Five Northern Mines Idle
Disputes at five Northern mines yesterday caused a loss of 1700 tons of coal. At Stanford Main No. 2…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Poll Suggested On Mine Subsidence
Wallsend Chamber of Commerce asked Newcastle City Council to hold a referendum in West Ward with the municipal elections in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Coal Loss 2940 Tons
Losses of coal output on the northern coalfields today totalled 2940 tons. Among the mines out of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Work Order For Lithgow Mine When Talks Fail
LITHGOW, Tuesday.—Following the failure of yesterday's conference, the Local Coal Authority and Chairman of the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Board Post Offered To Mr. Cochrane
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The chairmanship of the Joint Coal Board had been offered to the Queensland Electricity Commissioner (Mr. S…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. "Model" State For Miners' Leave
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—New South Wales was a model for other States is providing long-service leave for miners, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Shortages Debated "Causing £100M. a Year Loss"
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Australia's coal shortage was causing a production loss of £100 million a year, Mr. Wentworth (Lib., N.S.W.) said in the House of Representatives to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Drives Our Trains
DO YOU KNOW... ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE TONS OF COAL MINED IN N-S-W. IS NEEDED BY…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Plant For Northern Mine
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Joint Coal Board will install a Joy Sullivan "continuous miner" in the small New South Wales Newstan colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State's Coal Loss 9000 Tons
Disputes and wet weather yesterday caused a loss of more than 9000 tons of coal on three New South Wales fields…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Seek Inquiry On Skip Shortage
John Darling Miners' Lodge would ask the Joint Coal Board to hold an immediate inquiry into an alleged shortage of skips at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Seek Holiday Award Case Removal
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) will hear an application by the Miners' Federation on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain Caused Big Coal Output Loss
Wet weather caused a big proportion of the coal production loss of 3800 tons on the northern field to-day. Eight mines were idle and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Announces £22,500 Grants
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Joint Coal Board to-day announced grants totalling £22,500 for educational building, research and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Long Service Pay Likely July 1
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—First payments under the proposed long service leave to miners would be made from July 1, provided a small…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Finance Sought For Coal Point-rd
Coal Point Progress Association will ask Toronto Urban Area Committee to support its claim for Lake Macquarie Shire Council to take…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →M.L. A. Wants State Mine At Cessnock
Mr. W. Crook, A.L.P. candidate for Cessnock and the sitting member, said last night that if he were returned one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockrington Colliery Closes Again
The management of Stockrington No. 2 colliery obtained permission yesterday to close the [?] down again, as the result…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Likely Coal Board Head
Mr. S. F. Cochrane, Queensland Electricity Commissioner, who has been invited to become Chairman of the Joint Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Support Miners' Opposition To Mechanisation
In a joint statement on election policy the Coalfields Communist candidates Mrs. N. Simm (Kurri) and Mr. J. Tapp (Cessnock) promised support for miners' opposition to…
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