Cut Coal
The Federal president of the Liberal Party (Mr. R. G. Casey) today urged the immediate removal of many thousands of tons of coal cut at northern open-cut mines before the strike. Mr. Casey spent the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.L.P. Urges Miners To Call Meetings
A conference in Newcastle yesterday of delegates from A.L.P. branches in the Newcastle and Coalfield areas urged mineworkers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ministers See "Turn Of Tide" In Coal Strick
CANBERRA: Ministers in Canberra claimed today that "the tide, has turned" in the coal strike. They say the A.L.P. campaign Is now beginning to make…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →200 Troops Are Ready To Work Open-Cut Mines
SYDNEY: The 200 army men on stand-by at Ingleburn to work the open cut mines if called upon, are ready to get on with the job, a senior officer said today. Led by Major B. Trend, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Queensland Miners Resume
BRISBANE.—There are more miners working in pits in the Rosewood district now than there were before the coal strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Transport Slows Down
Now that coal in waggons at pit-heads on the South Maitland field has been moved by rail, the coal lift is becoming slower. This is because coal at grass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwaymen to Discuss Coal Handling
A combined meeting of members of Port Waratah and Broadmeadow sub-branches of the Australian Railways Union will be held next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Engines Ran Out of Coal
THE SERIOUS coal position in the Railway Department was illustrated when two trains travelling from the North ran…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All "Gras," Coal Lifted This Week
All the 6000 tons of coal "at grass" on the northern coalfields would be lifted within two or three days, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike "Political Stunt:" Mr. James
Mr. R. James, M.H.R., said yesterday that he stood for arbitration in the coal strike, which he condemned as the result of a political stunt by the Communists…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Mines to Resume Decision In Queensland
SYDNEY, Monday.—Miners at Callide open cut, 82 miles from Gladstone, Queensland will resume work not later than Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Miners Now Trapping Rabbits To Support Families
Hundreds of miners in the Cessnock district are supporting themselves and their families by trapping and shooting rabbits and making forays into outlying country areas for vegetables and fruit. The rabbiting and foraging…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Waiting at Muswellbrook, Says Mr. Casey
The Federal President of the Liberal Party (Mr. R. G. Casey) said last night in a broadcast that he saw on Sunday 100,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men Withdrawn From Aberdare Colliery
Following the withdrawal of F.E.D. and F.A. men from Aberdare Colliery yesterday, members of the Miners' Federation, mostly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Grass" Coal Loaded
MOVING COAL.—A policeman stands by as a steam shovel is put to work moving the first coal at grass at Neath, on the northern fields…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Fined For Lightning Strike
LONDON, July 19. A.A.P.—Judge Richardson, in the County Court at Sunderland to-day ordered that £913 should be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →