Record Expected in Coal Output
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A new record in New South Wales coal production was likely this year, the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cochran) said to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
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Mine Rescue Men Keep On Alert
Safeguarding the lives of miners in 53 collieries keeps the eight men at Newcastle Mines Rescue Station, Boolaroo, on the alert. The men, who include the…
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LITHGOW, Thursday.—Unless police obtain some lead or find some trace of the missing boys, John Ward and Albert Spiers, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Idle Over A.E.U. Dispute
Stoppages at Stockrington No. 2 and Abermain No. 2 Collieries today are believed to have developed as a result of the spread of a dispute at Richmond. Main Colliery involving members of the Amalgamated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Strike Report "Disturbing"
The statement in Thursday's "Newcastle Morning Herald," that the Federal Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt) had received a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Northern Mines Idle
Idleness of five mines caused a coal production loss on the Northern Coalfields yesterday of almost 3000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disputes May Hold Up Coal
SYDNEY, Friday.-Two disputes involving members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union threaten to hold up production on Northern New South Wales Coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Close Vote Likely In Miners' Poll
Mr. G. H. Neilly is expected to be re-elected as District President of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →70,500 Tons of Coal Shipped
More than 70,500 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle to Sydney and interstate ports this week…
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SYDNEY: All mineworkers in N.S.W. will receive the basic wage increase of £1 a week from the first pay period in December. The increase will apply to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Mines Idle Today
Stoppages of work at mines on the northern coalfields today caused a loss of output of about 3380 tons…
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SYDNEY: Nation-wide stop-work meetings of miners are to he called by the Miners' Federation Central Executive on a date to be announced to discuss the Communist Party Dissolution Act and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LETTERS To the Editor Coal Near Wallsend
LAST week Ald. Rundle was reported as having said: "The Superintendent of the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company (Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gains For Miners Without Conflict
As the result of a pleasing gesture by the colliery proprietors, the coalminers of New South Wales are the first body of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"No" Vote On Mine Subsidence Asked
A meeting of West Ward Committee for suspension of the Mine Subsidence Tax at Shortland decided last night to recommend to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wage Rise Cost £1M. to Coal
SYDNEY, Monday.—Coal authorities said to-night the basic wage increase of £1 a week to mineworkers would cost the coal industry in New South Wales an extra £951,600 a year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Good Production Day; Only 3 Mines Idle
The northern coalfields recorded another good production day with only three mines idle for a loss of 3050 tons. A dispute which stopped operations at John Darling today contributed to more than half this loss. The men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stories From the Classics Gold Rush Fever
WHEN gold was first discovered in Australia, the news was kept secret, because it was feared that a gold rush might…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ruhr Coal Crisis Will Hit Germans "Herald Service"
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—A fresh European coal shortage threatens an economic crisis in the Ruhr. The shortage is a direct result of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.E.U. Men At Mines To Vote On Strike
Members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union at collieries on the Newcastle field will decide…
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