Leave For Miners Restored
A fortnight's suspended long-service leave had been restored to miners, the Northern President (Mr. G. H…
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Mining & the mines, 1952
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Coal On Its Way
Hanging from the jib of an electric crane at Carrington yesterday, a truck of coal is held over the hold of the ship Beatrice M. while a pinboss knocks out the pin locking the bottom of the truck. The cranes began…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →19 Killed In Mine Explosion
STELLARTON (Nova Scotia), Jan. 15. A.A.P.— Nineteen miners were killed by a gas explosion in the McGregor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters To the Editor Pensions, Miners
FRANK DICKSON ("N.M.H.," 2/1/'52) has written the only constructive letter on pensioners. He shows…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Ask For Talks On Power
A conference to discuss electricity blackouts at mines was sought yesterday by the Northern Miners' Executive…
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The second working day for the year on the coalfields produced the first industrial disputes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liquid Gold New Hope In Cancer Fight
PHILADELPHIA, Wed. (O.S.R.): Hopes are growing that radioactive liquid gold may have new uses in cancer treatment. Gold ranks third among four radioactive atoms used…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Injured in Mine
Caught by a fall of stone from the roof yesterday, Edward Newton, 34, of St. Helens-street, Holmesville, an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Loss Rises
Yesterday, the third day of the miners working year, proquced a number of strikes, which caused a coal…
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SAIGON. Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Twenty Cambodians were injured yesterday when a terrorist…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →900 Tons Coal Lost
Stoppages of work at northern mines today cost about 900 tons of coal production…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Shunter Hit By Loco
Reginald Thompson, 22, shunter, of Kearsley, had his left leg injured when struck by a locomotive at Elrington…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board To Sell Building
SYDNEY.—The Joint Coal Board is to dispose of Frazer House, Bridge St., Sydney, which it resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Coal Lift From Grass
The release of locomotives and rolling stock while the miners were on holidays, and the newly imported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters To the Editor. Coal For Power
HAS the public not been overburdened with the lame excuse of blackouts being caused by poor quality coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Peace Conference
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation decided today to call a conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Major Shipment
A total of 381,211 tons of cargo was exported from Newcastle to interstate, overseas and Sydney during December,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Loses Slight
The only production loss on the northern coalfields yesterday was about 700 tons as Richmond Main worked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Alight in Truck
Coal in a truck in a train travelling to Newcastle caught fire last night near Metford, a few miles from Hexham…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1385 Tons of Coal Lost
Partial stoppages of work at two mines and the complete idleness of another on the northern…
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