Miners Miss Pit Roof Fall
LITHGOW, Thursday.—A heavy fall of about 400 tons of collapsing roof blocked the main haulage road in Steel Works colliery only two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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4 Mines Idle In North
Four mines were idle on the northern coalfields when today's shift began. One of them, Stanford…
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Miners, wheelers and shiftmen are working round the clock at Aherdare Central colliery to fill away a fall of coal estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →15/ Subsidy Likely On Callide Coal
CANBERRA, Thursday.—A subsidy of 15/ a ton on coal from Callide, Queensland, shipped to Victoria under the agreement between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Export Of Coal From Newcastle
More than three million tons of coal were exported from Newcastle during the year ending June 30 last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Work In Dangerous Conditions Clearing Fall
Miners are working in dangerous conditions clearing away a 4000 tons fall of coal which has heated in a section of Aberdare Central Colliery. The men will continue working on a three-shift basis over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Activities of Coal Board Accounts Delay Annual Report
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Joint Coal Board's 1948-49 annual report had not been presented because the Commonwealth Auditor-General was not satisfied with the accounts to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Stole Coal
For having stolen coal valued at is, the property of the Commissioner for Railways yesterday, Errol John Carratt, 60, laborer, was fined £2…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Western Miners On Dissolution Bill
LITHGOW, Friday.—The President of the Western District of the Miners' Federation (Mr. E. Mara) said Western miners would fight the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Miners Raise Dues To Ambulance
Members of the Miners' Federation, Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association, and Mining Mechanics' Association, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →4 Mines Idle; 3600 Tons Lost
The coal production loss on the northern coalfields yesterday was about 3600 tons, as a result of the idleness of Stockton Borehole,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Equipment For College From Coal Board
The Joint Coal Board has supplied the Cessnock Evening College with 15 looms, for weaving, tools for leatherwork and basketry, two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →72,000 Tons of Coal Shipped
A total of 72,000 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle to other States and Sydney this week. A total of 43,850 tons went…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Disputes
The Federal Minister for Labour and National Service (Mr. Holt) is apparently under some is apprehension about events…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only Two Mines In North Completely Idle
Only two mines on the northern coalfields were completely idle today. They were Abermain No. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poland To Go On Gold Standard
LONDON, Oct. 29. A.A.P.—Poland will go on to the gold standard to-morrow and its zloty currency will be at par with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Lodge "Bewildered" At Statement
Members of John Darling lodge were bewildered by the statement of the Federal Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt), that a special tribunal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →150 Miners Search For Elderly Man
SYDNEY, Monday.—One hundred and fifty miners from three Western collieries to-day searched without success for an elderly man…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Loss in North 2900 Tons
The coal production loss on the Northern field yesterday was about 2900 tons. Hebburn No. 1 employees went…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Customs Seize Gold Bars Worth £20,000
LONDON, Oct. 30. A.A.P.—Gold bars worth £20,000, brought into Britain by two Americans, were seized by Customs officers…
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