Mine Expert Sees Need For Mechanisation
SYDNEY.—Mechanisa 11 on must come to the Australian coal mines if the industry in this country is to exist, said…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
1,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 79
Letter Box Old Mine Shafts
The Victorian Government is making safe all unused mine shafts and the N.S.W. Government should take similar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Student Injured In Mine Accident
A 19-year-old student of Newcastle Teachers College was injured yesterday afternoon at Elrington Colliery, where he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Low Coal Stocks Cause Alarm
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Britain's vast rearmament programme and expanding industrial production are imperilled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Former Mine Worker Won Dog Double
Mr. J. Whittington, of Cessnock, who began training dogs as a hobby when a mine accident, six years ago, prevented him from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Head Injured In Mine Cage Accident
Noel Rutherford, of Third-street, Weston, 19-year-old student of Newcastle Teachers' College, was injured at Elrington colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lack Of Greta Coal Causes Rail Conversion
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Because of the scarcity of Greta seam coal, which is the most suitable able fuel for the Spirit of Progress…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Being Made From Coal In U.S.
NEW YORK: Using German processes, the American Federal Bureau of Mines is now making petrol from coal in "practical quantities." The bureau has a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Production Of Gold Shows Steady Decline
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Gold production in Australia is steadily declining, according to figures released by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increase in British Coal Output in 1950
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Output of British coal for 1950 amounted to 216,301,000 tons, compared with an annual…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Britain Appeals For More Coal
LONDON, Jan. 4. A.A.P.—The British Government has appealed to coalminers to stave off a fuel crisis by producing an extra three million…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Shortage May Cut U.k. Trains
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—British railways are planning to cut train services because of the acute coal shortage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drive For Coal
In Britain as in Australia the coal industry is the subject of concentrated planning in efforts to expand production. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners "Will Back Glen Davis Stand"
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation would support any action by New South Wales Western miners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Hitting In Coal Board Game
In one of his best innings, Mick Hinman scored 119 in two hours for Hunter River, holders of the Joint Coal Board Cup, against…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Volunteers For Ruhr Mines
FRANKFURT, Jan. 8. A.A.P.-Reuter.— Recruiting from South Germany for the Ruhr coal mines is continuing at an average of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Communists Tell Miners "More Pay Or No Coal" "Herald" Service
LONDON, Jan. 9.—"No coal without higher wages" is a new Communist directive to miners in all capitalistic countries. The directive was issued by Cominform through its industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poor Coal, Or Lower Production
SYDNEY.—Any worthwhile short-term improvement in quality of coal cannot be achieved without a substantial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Gold Stocks Reduced
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. A.A.P.—The United States gold hoard shrank more in 1950 than in any previous year. Aid to nations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mechanical Washing Of Coal Planned
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Many colliery proprietors were considering coal washing equipment, the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board…
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