Mine Mechanics Against Merger
Members of the Mining Mechanics' Association decided by a two-to-one majority against a proposal to amalgamate with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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Miners Resume In Broken Hill
BROKEN HILL, Monday.— Miners who have been out of work in a dispute since last Monday will return to work, starting at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Chief, Minister Confer
SYDNEY, Monday.—The new Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cochran) conferred in Sydney to-day with the Minister for Fuel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' New Secretary Mr. J. Appleton
The Northern Miners' Board of Management yesterday appointed Mr. J. Appleton Secretary of the Northern miners' district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Lift Today On Rail Link
Thirteen trains are scheduled to lift 4000 tons of coal on the Richmond Vale rail link…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Talks Refused On New Mining Machine
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Joint Coal Board has refused a request by the Miners' Federation for a conference on the use of a new…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Geologist for Coal Board
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Mr. K. G. Mosher, who has been in charge of coal investigation work in South Australia, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →12 Mines Idle Today in North
Twelve mines on the northern coalfields were idle today for a loss of output of 3450 tons The Hunter Valley floods are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Nugget Found On Country Road
MELBOURNE. — An old prospector, Mr. Roy Baker, picked up a gold nugget while walking along a country road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loss Of 9000 Tons; Bulk By Flood
Coal production loss on the Northern coalfields yesterday was about 9000 tons. Flooding caused most of the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disputes Stop 3 Northern Mines
The northern field's coal production loss today due to stoppages was 4530 tons. Thirteen mines were idle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →15,000 Miners Out In U.K.
LONDON, July 5. A.A.P.—More than 15,000 coalminers, in Scotland and Wales were on strike over a pay issue. Other strikes in Britain are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poor Coal Blamed For Ship Tie-up
MELBOURNE: Bunker coal in two ships tied up in Melbourne since last week-end was so poor that it would be unsafe to take the ships to sea, the secretary of the Seamen's Union (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Dispute Likely to Extend
An extension of the Millfield Greta colliery dispute to other mines was inevitable, the Northern Miners' Executive stated yesterday. Speaking on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Best Coal Output Day Since Flood
The northern coalfields today had their best working day since the Hunter River flooded ' last month. With nine mines idle, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →4600 Tons Coal Lost In State
The idleness of 12 Northern mines—nine because of the flood and three over industrial disputes —caused a loss of 4600 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Lift Increased To 85 Trains Daily
The Northern coal lift by rail has been stepped up as the floods recede and the Railway Department now is running 85 trains daily on all coal lines except the South Maitland railways. The South Maitland line is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shipments Below Normal
Coal shipments from Newcastle during the week were again lower than normal. A total of 49,720 tons left the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Move To Widen Mine Dispute
The Northern Miners' Executive yesterday took steps to extend the Millfield Greta mine dispute. The Executive said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters To the Editor Miners' Leadership
IN my previous letter I referred to the action of the Northern Miners' District Executive in opposing aggregate meeting which…
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