74,000 Tons of Coal Shipped
A total of 74,000 tons of coal left Newcastle for Fiji, interstate and Sydney during the week. Victoria received 24,400 tons in…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Rail Plans For Bigger Coal Output
The Railway Department was planning to handle increased coal production, the Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Winsor) said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fourteen Loaded Coal Trucks Derailed Near Redhead
Fourteen fully-loaded trucks of a coal train were derailed on the Belmont line between Whitebridge and Redhead shortly after midnight. All traffic on the line has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Accident
Jack Powell (16), of Kearsley, a top hand at Abermain No. 2 mine, suffered a probable fracture of the right arm when he…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Five Northern Mines Idle
Stoppages of work at collieries on the northern field to-day caused an output loss of 3500 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Seek Amendments On Service Leave
SYDNEY.—The Federal Government has been asked by the Miners' Federation to agree to legislative amendments which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Awards For Miners Who Grow Dahlias
The Joint Coal Board has made a grant for the Newcastle and District Dahlia Society's 1951 show, in which there will he a special class…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Creep" Still Moving At Coal Point
An inspection by Toronto Urban Committee of the road "creep" on the Coal Point road at Kilaben Bay has shown that it is [?] moving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minister Gives Views On Boys In Mines
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) said at a Scout gathering at Cessnock on Saturday that his administration had been criticised in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boost To Coal Production
Plans for mine development in the Newcastle district are designed to increase the daily coal output from 20,000 tons to almost 26,000 tons in 1953…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Removal Of Coal Ramps Urged
South Lambton Progress Association will ask the Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) to call a conference of State and Federal members,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Output Loss 5050 Tons
The Northern coal production loss yesterday was 5050 tons. Richmond Main, with normal daily output of 2300 tons, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Machine Has Head, Tail
A strange new coal-winning machine has been installed at Newstan colliery, near Fassifern. The machine, a Joy Continuous Miner, made by the Joy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters To The Editor Miners' Appointment
ON September 11, the Northern Miners' District Board of Management appointed a new assistant secretary from 12 applicants. I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →8 Mines Idle in North Today
Stoppages of work at eight collieries on the northern field today caused a production loss of 4800 tons. Two mines in the J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Permit to Prospect For Coal Granted
Caledonian Collieries Ltd., and B.H.P. Company Ltd., were granted permission by the Mining Warden (Mr. R. Duncan) at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plan Talks Called Threat To Gas Coal Supplies
A compulsory conference has been called for to-day on a dispute which threatens gas coal supplies from Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wanted: 18M. Tons Of Coal A Year By 1953
To meet coal requirements for 1950, New South Wales mines would have had to work at capacity for the full 49 working weeks, allowing no margin for industrial disturbance, rain or breakdowns. If production continues for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Propaganda Effect Miners And Coal Industry
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Propaganda by the Miners' Federation had prevented people from entering the coal industry Mr. H. T. Johnstone said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Colliery Tragedy In Month Men Trapped in Blazing Mine: 80 DEAD
LONDON, Sept. 26. A.A.P.—Eighty miners were trapped and burnt to death when a fire roared through a section of Creswell Colliery, Derbyshire, early to-day. Three bodies have been recovered…
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