U.S. Plan For Oil From Coal
WASHINGTON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): The Secretary of the Interior (Mr. Oscar Chapman) said today the…
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Mining & the mines, 1952
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Newcastle Benefits £31,000 Coal Board Grant
The Joint Coal Board is to make £31,000 available for expenditure on community benefits in the Newcastle area this financial year…
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LITHGOW, Friday. — Thirty-five men at Commonwealth open cut, Lidsdale, to-day staged a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Board Replies on Coal Plant
SYDNEY, Sunday. — Senator Spooner today released a reply to charges by Senator Arnold on use of Joint Coal Board plant. Senator Spooner, Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Idle Over Wage-Hours Move
Miners at Aberdare Central were reported to be idle today in protest against the move to extend the 40-hour week and reduce the basic wage…
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Robert Prescott, 46 of Edgworth-street, South Cessnock, a miner at Bellbird colliery, injured his left arm yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The full text of the hours, wages issue resolution carried by the Miners' Central Council to-day was— "WE join with the A.C.T.U…
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Pit-top meetings held on the northern N.S.W. coalfields today at the direction of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation led to the idleness of mines producing more than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Govt. Aid Could Reap Crop Of Gold Medals
LONDON, Tues. (O.S.R.): Australia should win many more than the six gold medals she took at Helsinki when the next Olympic Games are held in Melbourne in 1956. That is if she finds the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Miners Meet To-day at Pit-tops Case On Hours, Pay To Start
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday directed federation members throughout Australia to hold pit-top meetings this morning to protest against the employers' application for a lower…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Haulage Changes
The old and new methods of hauling coal at Liddell colliery still run side by side. The new method…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Changing Times For Coal
TIMES had charged for the coalmining industry, the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Withdrawal Of Miners After "Bump"
Nine pairs of miners were withdrawn from No. 2 slant section in Abermain No. 2 colliery lat week after a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Glen Davis Thanks By Miners
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Central Council of the Miners Federation to-day carried a resolution of thanks for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →First Coal Cargo At Balmain
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The new £500,000 Balmain coal export centre began operations to-day, loading 250 to 300 tons…
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Miners at 49 New South Wales coalmines went on strike yesterday in protest against the employers' application to the Arbitration Court for a lower basic wage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rush For Gold Inflation Fears In France
PARIS, Aug. 5. A.A.P.—French investors rushed to buy gold yesterday as an insurance against ally further inflation of the franc…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain Cuts Production at 12 Mines in the North
Heavy rain throughout the northern coalfields area today interfered with the working of 12 mines. Five underground pits…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Weather Cuts Coal Output
Rain and rough seas caused a coal production loss of about 4580 tons in the North yesterday. Strikes caused an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Seek Separate Wage Hearing
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Miners' Federation will ask the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to hear its…
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