May Be No Winter Coal Cuts
SYDNEY: If the current rate of coal output is maintained, it is believed that no winter coal cuts will operate this year —…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Coal Board Won't Subsidise Lifesaving Gear
The Joint Coal Board would not subsidise the cost of equipment for surf lifesaving clubs at Redhead, Swansea-Belmont, Caves Beach and Catherine Hill Bay, Cr. J. T. Norris told Lake Macquarie Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Claim Catherine Hill Bay "Abandoned" by Coal Bd
Catherine Hill Bay had been almost abandoned by the Joint Coal Board, Cr. J. T. Norris said at Lake Macquarie Shire Council meeting last night. Cr. Norris was urging that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →5530 Tons Coal Output Loss In North Today
Stoppages on the northern coalfields today caused a coal production loss of 5530 tons. Nine mines were completely…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →1500 Miners In N.Z. Idle Over Dispute On 7/9
AUCKLAND, May 30. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Fifteen hundred workers in 14 Waikato coalmines are striking over a dispute involving 7/9…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Lodge Move
Aberdare Miners' lodge, at a pit top meeting yesterday, carried the following motion— "That we call on the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' New "Breeks"
LONDON. — Miners at Michael Colliery, East Wemyss, Scotland, are being given "green breeks" in a scientific test to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Coast "Clear From Mines"
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Queensland coast from Cairns to Cape York was "as free as possible from mines," Mr. H. Watson,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →11 Mines Idle In North
Loss of coal output on the northern field today due to idleness of mines was 4600 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Coal Loss In North
Disputes at 11 mines in the North yesterday caused a loss of more than 6000 tons of coal. Two other collieries were idle because of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Coal Plant To Work Soon
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Three of the most modern coal-getting machines in the world will go into service in New South Wales mines shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tar Surfacing For Mine Road
The road from Barnsley to Killingworth colliery would be surveyed next week so estimates could be prepared for tar surfacing, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loss High, In North
Disputes at six collieries in the North yesterday caused a loss of more than 5000 tons of coal. A breakdown at another mine caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Stop On Lack Of Sheds
WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—Miners at South Bulli colliery stopped work to-day in protest against the refusal of the Joint Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Output "Not End Of Coal Troubles"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The high rate of coal production on New South Wales coalfields did not mean "we were out of our coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →M.H.R. Tells Why Victoria Imported Coal
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Queensland Government had shown no interest in Callide coal till the Federal Government indicated that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Week's Coal Exports
Good production on the Northern coalfields this week enabled 68,200 tons to be exported from Newcastle for Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fight Coal Pillar Extraction
The N.S.W. Labor Government would not give in on the question of safety in the exraction of pillar coal from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Struck By Coal Train
Mrs. Margaretta Freeburn, widow, 63, of Railway-parade, Kurri Kurri, who was struck by an empty coal train near Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Hit by Coal Train
An elderly woman was admitted to Kurri Hospital late' yesterday afternoon in a serious condition after haying been…
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