Finger Severed in Mine Stone Fall
Harry Padman, 38, of Fourth-street, Boolaroo, a miner at Stockton Borehole, had the top of the index finger on the right hand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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8700-Ton Coal Loss In North
The coal production loss in the North yesterday was 8700 tons— 3700 tons as a result of disputes, 5000 tons because of the effect…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Still Disrupt Coal Train Schedules
Continuing rain on the northern Coalfields has disrupted plans for early restoration of normal coal train schedules. This means that production on the field is still well below…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Runaway Skip Injures Four Men In Mine
LITHGOW, Thursday.—Four miners were seriously injured at Kandos colliery to-day when a skip, out of control, raced down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters To the Editor Miners and Communists
COMMUNISTS are again trying to disrupt all industries. They are sending leaflets to all miners' lodges, asking them to vote on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shipments Rise Slightly
Shipments of coal from Newcastle increased slightly this week. A total of 16,400 tons of coal went to Victoria, 16,650 tons went…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Coal Loss Again Heavy
The coal production loss on the Northern Coalfield yesterday was about 7500 tons. Five mines on strike were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miner Injured By Fall Of Coal
Robert Ingle, 23, of West-avenue, Cessnock, a miner at Aberdare colliery, was struck by a fall of coal. He suffered severe head injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Science Helps the Mining Industry
Five days a week in a steady stream, clipper boys and veteran miners deputies and machine men, colliery clerks and under-managers from the Newcastle coalfields pass through the pleasant waiting-room of the Joint Coal Board's squat brick building in Darby-st., Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →8 Mines Idle In North
With eight mines idle, loss of coal output on the northern field today was 4340 tons. Flood conditions and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Coal Board Chief Takes Over
SYDNEY.—The new chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran), who succeeded Mr. K. A. Cameron, took…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Dispute Settled
The Northern Miners' Board of Management agreed yesterday to a settlement of the Millfield Greta dispute. The lodge will meet this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Tribute To Judge
Mr. J. B. Simpson, M.L.A., attending his last Miners' Management Board meeting yesterday, following his resignation as District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Experts On Mine Heating
The formation of a committee of experts to deal with the prevalence of heating in collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Man Killed By Mine Cage
Donald Connolly, about 45, of Sixth-street, Boolaroo, was fatally injured when jammed by the cage in the pit-top workings of Stockton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Trains Not Before
Coal trains from the Cessnock area would not be able to pass over the South Maitland line before Thursday or Friday at the earliest,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Coal "Will Be Provided"
SYDNEY, Monday.—The job of providing more coal "can be done and will be done." The new Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mechanisation Of Qid, Mine "Not Banned"
BRISBANE.—The secretary of the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union (Mr. T. M. Millar) denied today that miners…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mr. Arthur To Inspect Bellbird Mine
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) will inspect Bellbird colliery on Thursday. Mr. J. W. Crook, M.L.A., who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"No Progress In Queensland Mines Since 1921
BRISBANE, Monday.—With few exceptions, Queensland coalmines had not improved since 1921, the President of the Queensland…
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