South Maitland Big Coal Lift
The coal haul of South Maitland Railways early this week was the heaviest for three consecutive days this year, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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Application for Vote on Mine Code
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) decided to-day to hear in Newcastle, on Tuesday, an application for a secret ballot of Northern miners on…
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SYDNEY.—Iron and steel refining undertakings consumed 534,000 tons of coal from a total of 2,264,000 tons used…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steel Lag Due to Coal Shortage
CANBERRA.—Full production of steel was not being attained because of the shortage of coal, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Big Men In Mind" For Coal Board Post
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Federal and State Governments had a number of "big men" in mind for the vacancy created by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2500 Tons Coal Lost Today in the North
Northern-field coal production loss today as a result of stoppages of work was 2500 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Colliery Accident
When he was jammed between skips at Aberdare Central Colliery today, Reginald Hall (16), a clipper, of Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal Board Without Chairman
SYDNEY.—The Joint Coal Board, it is understood, has been without a chairman since last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bulli Miners Work To-day
WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—Rulli miners, after a lodge meeting to-day, decided to resume work to-morrow…
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With only one mine completely idle and another partly out of operation, the northern coalfields had a good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Seas Delay Wallarah Coal Shipments
Rough seas are preventing colliers from loading about 3000 tons of coal from Wallarah colliery's jetty at Catherine Hill Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Doctor To Be Honoured
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Chief Medical Officer of the Joint Coal Board (Dr. W. E. George) will be honoured at a special general…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Coal Loss Almost 3000 Tons
Coal production loss in the North yesterday was almost 3000 tons, three mines being idle. The idle mines were.—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lack Of Trucks May Cause Coal Dumping
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Joint Coal Board is faced with a new problem—the supply of railway trucks to lift the near-record…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Town Talks
Personalities at the conference at Catherine Hill Bay yesterday to discuss the future progress of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →55 Die in Ruhr Disaster Blast Traps Miners
LONDON, May 21. A.A.P.—Fifty-five miners are dead as the result of an explosion in the Dahlbusch coalmine near Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen, in the Ruhr,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Man Favored As New Coal Board Chief
SYDNEY. — The Queensland Electricity Commissioner (Mr. S. F. Cochrane) is expected to be appointed chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Board Concern On Coal At Grass
Concern at the accumulation of coal stocks adjacent to open cuts in the Singleton area was expressed by the Northern Miners' Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joint Coal Board Accused Of "Fence-Sitting" On Miners' Holidays
The Joint Coal Board's attitude towards the miners' holiday award case over the past two years had been "fantastic and fencesitting," the secretary of Northern Collieries Ltd. (Mr. H. Gregory Forster) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Secretary Congratulated
Northern Miners' Board of Management today congratulated the Northern Miners' Secretary (Mr. J. Simpson) on…
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