Mine Strikes Hit B. H. P. Coal
Strikes at the B. H. P. Company's mines on the northern N. S. W. coalfields within the past fortnight have cost the Newcastle Steel Works more than 25,000 tons of coal intake…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
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Jobs At Mines But Men Short
Mine owners' representatives told the Northern Miners' Executive at a conference yesterday that they could not get sufficient men to fill vacancies at their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cut Output Or More Stocks Coal Solution
Coal production must be reduced or special arrangements made to enable additional coal to be taken into stock, says the Joint Coal Board in its fifth annual report, tabled in the Legislative Assembly and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain's Mine Work "Easier"
WOLLONGONG: A Scottish migrant miner told the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) at Bulli Court today that Australian miners had to work harder and longer hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James Advises Mixing Coal
CANBERRA, Thursday.— The Federal Government should either order the Joint Coal Board to mix coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Demand Say On Jobs
WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—A mineworker should have an opportunity to refuse to perform certain duties, the Coal Industry Tribunal was told to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Coal Cost Cut Needed
Coal from Newcastle needs to be reduced in cost by about one-third to be competitive with Victorian raw brown coal or briquettes, and coal from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ex-Miners Seek Revival Of State Body
Belmont-Swansea Retired Mine Pensioners' Association decided to ask the District Delegate Board to have the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Authority Warns A.E.U. About Strike
If the Maitland District Committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union stopped collieries on its field over the Elrington Mine dispute it would have to accept responsibility. for its action, the Acting Local Coal Authority (Mr. J. Hills) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' Chief For Broken Hill
The Federal President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) will go to Broken Hill on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Danger In U.K. "Less"
Work in Australian coalmines was harder and more dangerous than in British mines, a Scottish miner said in Bulli Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →84,350 Tons of Coal Shipped
A total of 84,350 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle to interstate ports, Sydney and Japan this week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.E.U. Men To Stop Big Loss Of Coal Likely
A big gas coal production loss is expected on Monday when Amalgamated Engineering Union men take the day off. Maitland branch District…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Idle In Confusion Over Order
One mine was idle and four partly manned on the Maitland field today, due, union officials believe, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Point Hall Opens
More than 200 people attended the opening by Mr. J. E. Layton of Coal Point Progress Association Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swansea Mine To Close Down
Notices to men employed at the Swansea colliery were issued yesterday terminating their services…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pillar Work At 12 Mines
SYDNEY, Monday.— Twelve collieries in the Maitland, Newcastle, Southern and Western districts have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Difficulty On Coal 'Being Met'
SYDNEY, Monday.— The demand for coal had been seriously overstated, but the difficulties arising from this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Mine To Consumer" Scheme In Britain
LONDON: A single pipeline, stretching for more than a hundred miles, may one day pump large-size coal into London at the rate of millions of tons a year. This novel method of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Sought By Mt. Isa Company
DARWIN, Monday. — Mr. Isa mining company is seeking skilled miners. One representative of the…
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