Miners To Meet On Pension Scheme Refusal
SYDNEY, Friday.—Pit-top meetings on the New South Wales coalfields will be held shortly to discuss the refusal of the Menzies…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Miners' Building Societies Have Approved 684 Home Loans
The 13 Miners' Cooperative Building Societies now in existence in N.S.W. have approved 684 loans to finance building of homes. Disclosing this today, the organiser of the societies (Mr. I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Shipment For Week Down 16,000 Tons
Coal shipments from Newcastle this week were down 16,000 tons on last week. But till early last night three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Voting Queried
The voting returns on a decision of the miners Northern Board of Management about the position of district secretary has been questioned by a lodge official…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Do You Know? Fool's gold What is fool's gold?
It is the name usually given to iron or copper pyrites, which resemble gold in color. It ran be distinguished from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Left Unlikely To Gain Miners' Post
Endorsement by northern miners' lodges of the decision of the Board of Management that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Mines Idle In North Today
Stoppages at four northern coal mines today caused a loss of output of 1570 tons. Three mines were completely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Dilemma On Coal And Steel
The cautious approach of the British Government to the Schuman plan for pooling the steel and coal industries of Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Labor Govt. "Intends To Raise Miners' Pensions"
If it were necessary, a State Labor Government would bring down a bill to increase miners' pensions and defy the Federal Government, Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A. for Kurri, said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Appointment
Manager of the State mine at Lithgow (Mr. A. G. Pellow) has accepted a transfer to the Burragorang Valley where he will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners To Test Act's Validity
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Miners' Federation will challenge the validity of the Communist Party Dissolution Bill immediately it becomes law…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stoppages At Five Northern Mines
Stoppages at five mines to-day caused a loss of 1890 tons on the Northern field. Disputes were responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners Seek Talks on New Machine
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Miners' Federation will seek a conference with the Joint Coal Board on the conditions under which the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Coal Output Loss 1400 Tons
Stoppages at four Northern mine yesterday caused a production loss of about 1400 tons of coal. Stanford Main No. 2 colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Board To Seek Coal At Munmorah
The Mining Warden (Mr. J. Duncan) granted permission at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday to the Joint Coal Board to prospect for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Durban Coal Exports At Highest Level
DURBAN, Tues. (A.A.P.). — Coal exports from Durban are expected to reach this month their highest level for three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners to Meet on Pension Scheme Refusal
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation to-day decided to hold pit-top meetings of members to "discuss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners to Seek Withdrawal of Penalties Move
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Miners' Federation would apply for the withdrawal of an application for more stringent conditions in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Brief Gold Smuggler Caught In Ceylon
Ceylon Customs officers brought off their biggest haul in recent years when they caught a passenger trying to get 161b of gold into the country. TOPER.—The world's young-…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Canine Mine Detector
Royal Engineers in England recently gave a display of mine detection, in which they used dogs trained to sit down immediately they detected a mine. This engineer adjusts detector equipment on the dog, which sits down till the danger marker is removed…
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