To-day's Coal For South
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Coal pro0thccd from Northern New South Wales mines to-morrow will be sent to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide for use by essential services…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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No Absenteeism When Northern Miners Resumed Today
Northern miners resumed today without any industrial disputes after three weeks' holidays. Production is expected to reach approximately 34,000 tons. There was little absenteeism…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Return To Work
The miners went back to work yesterday after their Christmas holidays. Top pictures show miners coming out of Burwood…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Presentations To Mine Officials
Presentations to officials of Caledonian Collieries Ltd. were made at the second annual function of the staff social club…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loading Of Coal Starts Again
Loading of the first coal to leave Newcastle for more than three weeks began at the cranes at 10 o'clock last night. It is expected that the first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By Coal Trimmers Officers Elected
All executive officers of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Union retained their positions in the recent union ballot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Petrol Extracted From Coal
WASHINGTON, Mon. (O.S.R.): Petrol made from coal during petroleum shortages is commercially practical, according to the U.S. Secretary for the Interior, Mr. Oscar L. Chapman. Tests in a U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →25,000 U.S. Miners on Strike
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 9. A.A.P.At least 25,000 miners in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky, struck work early to-day in an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.K. Miners Reject T.U.C. Wage Plan
LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.).—Miners in Scotland, and Lancashire have rejected the T.U.C. wage restraint policy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Drop in Northern Coal Output with 8 Pits Idle
On the second day of resumption after the miners' Christmas holidays, industrial disputes on the Northern fields caused a loss of 3700 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Injures Leg At Colliery
When he was jammed between skips at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery yesterday afternoon, Brian Caban, 18, clipper, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →4100-ton Coal Output Loss
Coal production in the North was down about 4100 tons yesterday—the miners' second working day of the year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Frisky' Horses Stopped Work At Mine To-day
Complaining that horses used in the mine were too frisky, miners at Maitland Main Colliery refused to work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Miners Reject Trade Union Wage-Pegging Scheme
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P. Reuter): The nation's coalminers have rejected the appeal by trade union leaders to back the Labor Government by sacrificing wage increases for 12 months. Leaders fear the disaffection…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Offers Too Big for Shire
Hears that commitments with the Joint Coal Board for public amenities were growing beyond the council's financial capacity were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lewis's Advice to Striking Miners
WASHINGTON. Wed. (AAP)—Mr. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mineworkers, to-day suggested to 77,000 striking…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine Wheelers Object To Frisky Horse
A section of Maitland Main nine employees went home yesterday after one of the wheelers complained that his horse was too frisky…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Mines Idle In North To-day
Disputes involving wheelers at two large northern coal mines today caused a production loss of 2160 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Go Home; Protest Over Domestic Coal
Miners at Stockrington No. 2 Colliery walked off the job this morning when the management refused to sup ply them with additional coal for home use. Miners at Stockrington No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accidental Death Finding On Colliery Tragedy
A finding of accidental death was recorded by the Kurri District Coroner (Mr. W. O. Pickering) yesterday when he inquired into the death of William Edward Edwards (50), a miner of Main-rd.,…
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