Miners to Bar New Members Job Safeguard
The Northern miners' Management Board decided yesterday to close its books to new members. This move is aimed at preventing unemployment through over-production…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 62
Inquiry On Finances Of Mines
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Police officers are conducting a "special investigation" into the financial position of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Keep Coal Facts In Perspective
Nothing but harm could come from magnifying the significance of the fact that markets cannot be found…
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While allocations of coal from Wallamaine Colliery to Bunnerong powerhouse had been gradually cut back, quotas from other mines producing much inferior qualities had been increased, the manager of Wallamaine (Mr. A. Sloss) claimed today…
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NEW YORK, Wed. (O.S.R.).—The "blue of the night" has met the "gold of the day" for positively the last time as far as Bing Crosby is concerned. The crooner announced…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Government would inquire about the price of coal bought by the Railways Department,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Probe On State Mines Conspiracy Charges May Be Laid
SYDNEY.—Charges of conspiracy may be laid against public servants as the result of investigations by police into the accounts of the State…
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Miners under threat of dismissal at two northern collieries today had a reprieve when no dismissal notices were issued. Unless an early solution…
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SYDNEY: Police investigation into accounts of the State Mines Control Authority are likely to extend from Liddell and Oakdale pits to at least…
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SYDNEY: Colliery owners were ready to extract pillar coal but before doing so required assurances from the Miners' Federation that its members would operate the machinery, the Coal Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) was told today…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A police report on State coalmine administration is expected to be ready soon. The Minister for Mines…
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It has been a long hop since the day 64-year old Northern Territory prospector, Jack White, went out to Rum Jungle to pick off a kangaroo…
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Southern district miners have opened their books to former members of the federation. The President of the Southern district of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Parkinson) said this in Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →35-Hour Week "Would Cut Coal Output 16 p.c."
SYDNEY, Thursday—Introduction of a 35-hour week in coalmines would mean a production loss of 16 per cent, a witness told the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mt. Gallagher) to-day…
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A "reprieve" for men facing dismissals from Wallamaine and Boston collieries was granted yesterday. Fifty men wee to have…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Miners at Lithgow State coalmine would return to work on Monday, the Minister for Mines…
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The Joint Coal Board would consider district welfare committee recommendations on liabilities which a council…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Police investigations into alleged irregularities at two State coalmines may reveal transactions involving at least £10,000…
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DARWIN, Sunday.—Sixteen lignite (brown coal) experts from 10 Asian countries will study Australian lignite…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nuclear Energy As Competitor "Coal Had Better Look To Its Laurels"
The "Newcastle Morning Herald" asked Professor H. Messel, of Sydney University, to discuss the likely effect of nuclear energy on the Australian coal industry. This is his opinion…
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