Queensland Drilling For Coal Approved
BRISBANE, Thursday.—To test Burrum coal deposits, in the Maryborough district, the State Government has decided to spend…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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Shiftman Killed By Coal Fall
Edwin Mellors, 42, of Wood-street, Redhead, a shiftman at Burwood colliery, was killed when about two tons of coal fell on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain Results In Coal Output Losses
The rain yesterday prevented five mines from working, for a production loss of about 1900 tons. Disputes at four other Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5500 Tons Of Coal Lost In North Today
Idleness of mines on the northern coalfields today caused an estimated drop in output of 5500 tons. The greater part of this loss was caused by the weather and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Shipments Lower
Coal shipments from Newcastle this week were down 6300 on last week and 22,000 tons on the previous week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Mines Idle In North
Six mines were idle in the North yesterday for a production loss of more than 4400 tons of coal. There were no disputes. The wet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smoking Coal Taken From Ship
ADELAIDE, Friday.—About 15 tons of smoking coal was taken from the oversea freighter, West Bengal, at Osborne to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seamen's Stand Preventing Coal Shipments
SYDNEY, Friday.—Members of the Seamen's Union were refusing to man ships to prevent the interstate shipping of coal, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"No Log Case" If Mines Stop
SYDNEY, Friday.—Miners should reconsider the position if they thought he would hear their log of claims after they had stopped production, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fowl Had Gold In Gizzard
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Mrs. D. Stephens, a smallgoods shopkeeper, of Prahran, found more than 50 pieces of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mine Packing Criticised At U.S. Inquiry
NEW YORK, June 9. A.A.P.—An Army expert told the Coastguard Board of Inquiry yesterday that the anti-tank mines which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Regal Gold Compensates Owner for Bad Spain
SYDNEY: Racing up on the inside in the straight, Regal Gold beat American Edition in a photo-finish for the June Nursery at Randwick today. The favorite. Serenity was third. Regal Gold's win compensat-…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Move For Mine Subsidence Act Poll
A request that the Minister for Mines (Mr. Dickson) suspend the Mines Subsidence Act proclamation in the West Ward until a Local Government poll be taken was carried by a meeting of the combined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Retired Miners' Pension Move
The Northern District Retired Mine Pensioners' Board will be represented at miners' meetings called to demand that pensions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Stoppage Called
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Federation Central Executive to-day decided to call a one-day stoppage on Monday on coalfields in four States…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Mines Idle In North
Four Northern mines were idle yesterday for a production loss of about 1200 tons of coal. Stockrington No. 2 colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Decision Urged In Miners' Pension Scheme
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Federal Government's attitude towards increased pensions to retired miners had been communicated to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Protest On Mine Pensions Cuts Output
An outbreak of stoppages in protest against alleged anomalies in the Mineworkers' Pensions Act…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Board To Help With Pool Plan Cost
The Joint Coal Board advised Newcastle Council Works Committee last night that it was prepared to accept responsibility for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inclined Drift At Lithgow Mine
Reasonably satisfactory progress was being made at the State Mine, Lithgow, with the sinking of an inclined drift…
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