9 Nominate For Miners' Vice-President
Nine nominations have been received for the vacant position of Northern District Vice-President of the Miners'…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Five Nominate For State Mines Post
SYDNEY, Friday.—Five nominations have been received for the position of employees' representative on the State Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lift of Western Coal at Grass
LITHGOW, Friday.—The Government plans to move 7000 tons of coal at grass from two dump on the Western field on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mechanisation 'Way To Boost Coal Production'
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Supply (Mr. Beale) said to-day that greater mechanisation of mines was the best method of increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Interstate Coal Loading Stops Trimmers Join Strike
Coal loading for southern States stopped yesterday afternoon when the wharflabourers' strike spread to Newcastle coaltrimmers. This extension held up six ships at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waterront Idle Except for Loading of Sydney Coal
Loading of coal cargoes for Sydney is the only work still proceeding on the Newcastle waterfront. All wharf laborers, coal trimmers and tally clerks in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Accidents
Charles Graeves, 57, of Hall-st., Cessnock, a miner at Aberdare Colliery, had his left thumb fractured when he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tribunal Hearing Miners' Claims
The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) will continue to hear evidence in Newcastle to-day on the Miners' Federation log of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Northern Mines Idle
Stoppages of work at mines on the northern coalfields to-day cost about 3500 tons of coal output…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Labor Short Of Requirements
Although employment in mines on the northern field had increased gradually since 1942, labor available still fell far short of requirements of the industry, the miners' general president (I. Williams)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →9 Nominate For Miners' Board Post
Nine nominees will contest the ballot for the position of northern district vice-president of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Talks This Week On Coal Quality
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The need to improve the quality of coal will be the subject of special talks next week between the Chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poll Suggested By Minister To Decide Mines Subsidence Issue
A referendum would provide a satisfactory and acceptable solution to the problem of West Ward mines subsidence insurance scheme, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) told the Lord Mayor (Aid. Quinlan) today. A deputation from West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Claim Improvements
It was almost impossible to make coal-mining attractive physically—it had to be made attractive by better amenities and increased wages, a Miners' Federation witness said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Talks To-day On Miners' Pensions
MELBOURNE, Monday.—A Miners' Federation deputation, comprising the General President (Mr. Williams), the General…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →4500-Ton Coal Loss in North
The coal production loss on the Northern coalfields yesterday was about 4500 tons, mostly through strikes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Contract Miners Tell Tribunal of Tonnage Rate Discontent
Mr. Gallagher is hearing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board Grant For Colliery Roads
The Joint Coal Board has approved a grant of £400 toward the cost of reconditioning four colliery access roads in the Lake Shire. The roads are:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Contract Miners Claim Rise
A claim for a 15 per cent increase in the base tonnage rate for contract miners was pressed before the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) in Newcastle yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Will Consider Age Limit
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation wil consider a proposal by the Federal Government for New…
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