Amendment To Miners' Long Service Act
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The House of Representatives to-day passed a bill to amend the States Grants (Coal Mining Industry Long…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Spine Injured By Fall Of Coal
Caught by a fall of coal in Newstan Colliery yesterday, Harry Rowe, 37, of Government-road, Blackalls, shotfirer, had his spine…
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The Hunter River floods and the general strike on the southern coalfields today dealt a crippling blow at N.S.W. coal production. On the northern field the day's loss of output, due mainly to wet weather, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Coast Miners' Move No-Strike Order To Be Defied
WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—South Coast miners will hold a 24-hour stoppage to-morrow in defiance of a no-strike order issued by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →10,000-Ton Coal Loss By Flood, Truck Shortage
Floods and a shortage of waggons in the North yesterday caused another loss of nearly 10,000 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Emergency To Lift Coal
Emergency road and rail services will operate throughout the week-end to lift as much as possible of the 60,000 tons of coal floodhound on the Cessnock field. The coal will be brought over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortage Aggravated By Derailment
A derailment near Hexham Railway Station last night aggravated the gas coal supply to Sydney, where rationing is being considered. An engine and four hoppers of coal were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cardiff Move On Coal Lorries
From Monday, coal lorries from Cardiff pits will be prohibited on residential streets, and their loads will be restricted to registration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Coal Found in South Australia
ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The existence of more than five million more tons of coal capable of extraction by open-cut mining had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Action Against Miners' Branch—Strike Draws Summons
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State Industrial Registrar (Mr. J. Kelleher) has issued a summons against the Southern District of the Miners' Federation for having held an illegal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S Gold Stocks Fall After Devaluation
WASHINGTON: Gold holdings of the United States Government have declined more than 370 million dollars since the foreign currency devaluation last September, it is stated here…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Weather Causes 19,500 Ton Loss Of Coal
Floods and shortages of railway waggons caused an output loss of about 19,500 tons of coal on the Northern and Western fields…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →B.H.P. Acquires Gold Mine Option
Broken Hill Pty. Ltd. has taken a two-year option over a group of nine leases at the north end of the Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie, for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners' Claims For Compensation
Judge Lamond heard claims by four mine employees at the sitting of the Workers' Compensation Commission at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Discipline For Preventing Mine Stoppages
SYDNEY, Friday.— The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) said to-day that he favoured the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners To Chose New Secretary
The miners' Northern Board of Management on Monday will discuss the appointment of a secretary to succeed Mr. J. B. Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Hatch Of Coal Heats; Discharged
One hatch of small coal in the interstate collier Aldinga had to be discharged on Thursday night. The coal was heating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Regal Gold Revelled In Heavy Going
SYDNEY: Regal Gold (B. Moon), revelling in the heavy going, outclassed the remainder of the fillies when she won the Winter Nursery Handicap by a length and a half at Randwick today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Coal Life Hampered By Continuous Heavy Rain
Continuing heavy rain is hampering the attempts of coal and rail authorities to clear the huge tonnage locked up by floodwaters on the Cessnock field. The coal lift by road and rail, has been impeded by:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Lift of Gas Coal
About 9500 tons of coal—mainly gas— was transported from the Maitland coalfield at the week-end. A spokesman for the Joint…
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