3470 Tons Of Coal Were Lost Today
In the north today 13 mines were idle for a coal loss of 3470 tons, industrial disputes being responsible for 1030 tons. Millfield Greta, where a dis-…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Uranium Mines Losing Workers
BERLIN. July 18. A.A.P.—The Soviet uranium mines at Aue (Saxony) have almost run out of workers because of the effects of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →12 Northern Mines Idle
Twelve mines on the northern coalfields were idle today for a loss of output of 6600 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Drivers On Coal Lift Stop
Lorry drivers employed in the transport of coat from Aberdare colliery to Branxton ceased work yesterday. They had asked for a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Rush To Mines At Broken Hill
BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.—Although the scheme for admission of labour for mines has been in operation for a few days, there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Coal Loss Still Due To Rain
Most of the State's 10,000 to coal production yesterday was caused by wet weather. Strikes were continued in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Move to End Strike of Coal Lorry Drivers
Another conference has been called for this afternoon in an attempt to settle a strike of lorry drivers engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Idle Mines Lose 4850 Tons Today
Idleness of 13 mines on the northern coalfields today caused a production loss of 4850 tons. Disputes caused six of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Medical Bureau
The Joint Coal Board's building in Darby-street house the Newcastle Medical Board and Fuel Testing Laboratory. Top: Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' 4000Th Medical Test
The Joint Coal Board's medical bureau in Newcastle expects to examine its 4000th mineworker within a few days. The bureau is one of four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →100 Miners Build Own Homes
More than 100 mineworkers in the year ended June 30 completed building their own homes with the aid of loans from Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Coal Loss in Fire Belt
The Miners' District Check Inspector (Mr. J. Barrett) told the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. Arthur) yesterday that four mill on tons of coal had been lost in Bellbird colliery because of spontaneous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →5800 Tons Of Coal Lost Today
Wet weather and continuing flood conditions in the Maitland area are still causing heavy coal production losses on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →7800-Ton Coal Loss In North
Strikes on the Northern coalfields caused a production loss of about 2000 tons yesterday. Floods were responsible for a loss of 5800 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →60,000 Tons of Coal Shipped
Sixty thousand tons of coal was taken front Newcastle to interstate ports and Sydney this week. Three ships took 18,550 tons to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. J. Parkinson Quits State Mines Position
SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. J. Parkinson had resigned from the State Mines Control Authority on June 13, the Minister for Mines (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women's 'Resistance Brigades' To Oppose Mines Engineers
LONDON, Sat. (A.A.P.).—Women will lie in roads and across entrances to fields this week-end in an attempt to prevent engineers from prospecting open-cut coal mines in West Worcestershire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Power Shortage Hits Coal Mining
"Everyone has the radiator on today," said a miner sourly as he worked on a coalloading machine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minister's Interest In Coal Flow
The Minister for Labour and Industry and Immigration (Mr. Holt) said he felt the Federal Government would be interested in any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Age Limit For Mine Work "Anomalous"
It was anomalous that while the school leaving age in N.S.W. was 15 years, youths were not allowed to start work in coal mines until they were 16 years, the superintendent of B.H.P. collieries (Mr. J. Fallins)…
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