Mine Mechanics' Ballot Results
Mr. W. Crane has been reelected as general secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Union, defeating his…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
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Secretary Of Mine Mechanics Re-elected
Mr. W. Crane was re-elected General Secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanies' Association in the ballot which concluded…
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The Joint Coal Board will be asked to contribute towards the cost of reconstructing: Marchst., Kotara, should it be used…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Decreased coal production was inevitable if youths employed in the coalmining industry were called up for…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant) said to-day he had discussed with the President…
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The price of nut coal had been increased from 4/5 to 4/6 a bag, the President of the Newcastle Fuel Merchants' Association (Mr. J. E…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LETTERS To the Editor Greta Coal
I SUPPORT Mr. Barrett in his statement of July 5 on a new mine at Greta. The citizens of Greta, for a long time have asked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Set-back to B.h.p. Coal
John Darling, the B.H.P's second largest colliery, was back at work yesterday, but output at the company's biggest mine, Burwood, was halved. John Darling, which has a…
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Mr. J. P. Stewart, Area Supervisor for the N.S.W. Coal Company, has arrived in Newcastle to supervise construction…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Legislation to ratify the purchase of Winchelsea open-cut brown coalmine by the State Government for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cardiff Opposes Shallow Mines
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) will be asked by Cardiff Urban Area Committee to ensure that no applications to operate…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Minister for Transport (Mr. Hyland) announced that four colliers would lift 24,000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Mates In Race Finish
Count Valais and Miss Brilliantina, who run first and second in the second division of the Second Novice at Wyong yesterday, are raced by two Gully Line mine employees…
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Four mines were on strike and there was a partial strike at another in the North yesterday. A breakdown and wet weather…
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Coal production in northern N.S.W. slumped today. The loss of output due to stoppages, about 8500 tons, was the worst for weeks. Eight mines were idle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fortune In Gold In Crashed Plane
PORT MORESBY, Wed. (O.S.R.).—A consignment of gold bars from the Bulolo Gold Dredging Company is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Icy Ducking For Men When Coal Lorry Dives Into Creek
Two men received a "ducking" in the freezing waters of Kaludah Creek at Lochinvar but escaped with minor injuries when their empty coal lorry ran off the road into the creek early this morning. Shivering with cold, they…
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Bunker coal from the Northern field pours into the hold of the interstate collier River Glenelg as Mr. A. McCullum (pinboss) knocks out the pin of a waggon at Newcastle cranes' berth yesterday. The ship recently returned from India, where she loaded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Better Work At North's Mines
All mines of the northern coalfields which had been idle yesterday returned to work to-day, but three fresh stoppages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall To Death Down Mine Shaft
KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.— John Reginald Turner, shift bass, was killed to-day when he fell 400 feet down a shaft at the Lake…
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