Five Men Shot In Clash At Mine
PITTSBURGH, Thursday (A.A.P.).—Five men were shot and wounded today in a clash between 100 pickets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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Week's Coal Loss Was 20,500 Tons
This week's loss of coal output due to stoppages on the northern field was about 20,500 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stop Press Miners' Pensions
If no satisfaction were received in the case of certain applicants for miners' pensions a special meeting of the miners' Northern Management…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Picnic To Zoo
Two trains, with a carrying capacity of 1500 adults, have been engaged for Bellbird miners' lodge picnic on March 4. The committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Output Better Than Year
Despite recent heavy losses of coal production caused by strikes, wet weather and unavoidable stoppages N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Seek Postponement Of Holiday Case
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Miners' Federation has applied to the Coal industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) for postponement of an application…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All-Day Session For Miners' Board
The Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation, which has been holding its annual meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Truck Jumps Rails At Ramp
Work on the coal bins at Port Waratah was held up for about an hour this morning after an empty coal truck had jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Trophy For Women Bowlers
The Joint Coal Board has presented Northumberland Women's Bowling Association with an embossed rose bowl, valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Blair Athol Mine Flooded; Rain Cuts Transport
BRISBANE, Friday.—One of the Blair Athol open-cut coalmines has been flooded, many train services cancelled and aerodromes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leaders Confer On U.S. Mine Strike
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. A.A.P.—The miners' leader (Mr. John L. Lewis) held a secret meeting with the mineowners last night, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Richmond Main Pit Idle on Monday; Miners' Bd. Action
Richmond Main Colliery, one of the biggest mines on the Cessnock field, will be idle on Monday as a result of a decision today by the Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Biggest Ever" Project For Britain's Coal
LONDON, Mon. (Reuter): British coalmining experts are completing a plan for reorganisation of the State-owned industry, which has been called "the biggest thing anyone in the world has ever attempted to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bad Start for Week at Northern Mines
The northern coalfields began the week badly today with an output loss due to stoppages of 7500 tons. Six mines were idle and three others only partly manned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Subsidence Act Described As "Fixed-up Affair"
"This is one of the lowest acts any Government could do, especially a Labor Government, to the working people and I…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Board Scholarships Recommended
SYDNEY, Monday.—First-year awards of Joint Coal Board scholarships have been recommended to the following applicants—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →7500-Ton Coal Loss In North
The coal production loss in the North yesterday was about 7500 tons. Strikes were continued at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drastic Drop In Coal Output Likely
With stoppages in all J. and A. Brown mines almost certain from midnight tomorrow and a loss to-day of 8500 tons of coal because of industrial disputes, production on the northern coalfields this week may be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broadway In Dark Over Coal Shortage
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 A.A.P.—The coal shortage put out Broadway's glittering advertising lights last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →10,000-Ton a Day Coal Loss Threatened
Stoppages are threatened at 10 mines over disputes at Richmond Main and Abermain No. 2 Collieries. These would cause a coal production loss…
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