Bottleneck In Coal Transport Developing
A coal transport bottleneck is developing again on the northern field and work at three mines today was interrupted because of shortage of empty waggons. Swansea Open Cut was…
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Mining & the mines, 1952
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Mine Bath House To Cost £37,000
Kearsley Shire Council last night approved an application by J. and A. Brown and Abermain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3 To Oppose Williams In Miners' Poll
SYDNEY.—Three northern district miners are the only nominations to oppose Mr. Idris Williams for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Miners' Federation May Limit Membership Some Coalmines May Close; Markets Go
Some Newcastle district coalmines may have to close because they cannot find a market for their coal. The Northern Miners' District Executive is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Offer Accepted
Lake Macquarie District Ambulance Committee at a special meeting last night decided to accept the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Menzies On Coal Output
CANBERRA: The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said today he much preferred to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agreement On Miners' Leave Issue
SYDNEY An agreement reached today between coal-owners and Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three To Oppose Miners' President
The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) will be opposed by three candidates in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Aids Lake Ambulance
Lake Macquarie Ambulance Board has accepted the Joint Coal Board's offer to subsidise by 50 per…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Board Plan For Coal Disposal
SYDNEY: The Joint Coal Board has made recommendations to the Federal and State Governments regarding the disposal of low grade coal, the Mines Minister (Mr. Arthur)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Keep Security In Coal Industry
Only last week it was announced with some pride in Canberra that in the year to June 30 the coal industry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Officials Predict Action Miners' Books "Will Close"
Two miners' officials said yesterday that the union's books would be closed, because of a threat to jobs. Mr. Neilly said he expected the Northern miners' District Executive to decide to-morrow on this action…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Pile-Up Reached 33,000 Tons Today
The pile-up of coal awaiting shipment from Newcastle railway yards had increased today to 33,000 tons and work at eight mines on the northern field was interrupted because they could not be supplied with adequate numbers of empty waggons to receive their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Leave Agreement
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Coalowners and the Central Executive of the Miners' Federation to-day tentatively agreed that mineworkers who lost their jobs through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Waggons Bank Up
This scene at the Dyke, Newcastle, yesterday, shows some of the many coal waggons waiting to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£162,500 Gold Robbery
TORONTO, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Gold valued at £162,500 was stolen today at Halton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conserving To Save Coal Jobs
An immediate start on a coal conservation scheme, particularly stowage, was necessary to find employment for men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Closure Threat:— Miners Will Fight Move
SYDNEY: The threatened closure of 50 northern coalmines and dismissals of miners would be fought "every inch of the way," the Miners' Federation declared today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Second Attempt To Raise Gold
BRISBANE: A Brisbane salvage team will make a further attempt to recover £35,000 worth of gold bullion from the seabed near Lae, New Guinea…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Drastic" Moves to Meet Coal Crisis
SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Joint Coal Board had made drastic recommendations to meet the crisis threatening the coal industry, the New South Wales Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) said to-day…
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