1500 Tons Coal Loss
Stoppages at three northern mines today caused a loss of about 1500 tons. Two pits were completely idle…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
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Victoria "Starving For Coal"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Victoria had been paying very dearly for coal for the simple reason that it was starving for it, the General…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Output at High Level
Coal production in New South Wales yesterday was estimated to exceed 60,000 tons. Only three mines were idle for a coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Case For Rise Next Week
SYDNEY: Miners' Federation representatives, Idris Williams and G.W.S. Grant, next Thursday will address the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Shortage Cause Of Pig Iron Famine
Shortage of Newcastle coal is the basic cause of a critical production cut by Sydney iron foundries. The president of the Metal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Book Of Gold In Service On Anzac Day
The Book of Gold, in which is inscribed the names of district servicemen who fought in World War I., will be carried from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Defence Causes Europe's Worst Coal Famine
When darkness falls over the face of Europe, the lights are turned on sparingly. In London, the shop windows on Piccadilly Circus remain dark. Throughout England, street lights are dimmed, and the housewives are issued a slim coal ration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →68,600 Tons of Coal Shipped
A total of 68,600 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle to Interstate ports and Sydney this week. Sydney received 29,000 tons, four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners To Help A.L.P., Communists
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Miners' Federation has decided to donate £300 to the A.L.P. and £200 to the Communist Party to assist their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal For Week Equals Record For Year
New South Wales mines this week produced about 290,000 tons of coal equallying last week's output, which was the best this year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Accounts Auditor Tells Why No Certificate
The Commonwealth Auditor-General (Mr. Joyce) has given his reasons for refusing to certify the balance sheets of the Coal Industry Fund of the Joint Coal Board for the financial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ian Healy's Suburbia, This Week At New Lambton: Demise Of The Miners' Church
The last service has been held. The deeds of transfer have been signed. New Lambton Lay Methodist Church has passed out of existence. Now only one Lay Methodist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Loss At B.H.P. Mines
Two of the B.H.P. Company's four mines on the northern coalfields were partly idle today. They were Burwood and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eviction Issue Mines Stoppage Threat
A stoppage of work at all mines in the Teralba Valley was threatened because of an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blackouts "Caused By Coal, Demand"
Additional unscheduled blackouts occurred in Newcastle during the morning and further interruptions to supply are anticipated between 4.45 p.m, and 7 p.m. this evening…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal-Loading Ramps Objected To
South Lambton Progress Association will ask Newcastle City Council to refuse permission to erect more coal-loading ramps at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Wipe Out N.Z. Mine
WELLINGTON, Apr. 23. A.A.P.- Reuter. — The largest anthracite nine in New Zealand was wiped out by the recent South Island…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fallen In Book Of Gold
The Dean of Newcastle (Very Rev. W. A. Hardie), in Newcastle Cathedral Warriors' Chapel with the Book of Gold, in which are inscribed the names of fallen servicemen in World War 1. To-morrow, the Book will be carried in solemn procession from the Altar…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mates Injured In Fall Of Coal
Two mates were caught by a fall of coal in Bellbird colliery yesterday. They are William Newstead, 34, of Charlton-street, Bellbird, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loss At Three B.H.P. Pits
Production loss at three of the four B.H.P. mines on Newcastle field yesterday was about 3000 tons. The mines are Burwood, Stockton…
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