Belmont Line Cleared For Coal Traffic
Belmont railway line was cleared for coal traffic yesterday afternoon, but railway officials said passenger train traffic would not be…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Mine Accidents at Cessnock
Thomas O'Byrne, 46, of Alexander-street, Cessnock, pit-top hand at Abermain No. 2 colliery, was struck by a piece of iron…
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Representatives of mineworkers from collieries in the Stock-rington area told the Northern District Board of Management…
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Only two Northern collieries were idle because of disputes yesterday. Rain stopped work at two open cuts…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Joint Coal Board has accepted a tender from an English company to mine 2,250,000 tons of open-cut coal in the Ben Bullen area, near Lithgow…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt) said to-day that although there had been many unnecessary stoppages…
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SYDNEY: Mine workers on sick leave or on compensation when a strike occurred at their colliery were entitled to long service leave credits, a written decision of the Coal Tribunal (Mr. F. H…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bowling Green At Colliery
Burwood Colliery Bowling Club's new green was officially opened this afternoon by. the president of Newcastle District…
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Burwood Colliery Bowling Club's new green was officially opened this afternoon by the president of Newcastle District…
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CANBERRA: The N.S.W. Government's plan to take five years to duplicate the Branxton-Muswellbrook railway line…
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Only one Northern mine was affected by a dispute yesterday. Four others were idle because of bad weather. The coal loss in the North…
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The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) in Newcastle yesterday heard parties in a number of minor disputes referred by the Local Coal…
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SYDNEY.—A special "lift" of first grade coal from Burragorang Valley at the week-end will improve the power position in…
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The Northern Miners' Board of Management yesterday instructed its executive to arrange a conference with representatives of the…
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WOLLONGONG, Friday.—Leftwing officials have been re-elected to key executive positions in the Southern District branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Week's Shipment Of Coal, 81,900 Tons
A total of 81,900 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle to Sydney and interstate ports this week…
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LONDON, Nov. 17. A.A.P.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Hugh Gaitskell) told the House of Commons last night that the…
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SYDNEY.—The Miners' Federation was not opposing mechanisation of mines except on the one specific question of…
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All proposals to which the Joint Coal Board was committed in principle would be reviewed, the…
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NEW YORK, Sunday (O.S.R.): U.S. Bureau of Mines has announced that for the first time it…
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