Reports To Miners' Management Board
The Northern District President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. Neilly) reported to the Northern District…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Fete For Coal Point Association
Coal Point Progress Association held a bushland fete at the home of the President (Mr. W. G. Stewart) at Carey Bay on Saturday…
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I AM amused at the refusal of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation to cooperate with Mr. Menzies in coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend Miners' Annual Picnic
More than 100 miners with their wives and families from Boston No. 2 and Mt. Morgan Collieries at Wallsend held their…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' Hopes For Pensions Act Changes
The Northern Miners' Board of Management was told yesterday that the State and Federal Governments had promised to give sympathetic…
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PITTSBURGH, Mon. (AAP).—Roving pickets made sure today that every major soft coal mine in the U.S. remained…
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Coal reserves were small, but there was no immediate danger, a spokesman for the Joint Coal Board said in Sydney yesterday. The Minister for Transport…
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LONDON, Tues. (O.S.R).—Payment for flour on the Spanish blackmarket created by the failure of the wheat crop is being made chiefly in gold wedding rings. This is the easiest way of satisfying the smugglers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Coal Output Slumps Again With 11 Mines Idle
Coal production on the northern field slumped again today. Eleven mines were idle and two others partly out of production for an output loss of 7600 tons. Despite the opposition of the…
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The General Officer Commanding Eastern Command (Lieut.-General Berriman) walked unconcernedly over a minefield at Gan Gan…
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NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.): Governor Dewey was given emergency powers by the New York State legislature today to deal with a grave situation caused by the coal strike…
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The Northern Miners' Board of Management yesterday rejected a move for aggregate meetings to protest against the recent decision…
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Loss of coal output on the northern field today remained high at 5580 tons. Nine mines were idle…
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Resentment was expressed today by the Miners' Northern Management Board at moves to tighten clauses governing payment for annual and statutory holidays…
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While three mines were idle and two others were partly idle as a protest against the recent decision on wheelers' rates, the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Crook Moves On Ex-service Miners' Pension
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Crook, M.L.A. for Cessnock, gave notice at to-day's Caucus meeting of his intention to move that…
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On a notice of motion from Bloomfield No. 2 lodge, the Northern Miners' Board of Management yesterday decided that the 1950…
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Leslie Checkley, 19, a winch-driver at Rhondda Colliery, was injured while working at the mine today, suffering a probable…
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Members of Coal Point Progress Association held a surprise farewell party last night for the Secretary of the association (Miss…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Galagher) on Thursday will proceed to hear an application by coalowners to deal with an application made on April 8,…
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