Coal Trucks Jump Line At Belford
The derailment of three coal trucks at Belford on Saturday afternoon caused the transhipment of passengers on two trains and tingle…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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U.S. Makes Petrol From Coal
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—The Bureau of Mines has announced that it is making petrol from coat in practical quantities at an £11…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners "Insist on £1 Rise in Leave"
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Miners' Federation will insist on the payment of the £1 a week basic wage increase with Christmas holiday pay. The federation General…
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SYDNEY: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) said today that he would begin hearing next Wednesday an application by the Miners' Federation for payment of the £1 basic wage rise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Security Offer to Miners 10-Year Plan By Board
The Joint Coal Board, with Government backing, was prepared to consider a 10-year security of employment agreement for the coal industry, the Chairman (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Idle On Demand For £1 Basic Wage In Christmas Pay
Two mines on the northern coalfields were reported to be idle today as a result of demands by the men that they should have the £1 a week basic wage increase included in their three-weeks' Christmas holiday pay. Coal owners are understood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Board "Cannot Subsidise" Transport Of Miners To Work
Representatives of the Joint Coal Board stated at a conference today that it was outside the jurisdiction of the board to subsidise the transport of mineworkers to collieries, said the Northern President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overseas Capital To Mine N.S.W. Coal Criticised
SYDNEY.—General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) said today that the Joint Coal Board was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Czech Miners Go Slow
VIENNA, Nov. 20. A.A.P.— Widespread open rebellion by coalminers and workers in heavy industry in Czechoslovakia was reported…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Asked To Keep Working
Members in the Northern miners' district should not take stopwork action on the basic wage rise issue, as it affected holidays, till the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →25 Mines Work Full Time
Twenty-five mines worked full time of 10 days in the past fort-night. Details supplied by agents and the Miners' Federation in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Dissociate Themselves From Wallsend Dinner
Mineworkers at Stockrington No. 1 and No. 2 collieries wished to dissociate themselves entirely from a function on Saturday night which has been referred to as the employees' annual dinner, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Cushion Springs Were Gold
GENEVA, Nov. 20 A.A.P. —The cushion springs in a car were found to be of gold when examined by Italian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Board Plans "To Meet Coal Needs"
CANBERRA, Monday.—If Coal Board plans for the mechanisation of New South Wales mines were fulfilled, Australian coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →5500-Ton Coal Loss in North
Coal production loss in the North yesterday was about 5500 tons. Five pits were fully idle because of strikes. A dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Leaders In South Are Re-elected
SYDNEY, Monday.—All officials of the Southern District of the Miners' Federation have been reelected…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Held In New York On Gold Smuggling Charge
NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.): An Australian and an American have been arrested as they were about to board a plane for India with £111,607 worth of what is alleged to be blackmarket gold in their possession. The Australian gave his name…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Job Assurances to Miners
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Assurances to allay the fears of coalminers, that they might suffer as the result of proposals to mechanise coalmines, were given by Mr. Menzies and the Minister for Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lucky Dip For English Miners
LONDON, Nov. 21. A.A.P.—The West Midlands division of the Coal Board has introduced a weekly lucky dip with a first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Forced to Import Coal
LONDON, Nov. 21. A.A.P.—Britain will spend up to 25 million dollars buying coal from the United States and Poland this winter. Experts estimate the winter's…
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