Coal Train In Hunter-street
While the traffic waits, this locomotive drawing coal trucks from the Glebe colliery, passes over Hunter-street, Newcastle, from Burwood-street on its way to join the main line…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1951
1,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 79
Coal Shipments Up This Week
Coal shipments—71,500 tons—from Newcastle to Sydney and interstate ports this week were higher than for several weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Coast Joins Ranks Of Free Democracies
The British Empire, it was said, was founded "in a fit of absence of mind," but there is nothing absent-minded about the manner in which this empire is being transformed into the greatest league of free, self-governing peoples the world has ever seen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Official's Wife Killed
Mrs. Margaret Theresa Connell, wife of the Local Coal Authority in Newcastle (Mr. James Connell) was killed when hit by a truck in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freighter In Trouble; Poor Coal
BRISBANE, Sunday. — The 6000-ton freighter Korda, from Japan, is in difficulties off the Queensland coast because of poor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3300 Tons of Coal Lost
Mines on the northern coalfields today lost about 3300 tons of coal output because of stoppages of work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Salt Mine Underneath U.S. City
NEW YORK: Far below the busy streets of Detroit, miners remove more than 4000 tons of salt every day from a huge,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2500-Ton Coal Loss
Loss of coal production in the North yesterday was about 2500 tons. The biggest individual loss was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Talks On Miners' Stop Fail
A COMPULSORY conference in Sydney yesterday failed to avert the proposed stopwork meetings of miners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Meetings "To Be in Work Time"
SYDNEY, Monday.—The miners aggregate meeting this week could not be held outside working hours, Mrs. Williams said to-day. Mr. Williams. General…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →4240 Tons Coal Lost In North
Industrial disputes and wet weather caused a coal loss of 4240 tons on the northern field today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Purchase "Asset to Miners' Fund"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Purchase of a property with coalmine workers' superannuation funds would provide a tangible asset to the fund. The Minister for Mines (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners "Will Resist Ballot Move"
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Miners' Federation will call for Industrial action to resist legislation for Court-controlled union ballots…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail Coal And Staff Problems
SYDNEY: Next Sunday the Railway Dept. would have only four to five days' coal supply,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deadlock In Coal Line Dispute
Parties to a dispute which threatens to close the Richmond Vale railway line reached a deadlock at a conference in Newcastle yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Denounce Bonus Award; No Strike Move
At poorly-attended aggregate meetings, miners on the northern coalfields today voted heavily in favor of their Central Council's motion denouncing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Meetings To Throw Mines Idle To-day
All mines in the North will be idle to-day, when members of the Miners' Federation will attend aggregate meetings on attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bonus Refused Miners Claim
Miners at Wallamaine went on strike today to press a claim for payment of the new attendance bonus to certain members of the miners' lodge to whom, the men claimed, it had been refused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail Coal Stocks Dwindling
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Garside) said to-day that the miners' aggregate meetings this week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria Developing Brown Coal
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Victoria was developing its brown coal deposits and hydro-power projects to free itself of dependency on…
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