11 Miners Die in Explosion
MONS, Jan. 14. A.A.P.— Eleven miners were killed and 16 injured in a fire damp explosion at Wasmes, near…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
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Trains Needed In British Mines
LONDON. — The health of miners would improve and production would increase if trains were used…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Loss Of 2000 Tons
Coal production loss in the North yesterday was about 2000 tons because of the idleness of Richmond Main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship Coming For Coal For Japan
The British vessel Denmark Hill is expected in Newcastle on Saturday to lift the first of four cargoes of coal for Japan, totalling 33,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Northern Mines Idle
Stoppages of work affected only two mines on the northern coalfields to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Union Move On Mine Closures
SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation, at its annual Federal Council meeting later this month, would further consider unemployment in the coal industry and the closure of small…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jap. Ship To Load Coal
The Japanese freighter, Nisshu Maru, is expected in Newcastle on Monday to load a full cargo of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Employees Injured
George Scott, 54, shiftman, of Brunker-street, Kurri Kurri, suffered lacerations to his right arm and left hand at Pelaw…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →1400 Tons Of Coal Lost
One northern mine was idle yesterday and another worked partially manned. The coal production loss was about 1400…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Chairman's View: "No Surplus of Pit Labour"
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cochran) said to-day that there would not be a surplus of mineworkers in the coal industry as a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Talks In Newcastle
The Joint Coal Board is expected to confer with the Northern Executive of the Miners' Federation and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dismissals Protest By Belmont Miners
Mineworkers from Belmont Colliery marched more than one mile along the footpath of Hunter-st. from Federation House to the Joint Coal Board offices in Customs House today to protest against dismissals at the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protest March By Miners
About 100 miners from two Belmont collieries marched on the Joint Coal Board's office at the Customs House in Newcastle yesterday to protest against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Bound For Japan
Officers of the Japanese yelsel, Nisshu Maru, watch coal for export to Japan swing on board the vessel at 10 and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Confer On Jobs, Overtime
The Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation today discussed the employment position on the northern coalfields and the union's partial ban on overtime, imposed in an effort to safeguard jobs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To the Editor. Mine Employment
THE early history of 1953 is bringing out the grim truth about the situation in the coal industry. Already…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bid for Regular Japanese Coal Order
Shipments of coal from Newcastle to Japan may become regular if negotiations going on are successful. Much will depend on Japanese reaction to the first shipment of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Worker Injured
Trevor Vaughan, 19, of Greta-street, Kurri, clipper at Aberdare Extended colliery, injured his right knee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Corrimal Miners Hurt
SYDNEY.—Three mine-workers were injured when an express trolley ran off the lines at Corrimal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Coal For Stockpile
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Full employment of Queensland underground miners is ensured for the present as the result…
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