Fire In Liddell Colliery
Proto men from South Maitland Mines Rescue Station, using extinguishers and stone dust, reduced a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1952
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Stoppage To Worsen Coal Lag
The lag in the dispatch of coal from Newcastle will be accentuated by a 24-hour stoppage by coaltrimmers on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Solomon's Mines" Began With A Bet
TRAVELLING to London by train one day in 1884, Henry Rider Haggard and one of his brothers began…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Strikes Cost 4600 Tons In North
Coal production loss in the North yesterday from strikes was about 4600 tons. About 1200 tons were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Bar New Members Northern Move On Job Fear
The Northern branch of the Miners' Federation will not admit new members from Monday. The closing of the books—the first since several yours before the war—was made because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Back Wheelers Leader Page
The wheelers' dispute at Millfield colliery, which has caused a considerable loss of work, has now the support of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Industry Reform Details Discussed
SYDNEY: More details of the Joint Coal Board's scheme to reorganise the industry by the encouragement of the pro duction of top-quality coal at the right…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Port Stop Hits Coal Loading
Although it is estimated that 27,000 tons of coal will be loaded in Newcastle port today the stoppage tomorrow by wharflaborers and coaltrimmers in protest against the increase of 4/-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federation Closes Books Until Coal Talks Held
"The books of the Northern Miners' Federation will remain closed to new members until such time as a conference takes place so that all aspects of the position can be examined" the Northern president (Mr. G. Neilly) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clearance Needed For Mine Jobs
Members of the Miners' Federation in the North seeking employment on the South Coast will need clearances…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cheap Coal Aid To Export
CANBERRA: The prospects of securing a substantial export market for N.S.W. coal would be greatly improved if the cost of producing open-cut coal were reduced, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Time For Coal Politics
The sooner political disputation about the coal supply surplus ends and united search begins for a practical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →50,000-ton Coal Bank-up
The bank-up of coal at Port Waratah is expected to exceed 50,000 tons to-day and cause many mines to be idle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Ban On Reserves To Be Lifted
CANBERRA, Monday. — The Commonwealth will lift restrictions on native reserves to permit mining on reserve…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Pile-up Nears Record As Result of Wharf Strike
A record bank-up of coal is expected by to-morrow morning in rail marshalling yards at Port Waratah and Bullock Island. This will occur as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collieries Fined
The proprietors of two Swansea collieries were fined by Mr. J. Lake, S.M., in Belmont Court yesterday for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners Unlikely to Transfer
Coal authorities yesterday discounted proposals that surplus men from the Newcastle field could be sent to the South Maitland field for extension of mining operations in that area…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Coal Loss Likely To-day
Many mines are expected to be without empty waggons to-day as a result of the tie-up of the Port of Newcastle yesterday. There was 43,768 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →60,000 Tons of Coal Await Shipment in Newcastle
Coal congestion in Newcastle today reached an all-time record, with 60,000 tons standing in laden waggons in railway yards awaiting shipment from the port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Pension Cases
SYDNEY: Under the present constitution of the Federal - State hospital scheme, mine pensioners…
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