Two Northern Mines Idle
All except two collieries were at work today on the northern field as coal production resumed after the four - day Easter…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
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Export Demand for Indian Coal
NEW DELHI. March 26. A.A.P.—The foreign demand for Indian coal had increased, and about 950,000 tons were exported in 1950…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—New South Wales industries and essential services had only two days' supply of coal on hand at midnight…
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Miners at John Darling colliery refused to work yesterday till the fact that a shot made an unusually loud explosion on Thursday was investigated. The Department of Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World War II Mines Off Norway
OSLO, March 27. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Norwegian Naval command in Western Norway made harmless 16 mines in Norwegian waters in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria to Buy £4M. Indian Coal
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Victorian Government will buy coal worth £4 million from India next month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loss in North Up Today
Loss of coal output on the northern field today due to stoppages jumped to 6240 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Higher Pay in Factories Lures Miners, Says Official
SYDNEY: Because wages offered to laborers in metropolitan factories were much higher than the base rate in the mining industry, many miners were leaving the pits for the city, a Western District…
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Results of ballots conducted late last year for the election of Northern Miners' District delegates to the A.C.T.U. congress and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Idle Over Conciliation
Hebburn No. 2 colliery was idle yesterday on a difference between the management and miners' lodge on conciliation procedure. It will also not work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stoppages Cause Big Coal Loss
There was another serious coal loss on the northern field today. Mine stoppages caused an output drop of more than 6100 tons. Eight mines were idle and an-…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reunion For Mine Pensioners
The 10th annual reunion of the Retired Mineworkers' Age and Invalid Pensioners' Association was attended by about 45 couples in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese Laying Decoy Mines
TOKYO, March 29. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The retreating Communist soldiers in Korea are laying "decoy" mines to…
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Disputes caused seven Northern mines to be idle and another to be partially manned yesterday. The coal production loss was about 6200…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Widows Awarded £2200
SYDNEY.âThe widows of two miners who were killed in mine accidents early this year were awarded a total of £2200…
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SYDNEY.—A spokesman for the Joint Coal Board today denied reported allegations by Victorian Premier McDonald that the board was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shiftmen Die on Job at Mines
Two shiftmen at different mines on the northern coalfields today collapsed and died in the underground workings. In accordance with custom, the pits became idle…
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ACCRA, March 29. A.A.P.—Thousands, of Africans to-day watched the colourful ceremonial opening of the Gold Coast's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.Z. Miners Vote To End Strike
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Fri. (A.A.P.).—Miners who took part in a secret ballot were two to one in favor of ending their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Tribunal Told: No Increase "Better Than Incentives"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Opposition to the attendance allowance was so strong that miners would rather have no increase in pay than have it under an incentive system. Mr. A. Marshall, an…
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