Floods Expose Coal in Qld
MACKAY.—Backed by the Mackay Council, 20 men left today for Nebo to investigate the possibility of starting an…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
2,299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 62 of 115
37 Miners Escape From Flood Waters
MILAN, July 19. A.A.P.—Thirty seven miners, trapped 300ft. underground by flood waters in a quarry near Milan, for 16 hours, came out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters To The Editor Chinese Coal
I REMEMBER, as a child, often seeing the harbour at Newcastle. N.S.W., filled with idle shipping. In those days—the 80's and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →110ft. Coal Seam Found In Bore
CLERMONT.—A seam of coal 110 feet thick has been found by a bore at Blair Athol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Union Won't Re-bank £23,000
SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation will not return to the bank money drawn out, which resulted in miners' leaders being gaoled. The acting general president…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese To Dump Coal In The Sea
TOKYO, July 19. A.A.P. Reuter.—About 22,000 tons of coal will be dumped in the [?]ea off the south of Japan by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal From Grass Arrives At Zara-street
Coal is again coming into Zara-street powerhouse. The picture shows some of the truckloads of coal, lifted from grass, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Check Inspector Sees Danger In Open-cut Mines
Open cuts created a danger to underground coal workings, the Northern Miners' Check Inspector (Mr. J. Barrett) said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Lift Approved By A.R.U. Branch
Newcastle sub-branch of the A.R.U. last night adopted a resoluction endorsing the decision of the State Council of the union to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CHIFLEY, McGIRR to Meet Again Sydney Talks On Coal Strike
Mr. Chifley will fly to Sydney to-day for further talks on the coal crisis with the Premier (Mr. McGirr) and senior New South Wales Ministers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alberdare Colliery "Reasonably Safe"
Aberdare Colliery, where there were recent heatings in three sections, was now "reasonably safe," said the District Miners' Check Inspector (Mr. J. Barrett) today…
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The secretary of Abermain Miners' Area Committee (Mr. G. Neilly) today denied a statement by Mr. W. Mahon…
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A miners' area committee meeting, similar to those held at Kurri Kurri and Cessnock yesterday, will be held at Swansea at 2.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fall in State Mine
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—A substantial fall in one of the main haulage roads to the State Mine, the biggest single, producer on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Officials Confer at Kurri
Miners' officials who conferred before the area meeting at Kurri Kurri yesterday—Messrs. W. Mahon, Secretary of Kurri Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters To The Editor Mine Mechanisation
THE COMPLETE mechanisation of coalmines would not cause concern were it not that, unless miners obtained shorter working…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners At Kurri Kurri Area Meeting
Mineworkers crowded Kurri Kurri School of Arts yesterday for an area meeting. (Reports this page and page 2)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Dump For Pensioners' Fuel Promised
The Manager of the B.H.P. Company (Mr. K. Butler) had agreed to make an old coal dump at one of the company's mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal 'At Water' May Be Lifted Again
TOKYO, July 20, A.A.P.-Reuter.—The 20,000 tons of coal to be dumped in the sea off the south of Japan will be placed in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Meetings May Indicate Coal Strike Moves
Meetings of mineworkers to-day and tomorrow in Muswell-brook, Singleton and Gunnedah will show whether any…
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