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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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Invited to "have a go," the Federal Minister for Labor and Immigration (Mr. Holt) today drilled a hole with a power borer in the coal face at Burwood Colliery during an inspection tour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prospects of restoring coal traffic on the South Maitland railway received a further setback today when water rose to a height of two feet seven inches over the line at East Greta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minster for Mines (Mr. Arthur) might profitably investigate the anomaly to which the Superintendent of B.H.P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, July 24. A.A.P.— The Philippines steamer, San Antonio (1960 tons) sank to-day after hitting a mine, according to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Broken Hill Ply. Co. Ltd. could not get sufficient youths for training in its underground mining class at Burwood colliery, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday.—The new Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) will confer with Northern miners' officials in Newcastle on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LITHGOW, Monday.—The efforts of the colliery Manager (Mr. R. Hewitt) and 11 employees saved Invincible colliery at Ben Bullen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crouched almost double and with the roof only a few inches from his head, the Minister for Labor and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Joint Coal Board is considering how to help Bellbird miners, who have been working only a day a week for five weeks because of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prospects of restoring coal traffic on the South Maitland Railway showed no improvement today when water rose to a height of 3 feet 2½ inches over the line at East Greta Junction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Although coal production in New South Wales in 1949, at 10,695,856 tons, was 953,713 tons less than in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lake Shire Engineer and councillors for the riding will confer with Newstan Colliery Company in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The coal production loss on the northern coalfields through strikes yesterday was fewer than 2000 tons. Output was down about 4500 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Chairman (Mr. S. F. Cochran) and other members (Messrs. R. P. Jack and A. E. Warburton) of the Joint Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When he took office a week ago, the new Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) laid proper emphasis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stoppages at nine mines on the northern coalfields today lost 5000 tons of coal. Eight were idle for the shift…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Since the Joint Coal Board has guaranteed the deficiency rate, the Hunter District Water Board decided yesterday to extend the water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Joint Coal Board advised Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night that the question of a subsidy on the cost of sewerage systems in the mining districts of the shire was still under consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The new Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Coachran) at right, meets the Vice-president of the Northern District of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Cockerill) at informal talks between the Coal Board and miners' leaders yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PORT HUNTER would now be unknown under its early name, "Coal Harbour." By order of the Governor of…
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