No Special Trains For Miners
The Railways Department had indicated that no special trains would leave Cessnock on Dec. 23—the day after miners…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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90,700 Tons of Coal Shipped
Shipments of coal from Newcastle this week to Sydney and interstate ports totalled 90,700 tons. Victoria received the biggest…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mr. I. Williams Re-Elected Miners' Chief
SYDNEY, Friday.—The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) has been re-elected for another two years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nine Men In Racket To Steal Coal
SYDNEY, Friday.—Nine men in Liverpool Court to-day were fined and given suspended sentences for thefts of coal. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Coal Loss In North Down To 1450 Tons
Coal production loss in the Northern Coalfields yesterday was 1450 tons. There was no work at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. Coal Record This Year Likely
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Joint Coal Board expects that New South Wales coalminers will break their 1942 output record this year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ian Healy's Suburbia, This Week Ruttley's Hill Flag Used To Be Miners' Signal
For years, people passing through Adamstown by train have looked up at a lonely house on the crest of a low, green hill and said "I wonder what that place is?" Two of the guesswork answers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newstan Colliery's First Picnic
Employees of Newstan colliery held their annual picnic at Wangi yesterday About 400 men and their families attended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Northern Mines Work
All mines on the northern coalfields were reported to be at work for today's shift. It was one of the field's few "clean sheet" days of the year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welfare Groups Urged At Mines
Welfare committees financed by an excise on coal should be set up at collieries to provide amenities, welfare schemes and culture for miners and their families, Mr. Crook, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Industry Has Changed, Says Crook
The whole face of the mining industry had changed; the past was not a guide to the future, Mr. W. Crook, M.L.A., told a gathering of miners' representatives on Saturday night. "We are prone to live in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Protest On Train Service
Aberdare Extended miners' lodge will protest to the State Government against what it claims as inadequate passenger service between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Set New Record In Output
SYDNEY, Monday.—New South Wales coalminers to-day broke the 1942 record output of [?]203,900 tons by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Industry In A New Phase
The "Newcastle Morning Herald" on Saturday published some sidelights on the "stay-in" strike resorted to by a section of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Continue Working Well: Only One Idle
The possibility of a record-breaking production week on the northern coalfield was enhanced today with only one mine reported to be idle. All pits worked yesterday and output today will be about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Official Meet To-day On Lifting Coal
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Officials of the Miners' Federation, Joint Coal Board and Colliery Proprietors' Association will confer before the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Conference at Awaba
The miners' Northern President (Mr. G. Neilly) will attend a conference at Awaba colliery to-morrow morning on the introduction of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Coal Production 'Magnificent'
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The year's record coal production was a magnificent effort by all concerned in She industry, the Minister for Fuel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Help To Schools
Joint Coal Board assistance to schools was confined to 16mm. sound film projectors, strip projectors and equipment for school…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Year For Coal Output
At a time when Australia's key industries need every ton of coal that can be won, it is inevitable that miners who cause…
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