Miners' Protest On Road Repairs
Miners objected to the council's decision to tar-seal the Lorne-Fassifern road to Newstan colliery, instead of the…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
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Coal Board Works "At Standstill"
Only section of the £50,000 Swansea amenities programme being carried out was the Catherine Hill Bay-road, Cr. Nicholls told the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Truck Topples Over Bank
LITHGOW, Thursday.—A 20-ton Euclid truck, carrying 25 tons of coal, toppled over an embankment at Kerosene Vale open-cut mine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LETTERS To The Editor Coal "Showdown"
I AGREE with Mrs. Kelly ("N.M.H.," 14/2/51) that there should be a showdown with the miners. Just as a solid foundation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Output High
The Northern Coalfields had their best working day for a fortnight yesterday. Only two mines were on strike, for a coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smuggled Gold Seized
HONGKONG, Sat. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Revenue officers today made their third large seizure of smuggled gold in five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipments 48,500 Tons
Coal shipments from Newcastle last week totalled 48,500 tons. Sydney received 28,000 tons, Victoria 7700 tons, Western Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smuggled Gold Confiscated In Hongkong
HONGKONG, Feb. 23. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Revenue officers to-day made the third large seizure of smuggled gold in five days when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Issues In The Coal Dispute
The question for the miners at their aggregate meetings is not whether they approve of the Coal Industry Tribunal's award, but…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The way was open for the Miners' Federation to apply for the cancellation of the attendance order, the Secretary of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Hill) said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Creep Moving In Cessnock Mine
The creep in Aberdare Extended colliery, near Cessnock, is moving again. The position is becoming serious…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Miners Vote To Continue Stoppages
At sparsely attended aggregate meetings on the northern coalfields to-day, miners declared their determination to continue weekly protest stoppages…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Williams Warns Miners Against Starting General Strike
The miners would be victorious in their present dispute if they refused to be insulted or provoked into a general strike, the president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Idris Williams) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women Strikers To Put Case Before Miners
Ironworkers' Association delegates at Stewarts and Lloyds' will meet at 2 p.m. to-day to discuss a week-old strike of women…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Support Leaders
Aggregate meetings of Northern miners yesterday endorsed their Central Council's stand on negotiations on the Gallagher award. They also voted to continue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Hear Leader
At the Belmont aggregate meeting yesterday, the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams), above, gives his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Today's Vote By Miners
Aggregate meetings of miners on the South Coast and the Western field today reaffirmed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Say "Neglect" At Maitland
Aggregate meetings of miners yesterday carried a motion viewing with alarm "more evidence of deterioration of the Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria Seeks Aid To Buy Coal
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Signing of a contract to buy 200,000 tons of Callide coal a year for three years would depend on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lamp Issue Stops Work At 4 Mines
Four of the mines idle on the northern field to-day lost production when the men refused to work on the ground that staff men had charged the lamps, work usually performed by members of the A.E.U.,…
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