Some Bellbird Miners Back
No. 2 tunnel at Bellbird Colliery returned to work today after about a month's idleness, but…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
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Cessnock Mine Stowage Plans
SYDNEY: The Mines Department is considering a system of stowage for coal mines in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Stockpile "No Help" Says Miners' Leader'
The announcement by the Minister for National Development (Senator Spooner) that coal would be stockpiled until December on the condition that miners' books were opened to new members in the Southern District was not going to help the position in the north, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Unfair To Sack Miners'
It would be unfair for miners to be dismissed because too much coal was being produced, Mr W. Mahon, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Shipments Above Average
Coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle this week were above average. A total of 100,600 tons was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Production Near Peak
Only Nos. 1 and 3 tunnels at Bellbird colliery were idle on the Northern coalfields yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Levy Refusal Stops Colliery
SYDNEY: Because one miner refused to pay a union levy to support the Australian Convention on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Hearing Postponed
SYDNEY, Sunday. — Evidence from N.S.W. colliery proprietors on the miners' log of claims will begin before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Check on Mine Fire
A further inspection of No. 12 slant section of Bellbird colliery will be made to-day by men wearing proto apparatus. The object is to determine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Die in Cage Crash
MONS, Sept. 27. A.A.P.— Twelve miners were killed when a pit cage crashed to the foot of a coalmine shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Excess Production To Be Discussed By Miners
The Northern Miners' Board of Management will meet tomorrow to hear reports from the northern executive of the federation on recent conferences which dealt with excess production of coal in the north…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockpile Talk by Miners
The Northern Miners' Management Committee will meet to-day to hear reports on stockpiling conferences. In the past fortnight, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Northern Mines Idle
Two mines were idle on the northern N.S.W. coalfields today for a loss of output of 1670 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Meet On Over-Production
A special meeting of the miners' Northern Management Board called to discuss the problem of over-production of coal on the northern field adjourned for lunch today without making…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plan to Save Coal Sought
The Minister for Mines (Mr. Buckley) will be asked to act to conserve Cessnock district coal and establish a plant to extract coal by-products…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →French Coal for English Grates
LONDON.—Coal Board officials went to London's Royal Albert Docks to grade part of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →70 Miners May Be Dismissed
Seventy mineworkers on the northern coalfields face the threat of dismissal at the end of this week because of the over-production crisis on the field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owner's Counter To Miners' Log
SYDNEY: The coal owners' counter to the miners' general log of claims opened before the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) in Sydney today. The new log, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Danger Claim At Lithgow Mine
LITHGOW, Tuesday —Employees of Lithgow State coal-mine decided at a special meeting to-day not to return…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →5 Mines Idle On Bellbird Issue
Five mines were idle on the northern coalfields today as a result of the safety dispute at Bellbird Colliery. The stoppages caused a…
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