Mine Stoppage Application Hearing Today
SYDNEY: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) will hear an application late today for…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Five Mines idle In North Today
Idleness of five mines on the northern coalfields today caused a drop in output of 2110 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Mining Stoppage
If Monday's proposed mining stoppage occurs, members of the Federated 'Mining Mechanics' Association Will take no part in it. A…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Flooded Mine In West To Resume Soon
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—After having been out of production for about eight weeks because of flooding, Vale of Clwydd colliery is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Could Beat Inflation, Says Mr. Treatt
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A determined coal-getting policy was the test of any Government's sincenty if it wanted to beat inflation, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Coal Loss Rises To 8000 Tons
Five Northern mines were idle yesterday as a protest against the Federal Government's refusal to agree to amendments to the retired…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Compulsory Coal Conference In Bid To Avert Strike
SYDNEY: Miners' leaders flew from Queensland today to attend a compulsory conference called by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) this afternoon on the threatened four-States coal hold-up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Claim For Mine Pensioners
The Miners' Federation had claimed that six tons of household coal a year should be supplied to mine pensioners, the Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Rain Dirupts Work In Coal Mines
Continuing heavy rain disrupted work at several coal mines on the northern field today. The wet weather caused more than half of the northern field…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shotfirer Killed At Burwood Mine
Thomas Norris. 46, of Whitebridge, a shotfirer, at Burwood mine, was fatally injured yesterday when some skips moved back over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Progress In Lithgow Mine Expansion
The sinking of an inclined drift at the State Coalmine, Lithgow, to open up a large area of virgin coal for mechanised mining was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Mines Idle In North
On the Northern field six mines were idle yesterday for a production loss of about 2300 tons of coal. Three of the mines—open cuts—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Stoppage May Be Dropped
SYDNEY, Thursday.—As a result of a four-hour conference to-day a one-day strike by miners on Monday may be called off. A rift is believed to have developed…
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SYDNEY: The Miners Federation central executive today agreed to call off stopwork meetings on the coalfields next Monday. Miners' representatives told…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Week's Coal Exports
Coal exports from Newcastle this week totalled 51,950 tons. Sydney industries received 26,000 tons; Victorian customers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain Stopped 20 Mines
Wet weather yesterday stopped production at 20 mines in the State and caused a loss of more than 10,000 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stoppage By Deputies At Three Mines
Last night's decision by the Board of Management of the Maitland Deputies' Association to withdraw its members…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stoppages Called Off Miners' Leaders Admit Split
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Miners' Federation Central Executive to-night admitted a split among federation officials had caused proposed stoppages on Monday to be called off. This is the first time miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Decline To Go Below: Flooding Fear
All mineworkers, including safety men, at Aberdare Extended Colliery declined to go below yesterday because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Colt Wins Ascot Gold Cup
LONDON, June 16. A.A.P.— The English colt Supertello, 10-1, brought the Ascot Gold Cup back to England to-day when he held off…
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