Coal Heating Committee Announced
SYDNEY: The personnel of the committee set up to investigate and advise the Government on vital problems…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Coal Board Chief Calls To Parties
The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) said in Newcastle yesterday that he intended to give particular attention to the human problem in the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ex-Mining Engineer Paints At 90
MR. JOHN EVANS, of Roxburgh-street, burgh-street, Lorn who yesterday celebrated his 90th birthday, still points for a hobby. According to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Problems at Cessnock
There were some special problems to solve in the mines in the Cessnock area, the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cochran) said at Cessnock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Future Of Coal "Desperate"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The future of the Australian coal industry was "desperate" because of the almost total lack of youth labour, Mr. W. Smart said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Members Of New Mine Body
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The personnel of the committee to investigate and advise the Government on vital problems affecting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal at Grass; Bellbird Plan
Representatives of the Bellbird, Pelton and Maitland Main miners' lodges conferred with members of the Joint Coal Board at Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drain Proposed for Coal Line
The Joint Coal Board is exploring the possibility of draining away water flooding the South Maitland Railways Company line. The line has been under water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Anomalies' In Miners' Sick Leave Clause
SYDNEY: It was a serious anomaly that the award did not provide for a man with a serious illness, the Vice-president of the Southern District of the Miners' Federation (W. Smart) told the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ten Mines Idle; 5100 Tons Lost
Stoppages of work at 10 mines on the northern coalfields today caused a drop in output of 5100 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drop in Coal Shipments
Coal shipments from Newcastle to interstate ports and Sydney dropped this week. A total of 40,250 tons went to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Men Refuse Saturday Mine Work
LITHGOW, Friday.—Miners' Federation officials in the Western District to-day refused a Joint Coal Board request that mineworkers be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strikes at Five Mines in North
Five mines were on strike on the northern coalfields yesterday for a production loss of about 2700 tons. There was a loss of 5160 tons as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.z. Coal Strike May End
AUCKLAND, July 28. A.A.P.- Reuter.—Fifteen hundred miners on strike at Waikato coalfields to-day agreed to resume work on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Southern District Claim: Mine Amenities "Just a Farce"
SYDNEY, Friday.—Amenities in the miners' Southern District were "just a farce," Mr. W. Smart said to-day. Mr. Smart, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Valley And Manatoi Please Over Five Furs
Gold Valley and Manatoi appreciated galloping conditions on the cinders track at Broadmeadow this morning and reeled off five furlongs in great style in 1.3…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Point Fete
Coal Point Progress Association will hold a garden and floral fete at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. Taylor, of Carey Bay, at 2.30…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Mines to Resume
Eight Northern collieries, idle on Friday, are expected to resume to-day. Lodge officials of Buchanan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Used To Smash Window
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A man threw an 81b lump of coal through a plateglass window at the William-street office of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Liquid Gold" In German Swamp
BERLIN, July 30. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Lingen, in North-West Germany, Europe's most modern oil refinery, will soon rise in concrete and steel out of the fog-covered marshes of Germany's once…
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