Miners' Area Committees; Revival Plan
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Miners' Central Council decided to-day to recommend the reviving of Area Committees on the coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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12 Hurt In Jump From Mine Skip
Three miners were taken to hospital and about nine others suffered shock and minor injuries yesterday when they jumped from a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Turn Down Union Alliance
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Rank and file miners had overwhelmingly rejected a proposed alliance with the seamen and waterside workers, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners May Have New Vote On Alliance
SYDNEY.—Though the majority of miners' lodges has voted against a triple alliance of waterside workers, seamen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Losses At B.H.P. Rising
The idleness of John Darling and Burwood collieries yesterday cost the Steel Works about 5000 tons of coal. Stoppages at B.H.P. pits in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jobs Hinge On Mine Production
Steel Works employees may be retrenched if John Darling and Burwood mines do not work on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miner Injured by Coal Fall
Adam Williams, 54, of Middle Camp, Catherine Hill Bay, suffered a probable fracture of the right foot and abrasions to the right leg when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Engineer Resumes Coal Board Job
Mr. S. Flowers will resume as District Mining Engineer at the Joint Coal Board in Newcastle on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Experts To Meet In Cessnock
The committee of mining experts recently set up by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) to examine mining problems in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Traffic To Cessnock On
Coal traffic through East Greta Junction, suspended by floods since June 17, would resume on Monday, the Superintendent of South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Week's Shipment of Coal 58,020 Tons
A total of 58,020 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle to interstate ports and Sydney during the week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Lift That Kept Sydney Functioning
The privately-owned Richmond Vale line has been a lifeline for Sydney and, to a lesser degree, for Newcastle during the past two months. South Maitland coal lines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Give Up River Bed Search for Gold Fraud Exhibits
MELBOURNE: Detectives have abandoned their search of the Yarra River bed for two small pieces of brass urgently wanted by the Perth police gold squad which is probing an alleged gold fraud at Kalgoorlie. A senior C.I.B. officer said…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Coalminers are to be "educated" on a policy of joint action with other unions on issues arising from the present…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Trains To-day To Cessnock
Coal train services on the South Maitland line will be resumed to-day. The first trainload of empty waggons will leave Port Waratah…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Trains Back On Normal Route
The first trainload of coal to run over the South Maitland Railways system for eight weeks reached East Greta Junction early this morning. Coal traffic on the line, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work Likely at B.h.p. Mines
John Darling and Burwood mines would work to-day, the secretaries of the miners' lodges said last night. Loss of four days' production…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poll Should Have Been Held On Mine Bill, Says Minister
Newcastle Council had erred in not holding a poll of ratepayers to decide if they wanted the Mines Subsidence Act, the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. G. Arthur) told a meeting yesterday at Birmingham Gardens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Service Leave Pay For Miners To Start On Aug. 20
The Government would start miners' long service leave payments on August 20, Mr. W. Crook, M.L.A., told a meeting of Cessnock branch of the A.L.P. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mines Committee's First Inspection
The committee of experts appointed by the Government to investigate causes of fires in Cessnock district mines…
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