Coal-Prospecting Permits Granted
The Mining Warden (Mr James Duncan), sitting at New castle Courthouse today, granted four applications to…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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"Cheapjack" Jokes Anger Mine Chief
LONDON, Fri. (O.S.R.): "Cheapjack Comedians" who jibe at Britain's coal miners were lashed by Sir William Lawther (president of the National Union of Mineworkers)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Miners Were Working Today
There were no industrial disputes on the northern coalfields today and production should reach its maximum of about 37,000 tons. Miners had to work today to qualify for holiday pay on…
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Applications by J. and A. Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd., Colin Edward Thompson, of Belmont South, and Charles Albert…
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With one mine idle and another partly idle in the North yesterday, coal production was down only 1200 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters To The Editor Mine Pensions
LETTERS on anomalies in the Coal and Oil Shale Mine Workers' (Pensions) Amendment Act, 1941-1948 ("N.M.H.,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interstate Coal Exports High
Improved coal production on the northern coalfields this week resulted in 41,950 tons be ing available for interstate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shipments From Newcastle
Interstate and intrastate shipments of coal from Newcastle this week totalled 68,950 tons. Of this, 16,500 tons went to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All Northern Mines at Work
All mines on the Northern coalfield worked yesterday, but 1850 tons were lost in production in the South and West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Rights Granted
Four applications for authority to enter land to prospect for coal were granted by the Mining Warden (Mr. J. Duncan) at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Stoppage Likely Dispute On Open Cuts
SYDNEY, Friday.—A stoppage of mines on Maitland coalfields is likely on Tuesday. A dispute on the employment of deputies in open-cut mines and involving members of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Farewells Mr. S. Flowers
Officers of the Joint Coal Board in Newcastle held a dinner at the Orient Hotel today to farewell Mr. and Mrs. S. Flowers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dead Dog Found In Old Mine Shaff, But "Barking" Persists
A two-day attempt by R.S.P.C.A., Fire Brigade and Electrical Supply Department officers to rescue a dog believed to be trapped in a 100 ft. deep, disused mine shaft at Kotara, ended today in the discovery of a dead greyhound in 10 feet of water at the bottom of the shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Muswellbrook Mine Stoppages
Muswellbrook open cut and Muswellbrook No. 2 colliery were idle yesterday for a coal production loss of 2500 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assistance Sought From Coal Board
Wallsend Parents and Citizens' Association is asking for help from the Joint Coal Board in the supply of films for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truman Calls Coal Strike Truce
WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—President Truman today called for a 70-day truce in the coal-mining deadlock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Filling in of Open-cut Mines
Mr. R. P. Jack of the Joint Coal Board was "noncommittal" on whether open cut mines should be filled in after they…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Danger In North's Mines "Increasing"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A witness before the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day said that fire danger in northern coalmines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Staff Changes In Cessnock
The staff of the Cessnock office of the Joint Coal Board last night farewelled the district engineer (Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →US Coal Chief May Not Retire At 70
WASHINGTON, Wed. (O.S.R.): John L. Lewis (Old King Coal), more formally known as the President of the United Mine Workers' Union, is theoretically due to retire on February 12 at the age of…
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