Letters To The Editor Mine Subsidence
BROADMEADOW residents should not have to pay any insurance, or take part in any other scheme relating to mine subsidence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 88
Two Mines In North Still On Strike
Strikes at Stanford Main No. 2 and Elrington continued yesterday. Two other mines were idle, and at another pit only a section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain's Coal Mines Earn £9½m. Profit
LONDON: During 1949, Britain's coal industry, in its third year of public ownership, increased its output and exports compared with 1948, cut the costs of production, and made an overall profit of about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Killed By Coal Elevator
SYDNEY, Friday.—A 64-year-old labourer at Orange Gasworks was killed to-day when a 21 cwt. elevator used to unload coal from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Unable to Hold New Men
James Joseph Fraser, secretary of the Burwood miners' lodge, told the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) yesterday that he had never seen more dissatisfied men than those who came into the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Idle Mines Expected To Resume
Two mines at which there were strikes on Friday are expected to work to-day. A resumption at Elrington…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Mines In North Idle
Six mines on the northern field were idle and one partly manned today for a loss in production of 3870 tons. Five of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deputation To Holt On Mine Pensions
The mineworkers' representative on the Miners' Pensions Tribunal (Mr. W. Orr) reported to a meeting of the Cessnock A.L.P. yesterday on a deputation to the Federal Minister for Labor (Mr. Holt) in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Output High
Coal production on the Northern coalfields yesterday was at a high level. The loss from strikes was about 2200 tons. Rain caused a loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosives Costs Affect Mine Pays
The varying need for explosives in different working places greatly affected miners' earnings, A. Barnard, of Pacific miners' lodge, said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Subsidy Pay For Roads, Minister Says
A subsidy should be made from coal production to meet the cost of maintaining roads over which coal was transported, the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. Arthur) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' View On Improving Pit Efficiency
Giving evidence before the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) today, a lodge officer said mineworkers should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boys May Enter Mines At 15
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) is moving to reduce the age at which youths call enter the mining industry to school leaving age. Mr. Arthur said yesterday that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Oppose Age Reduction Of Pit Workers
The Miners' Federation would bitterly oppose any reduction in the age at which youths could enter the mining industry, official of the union declared today. Federation opinion was that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Want Boat To Get To Work
Mineworkers residing at East Greta have asked the Kearsley Shire Council to provide a boat to get to work over the flooded main road at Tester's Hollow. The President (Cr. F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Tribunal Told: Wheelers Have No Incentive
There was no incentive for wheelers, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) was told in Newcastle yesterday. Albert Victor Saunders,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LETTERS To the Editor Young Men in Mines
YOUR statement in the sub-leader ("N.M.H.," 24/8/50), "Young Men Needed in Miners" is inaccurate in saying. "The Central…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Europe's Coal, Iron Centres Have New Role In Pool Plan
WASHINGTON, Tues. (O.S.R.): The French proposal to pool the coal and steel production of France and Germany involves raw materials that are the lifeblood of modern industry for either peace…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Caledonian Collieries
Caledonian Collieries Ltd. announced that the result of operations for the half-year ended July 1 would not permit payment of any…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Northern Coal Loss 5530 Tons
Stoppages at five mines to-day caused a production loss of almost 5400 tons on the northern field…
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