Miners "Never Rebuked" for Winning Excess Coal
SYDNEY: John Darling lodge members had never been reprimanded by the lodge committee for having produced too much coal, the lodge secretary (W. Gardner) told the Coal…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
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Coal Carting
Tenders are invited for the cartage of coal by motor truck from dump to loading point at Newstan…
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SYDNEY: A written statement made by Norman Alwyn Wilson, former general manager of the N.S.W. Mining Company, contained a direct attack on the Joint Coal Board Chairman, Mr. S. F. Cochran, (said the Doyle Royal Commissioner (Judge Amsberg) today…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Mr. P. F. Cody, goldmining executive and a former president of Melbourne Racing…
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Northern mineworkers today threw 35 collieries idle in support of the John Darling strike for the district's biggest coal loss so far this year. Altogether 37 northern…
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Fire which broke out in a fall of 2000 tons of coal at Abermain No. 1 colliery, has been brought under control…
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Several big gas coal mines on the northern N.S.W. field have nor yet worked this week. Stoppages over the John Darling strike issue yester-…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Loading Again At Hexham Soon
Coastal colliers will begin loading at Hexham in two to three weeks—for the first time in almost three years…
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The County Chairman (Cr. Richardson) will ask the Department of Local Government to give the County…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Purdue Urges Caution In County Control Of Mines
The Lord Mayor (Aid. Purdue) today urged caution in any move by the County Council to control mining operations in the County district. Yesterday a Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →100,000 Tons Of Newcastle Coal To Go To Korea
One hundred thousand tons of coal is to be shipped from Newcastle to Korea. The first shipment in this record post-war order will begin loading into the Japanese ship Keniui Maru on Thursday. The first shipment in…
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A meeting at Cessnock last night on the John Darling issue was adjourned till Monday night. The meeting was one of three held on the Coalfields…
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(1) Five Indian mining experts are visiting Newcastle and the Coalfields at present under the Colombo Plan. They visited Burwood Colliery yesterday, will inspect more mines in Newcastle and Cessnock. Picture shows them during a courtesy call to the Lord Mayor today. Left to right: B. Basu, A. N. Banerji, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue), R. K. Gupta, B. M. Prasad, Mr. S. Flowers (Joint Coal Board) and J. C. Jetu. (2) Hockey at Mental Hospital grounds between Girls' High and C. of E. Grammar School. (3) Dawn Storey competing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Washed Coal May Boost Exports
Coal washing is a relatively new phase, in the coal mining industry which should brighten prospects for a revival of the export trade. This process of making…
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The order for 100,000 tons of Northern New South Wales coal for Korea, following the contract for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight Mines Idle In North Today
Stoppages of work on the northern N.S.W. coalfields today cost more than 5600 tons of coal output. Six mines were idle over…
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One hundred thousand tons of coal to be shipped from Newcastle to Korea will be paid for in dollars. The coal will go to American forces in Korea…
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SYDNEY: Chairman of the Joint Coal Board, S. F. Cochran, today told the Doyle Royal Commission he had been in Canberra on the probable date he was alleged to have asked a former mining manager at the Hotel Australia to withdraw his objection to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Chairman "Denies Talk Of Canberra Pressure"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The chairman of the Joint Coal Board denied having talked about "pressure from Canberra" to let coal contracts, Mr. G. Wallace, Q.C., said to-day: Mr. Wallace (for the Coal Board) said this at the Doyle Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Lodge Official Denies Saying Deputy Was in the Right
SYDNEY: He had never told his mother and father that deputy T. Mowbray was "in the right, but he was forced to support a fellow lodge officer," John Darling lodge…
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