Statement By Miners' President
The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) yesterday issued the following statement on…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
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Conference On Coal Bridge
A conference will be called to try to determine the future of the coal line bridge which creates a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland Coal For Victoria
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Coal Board hoped to be able Soon to supply Victoria with its normal weekly quota of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Body Bound By Terms
The terms of reference prevented the South Maitland Coal Conservation Committee giving assistance by stowage in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.K. Miners Drop Wage Claim
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.) —British coalminers took heed yesterday of warnings that their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Promised Victoria
SYDNEY, Wednesday. —The Victorian Minister for Labour (Mr. Fraser) conferred in Sydney to-day with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Resumption Hitch Another Strike At John Darling Colliery
Reporting for work today for the first time in nearly four months, shiftmen at John Darling Colliery immediately went on strike again. The B.H.P. Co. Ltd., owners of John Darling…
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A hitch in the resumption of work at John Darling mine was overcome yesterday and the pit is expected to be back…
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WOLLONGONG: Rolling strikes on the South Coast flared today into a mass stoppage of 14 major…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Miners' Log to Be Resumed
SYDNEY. — The hearing of the Miners' Federation log of claims for higher wages and improved conditions will be resumed before the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mines Hearing Next
SYDNEY, Monday.—Hearing of the Miners' Federation's log of claims by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Port's Coal Loading Need
There was a need for modern coal loading plant in the Port of Newcastle, Mr. Walter Tripet said yesterday. Mr. Tripet retired at the…
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SYDNEY: The southern district of the Miners Federation supports the A.E.U. on its stand against Government-controlled ballots, the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Coal Board Ends Grant To Councils
LITHGOW, Monday.—The Joint Coal Board grant of 1d on every ton of coal produced, which was established in 1948…
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SYDNEY. — The Joint Coal Board has informed coal fields municipalities and shires that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Know How To Mine Coal But Not Burn It
There was considerable knowledge in the Newcastle District on the winning of coal, but very little knowledge about how to burn it, an expert on the Council's Smoke Abatement…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stowage Asked for by Miners
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Federation to-day asked the Acting Minister for Mines (Mr. Buckley) to have stowage introduced at Aberdare Extended mine…
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The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) yesterday issued in Sydney a consent order restoring to members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Shot Blow-Back Injures Two
Two miners were injured when a shot blew out in Austral Main Colliery this morning and one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turkish Plan To Turn "Water Into Gold" Turkish
ISTANBUL (O.S.R.): Turkey has a plan for turning water into gold—by hydro-electric development which will reduce the amount of coal burned to produce energy and therefore free more coal for sale abroad in exchange for much-needed foreign…
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