Mine Explosion In Formosa
HONGKONG, Oct. 5. A.A.P.-Reuter.—One mine, was killed and 13 others entombed by an explosion in a…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 62
Continuous Mining Suggested
SYDNEY : Another colliery superintendent today likened pillar coal extraction to…
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SYDNEY: Legal advice from the Crown Solicitor on the future position of some State Coal Mine Authority employees is being sought today by the Authority Director (Mr. Ashworth). "I am seeking advice on…
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SYDNEY: The falsification of some paysheets is understood to have been…
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Strikes were continued yesterday at Aberdeen, Burwood and West Wallsend Extended collieries…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A summons was served on the Miners' Federation to-day,…
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SYDNEY: Australian miners should adopt the American miners' policy of demanding increased production instead of hampering it, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) was told today. Continuing his evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Move To End Delay In Mine Reports
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Government would take action to bring Mines Department reports up to date, the Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hit by Coal
Neil McNair (25) of Booragul, a miner at Stockton Borehole Colliery, suffered cuts to the right elbow and…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Buckley) told a deputation to-day that a proposal for further…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Engineers Work On Mine Dust
SYDNEY: B.H.P. mining engineers were experimenting continually to eliminate the dust danger in its mines, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher,) was told…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →'No Force' on Mine Labour
The Local Coal Authority (Mr. M. Lydon) said yesterday that neither he nor a union could force a colliery management to employ labour it did not want…
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Idleness of six mines on the northern N.S.W. coalfields today cost 4890 tons of coal output…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.—Senator Spooner said to-day that coal would not be…
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Only Burwood and Ajax collieries, both on the Newcastle field, were idle in the North yesterday…
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SYDNEY: The appointment of the Acting-Director of the State Coal Mining Authority (Mr. R. J. Ashworth), which expires next Thursday, is to be renewed for another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters To the Editor. Mine Stowage
HYDRALIC stowage cannot be introduced too soon. An example of the penny wise, pound foolish policy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BHP Spokesman Tells Of Coal Output Cut
SYDNEY: Reduced individual effort by miners since 1943 and their seniority system had progressively cut production in B.H.P. mines, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) was told today…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hopes For 'Freeing' From N.S.W. Coal
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—"Whereas the last generation saw the beginning of the liberation of Victoria from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Silver Brim, Ripley's Gold And Match Point Appeal
Silver Brim (Waratah Handicap,), Ripley's Gold (Merewether Handicap) and Match Point (Broadmeadow Handicap) are three with outstanding prospects at tonight's Newcastle Trotting meeting on the Showground track…
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