Heavy Coal Bank-up In Newcastle
More than 35,000 tons of coal is expected to be banked up in waggons at Port Waratah marshalling yards by this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1952
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Attack On Coal Pile-up
Newcastle port authorities will make a major effort this week to clear a record…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Board Mining Plant "Idle"
Expensive mining machinery was idle because of "adminstrative bungling" by the Joint Coal Board, Senator Arnold said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Engineer Killed
SINGLETON, Monday. — James Neal, 42, of Elizabeth-street, Singleton, engineer at Liddell colliery, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old Mine Exposed In Street
Neil Hicks and Nevil Hopkins, of New Lambton, yesterday peer into an old mine tunnel exposed when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Bank-up Of Coal
A section of the record bank-up of coal at the shipping basin at Carrington yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gradual Reduction In Record Coal Bank-up
The record accumulation of coal in Newcastle marshalling yards caused by transport problems is gradually being reduced, but it is still causing an acute shortage of empty waggons. Yesterday the bank-up…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners Afraid Of Water Trap
Miners at Northern Extended Colliery were afraid they might be trapped by water in the bottom seam and had decided not to work until an inspection of the mine was made by their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miner Killed By Fall Of Coal
Bearers from Newcastle Ambulance had to go into the mine to recover the body of a miner, Cecil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Pile-up Coal By Air Suggestion
SYDNEY: Transport bottlenecks, which had caused thousands of tons of valuable coal to bank up in the Newcastle area, could be solved by using the new British cargo plane, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Minister On Pillar Coal
SYDNEY: Although impracticable on the Greta seam, it was "all poppycock" to say that pillar coal could not be extracted safely from a number of N.S.W. mines without stowage,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Worried by "Uneven Development" in Coal Types
The greatest problem in the mining industry at present was not difficulties associated with transport of coal, as had been asserted in certain quarters, but the need to ensure that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Dispute May Extend
The Hebburn-Elrington merger group of mines will meet to-night to consider extending the dispute at Hebburn No. 1 colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Subsidy For Miners' Transport
SYDNEY.—The Federal Government cannot agree to provide funds to subsidise transport costs for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leave For Mine Firm In Dispute
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice Roper), to-day granted New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anniversary Of Mt. Kembla Mine Disaster
To-day is the anniversary of the greatest disaster in the coalmining industry in N.S.W. On July 31, 1902, the Mt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LETTERS To The Editor Coal Production
MR. ROGER DEAN, Liberal M.H.R. ("N.M.H.," 25/7/'52) must be worried about Liberal Party popularity…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Council Meets Monday On New Log
SYDNEY: Central Council of the Miners' Federation will consider its case for a new log of claims and method of presenting it to the Coal Industry Tribunal at its meeting on Monday. Main points of the new…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Plane Urged To End Coal Pile-up
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Coal at grass in Australia could be shifted with a new British heavyweight plane, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Coal To Railways
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Coal for railway engines in New South Wales from December 31, 1951, to July 12, 1952,…
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