"Coal Lift" Meeting At Cessnock
Cessnock Municipal Council will hold a special meeting to-night to discuss the plan to push a wheel-barrow of coal from Cessnock to…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
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Gas Company Anticipated Coal Rise
An increase in the price of coal was anticipated by Newcastle Gas and Coke Company Ltd., in an application for an increase in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Loss Over 10,000 Tons
Coal losses jumped yesterday, when 11 northern mines were idle. Production was down about 8200 tons in the North and 2300 tons in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Governments in Clash on Coal Rise
The Federal and New South Wales Governments clashed on the increase in coal prices. The Commonwealth support the Joint Coal Board action in raising prices…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To The Editor Coal Tickets
THE racket in coal tickets goes on unabated. Coal from Aberdare is delivered in Toronto. The Boulevard in Toronto is little better…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Strike Ends At Mine As Another Begins
BROKEN HILL, Monday.—As Workers' Industrial Union of Australia members resumed at the North Broken Hill mine to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Road Damage Inquiry
Kearsley Shire Council last night instructed the engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) to investigate damage to access roads at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Household Coal Up
The Joint Coal Board hand authorised a rise of 1d a cwt bag in the price of first-quality coal, the President of Newcastle Fuel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →10 Northern Mines On Strike
Ten mines were on strike in the North yesterday, for a coal production loss of about 6000 tons. Water in a section of another mine caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Access Road Work This Year
A start was expected towards the end of the year on the reconditioning of Bulkara and Bousfield Streets, Wallsend, the Lord Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines "Can Take 3500 More Men"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—New South Wales coal-mines could absorb 3500 more men in the next six months. The Acting Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →7 Mines Idle On Red Poll
Miners at seven northern collieries today stopped work in protest against the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Coal Board Aid For County
The Joint Coal Board, which last year contributed £130 to Lower Hunter Shire's share of the cost of Northumberland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters To The Editor Mayor's Coal Lift
IF the Mayor of Cessnock is sincere about pushing a wheelbarow of coal to Sydney, why not go and get two trucks of coal and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Bad Day At Mines
The northern coalfields had another bad day today, with an output loss due to stoppages of 7160…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Stoppage In West Cancelled
SYDNEY.—Stop-work meetings on the Western coalfields set down for today were cancelled to allow a compulsory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Minimum £29/10/- A Week
BROKEN HILL.—The lead bonus payable to employees of mining companies in September will be a record of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meeting Planned On Mines
The Cessnock Mineworkers' Area Committee has invited the Mayor (Aid. Hallam) and the aldermen to attend a meeting on Monday to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →4830 Tons Coal Loss
Loss of coal output on the northern field today due to stoppages was 4830 tons. Richmond Main Colliery was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →7 Mine Strikes In North
Coal production losses rose to 7000 tons in the North yesterday where seven mines were on strike. In the West, the loss was about…
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