6762 Pensions Paid To Mine Workers
SYDNEY: At June 30 this year, 6762 pensions were being paid under the Coal and Shale Mine Workers' (Pensions) Act, the Auditor-General's report reveals…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Dispute May Close Mines
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—All coalmines in Western New South Wales may be idle over a dispute which stopped work at 10 Western open cuts last Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Conservation Report "Soon"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An interim report would be released soon by an expert sub-committee which had been investigating coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burwood Pit Still Idle: Northern Coal Loss 6000 Tons
The B.H.P. Company's biggest mine on the northern coalfields, Burwood, was still idle today. Burwood went on strike yesterday. The secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Shortages During Floods
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Mr. Menzies said in the House of Representatives that he would discuss coal shortages in the Hunter River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miner Struck by Coal
James Wright, 32, Congewai-st., Aberdare, miner at Aberdare Extended colliery, suffered a lacerated wound to the left eye when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →36 Miners Killed in Explosion
PRAGUE, Friday (A.A.P).— Thirty-six miners were killed in an explosion at a colliery in the Ostrava area yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockrington Colliery Closed by Co. Because of Stoppages
Because of recurring stoppages, Stockrington No. 1 Colliery has been closed. The mine is owned by J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Sea-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coalowners Seek To Postpone Mine Retirement
SYDNEY: Coalowners have applied to the Pensions Tribunal for a two years' suspension of compulsory retirement provisions in the industry in all N.S.W. coalfields to enable men who wish to do so…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Offer To End West's Mine Strikes
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Joint Coal Board to-day received from the Western Miners' Federation and Federated Enginedrivers and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.s. Minesweeper Sunk by Mine
WASHINGTON. Thursday (A.A.P.).—The U.S. minesweeper Magpie has been sunk by a floating mine near Chuksan-…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Men "Had Gold Worth £3000"
SYDNEY. — Two men who were arrested on Thursday night had £3000 worth of gold on them, Mr. Isles, S.M., was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sandy Hollow Line: Link Would Open "Huge Coal Area"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Completion of a 16-mile length of the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway would bring huge coal deposits…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Criticism Of Minister For Mines
The secretary of Burwood Miners' Lodge (Mr. J. Fraser) today claimed that only industrial action had "got results"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fall of Coal Kills Miner
George French, 46, of Tyrrell-street, Wallsend, was killed when buried by a fall of coal at Waratah colliery yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Gas Drives Gas Turbine
BIRMINGHAM (Alabama), Fri. (A.A.P.).—The Bureau of Mines announced today that a gas turbine had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mineworker Injured By Coal Fall
Victor Faishall, 59, of Anstey-street, Cessnock, a shiftman at Aberdare colliery, had his left leg fractured yesterday when it was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Men Had Gold Worth £3000
SYDNEY, Friday.—Two men arrested on Thursday night carried gold worth £3000, Mr. Isles, S.M., was told in the Special Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minister Blamed For Coal Losses
Coal losses at Burwood colliery were the responsibility of the Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur), the Secretary of Burwood miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Investigate B.H.P. Mine Strikes
The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) is not exaggerating when he says that the recurring strikes at the mines on…
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