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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 62
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Cost of a 35-hour week in coalmines would be more than the nation's finances would stand, a witness said before the Coal Industry Tribunal to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Friday.—The Government should abolish the "utterly worthless" State Coal Mines Authority, the Leader of the State Opposition (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A total of 98,700 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle to interstate ports, overseas and Sydney this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday.—From the peak production year of 1940 there had been a steady fall in output at B.H.P. collieries till to-day 500 more employees were producing about 500 tons a day less…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Adequate mining safeguards were required in working places where managers relied largely on roof bolting, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY: "While coal owners honor their obligations under the award, miners do not", the Assistant superintendent of B.H.P. Collieries (Mr. Heywood Wilkinson) said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON: Digging in his garden, Robert Summers, of Wessington Farm, Awliscombe, Devon, struck…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Japanese freighter, Yasukawa, began loading 8000 tons of mixed coal for Korea in Newcastle last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday.—The cost of instituting weekly pay for miners at four B.H.P. pits would be an extra £15,000 a year, a colliery official told the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The miners' Northern Management Board today decided to leave in the hands of the District Executive the question of the opening of the district's membership books…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Stoppages of work at three northern N.S.W. coal Mines today cost 3360 tons of output…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE field miners may face Christmas with the threat of dismissal hanging over them. According to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Ability of the industry to pay was an important question, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY: Introduction of weeky pay Fridays in the coal industry would encourage miners to indulge in dishonest practices, the manager of Richmond Main (J. Prior) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HAIFA: An imposing pale cream marble shrine flanked by eight dull pink granite columns and crowned with a dome of gold is being completed here on the lower slopes…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Miners' Federation has asked all its members on the northern field to observe two minutes' silence before the start of…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Director of State Coalminers (Mr. Ashworth) said to-night that he had organised…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Plans to develop the Australian export trade in coal were discussed at a joint…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Miners' Federation may open its books to new members within a few days. Yesterday, the Northern Miners' Management Board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Although the prospect was unpalatable to coal proprietors, a reduction in the price of…
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