Hope Abandoned For Trapped Miners
OTTAWA, June 18. A.A.P.—All hope has been abandoned for five men who were trapped in a flooded coalmine tunnel at Cadomin,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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French View On Coal And Steel Pool
PARIS, Mon. (A.A.P.). — The French Foreign Minister (M. Schuman) said yesterday that his proposed European coal and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Gas May Have Caused Hotel Blast
MELBOURNE: Experts said today that either a strong leakage of coal gas, ignited by a small flame, or a heavy charge of high explosive caused the explosion which rocked the heart of the city yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Milk Board Against Mining At Hexham
The Milk Board today indicated that it would oppose open-cut coal mining in Hexham dairy farming areas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russia Sells Gold To Buy Trouble "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, June 18.—The possibility that Russian gold was being used to pay spies and increase subversive activities in Western…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Bank-up Expected at Pits; Railway Line Still Flooded
With the privately-owned South Maitland Railways Line between Cessnock and East Greta Junction out of operation because of the floods, it may not be possible to clear more than a fraction of the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Private Railways Move Coal From Northern Mines
Although the privately-owned South Maitland railway line was still cut by floodwaters near East Greta Junction today, trains began to move coal produced on the Cessnock field yesterday over the Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Board Granted Prospect Licences
The Mining Warden (Mr. J. Duncan) granted three applications in Newcastle Courthouse yesterday to the Joint Coal Board to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Board To Choose New Secretary
The Miners' Northern Board of Management would meet early next week to consider his resignation and the appointment of a new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Mine To Stop Over Pension
Richmond Main colliery would stop work to-day as a protest against anomalies in the Mine-workers' Pensions Act, the lodge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Coal Trains By-Pass Floods
A limited number of trains carrying coal from Abermain and Hebburn mines, on the South Maitland field, are traversing the J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham private line to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jewellery Of Gold, Cork And Twine
PARIS, (O.S.R.): Newest jewellery in Paris and London is made of cork, string and twine in the most fascinating styles. In Paris. Jean Desses thread-…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Weather Causes 7000-Ton Loss Of Coal
Rain and heavy seas caused a State coal loss yesterday of about 7000 tons. Disputes at three collieries in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners To Ask Coal Board To Fill Open Cut
A deputation including the Northern miners' Vice-president (Mr. Cockerill) a Districl Check Inspector (Mr. J. Barrett), and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods Cause More Big Coal Losses
Floodings and heavy seas yesterday caused another heavy coal loss on the Northern and Western fields and affected one colliery in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board Post Accepted By Mr. Cochran
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Queensland Electricity Commissioner (Mr. S. F. Cochran) has been appointed Chairman of the Joint Coal Board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal To Cranes Maintained By Private Line
Coal coming to Newcastle by the private Richmond Vale railway line is keeping stocks, at the Carrington cranes above danger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Tribunal Told: Incentives Paid "Under The Lap"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Incentive payments were being paid to some miners "tinder the lap" to produce more coal, a miners' lodge official told the Coal Industry Tribunal to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All Mining In Broken Hill May Shut Down
BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.— A complete shut-down of all Barrier mines is expected to follow an order by the companies that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trucks Wanted To Lift Coal
The Joint Coal Board last night appealed to owners of suitable motor trucks to make them available for the transport of gas coal from Elringtons colliery to Newcastle…
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