Confusion On Motion To Miners
Some miners at the aggregate meetings in the North yesterday asked speakers what the motion they were to vote on meant…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
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Russian-made Mines In Japanese Strait
TOKIO. Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter).— Twenty-one Russianmade mines have been picked up in Thurugu Strait, between…
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SYDNEY: All coal industry awards might come under review as the result of a case now before the Industrial Commission. Likely issues to come under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Talks Called On Coal Line Dispute
The Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr. Gallagher) had called a conference tomorrow of parties to the Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Miners Hit by Coal Falls
William Hartley, 27, of Stephen-street, Cessnock, miner at Bellbird colliery, suffered lacerations to the head and an injury to the nose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Protest To Government
The Miners' Federation today protested to the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) against the raids on union offices, the…
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Employees at Wallamaine colliery stopped work yesterday in support of a claim by transport and gantry workers handling coal from the mine for attendance payment…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The motion submitted by the Miners' Central Council on the attendance payment issue was carried at meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Hopes On Open Cuts
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Future coal needs could not be met unless open-cut coal production was lifted progressively from 1,600,000 tons to 5,000,000 tons a year by 1953, Senator…
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Employees at two other northern coal mines, Normaine and Swansea Open Cut, today stopped work in sympathy with the Wallamaine Colliery strike…
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Three mines were idle yesterday over a claim that attendance payments had been refused to lorry drivers and gantry hands handling coal from Wallamaine colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →75,000 Tons of Coal Shipped
Coal shipments from Newcastle to Sydney and interstate ports for the week totalled 75,000 tons. Victoria received 27,200 tons in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Dead, 4 Hurt In Mine Blast
STOCKHOLM, Saturday (A.A.P.).—Two died and four were slightly injured yesterday when 20 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transport of Coal From Seven Mines Stopped by Rail Strike
Transport of coal from seven mines on the northern field ceased today because of a strike by members of the Federated Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Association employed on the Richmond Vale…
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STOCKHOLM, May 27. A.A.P. —Two died and four were slightly injured when 20 miners were trapped in a 200ft. deep gallery in an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pressman Killed By Mine In Korea
TOKIO, Mon. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—An A.A.P.-Reuter correspondent. Derek Pearcy, 25, was killed in Korea Saturday when…
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TOKYO, May 27. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Derek Pearcy, an Australian Associated Press-Reuter war correspondent, was killed when his jeep…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery to Have 2 Access Roads
The Joint Coal Board would have two access roads built to Newstan colliery to avoid dispute between the miners' lodge and Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Loss 4900 Tons
Disputes at four Northern mines and a short shift worked at another caused a production loss of about 4900 tons of coal yesterday…
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A stoppage by members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association on the Richmond Vale railway yesterday held up coal…
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