Oil Replacing Gas Coal
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Unless there was a reversal of recent price trends, further replacement of coal by oil appeared inevitable…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
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Miners To Elect New Secretary
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Returning Officer of the Miners' Federation (Mr. C. A. Willis) to-day called for…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Books of the Northern district of the Miners' Federation would be reopened immediately, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Hurt When Coal Trains Hit
Two railwaymen were injured when coal trains hit on the mineral line near Sandgate station early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Could Earn More: Manager Tonnage Down, Tribunal Told
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—If contract miners at Stockrington colliery filled skips with the same weight of coal as in 1950, each man would earn between £1/7/ and £1/10/2 a week more, a witness told the Coal Industry…
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COPPER CLIFF (Ontario): Igniter cord, a safer and more efficient device, has been adopted…
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Len Duffy, 19, of Dudley-street, Cessnock, a wheeler at Aberdare Colliery, was struck by a fall of coal yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Arrests Will Be Proposed
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Detectives investigating allegations of irregularities at three State coalmines will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lithgow Mine Rejects Protest Stop
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Miners at Lithgow State Mine have defeated a move by their lodge to strike because a…
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SYDNEY.—Coal production in N.S.W. for the eight months ended August, 1953, was 7…
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The coal production loss in the North yesterday was about 2200 tons. Members of Abermain No…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"In The Good Old Days" Coal Traffic
The northern railway had not been built many years when it was proposed to lease it to private enterprise. A Sydney newspaper commented:…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Separate Calls to Miners Clash Over Wage Rises
A statement issued last night as on behalf of the miners' Central Executive called on coalminers to "take appropriate action demanding that basic wage…
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Miners at five northern collieries—most of them small producers—went on strike today over the basic wage adjustments issue. This followed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Manager Tells Tribunal: Camp Trip While On Sick Pay
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Provisions of the sick leave clause had enabled four mineworkers to have a fortnight's holiday in Queensland, shooting and fishing, the Manager of Pelaw Main colliery (Alfred Richard Gobert) said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shorter Mine Week Opposed
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Under a seven-hour day many miners would not get their darg every day, a colliery official said to-day. The official, Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Talks On Miners' Books Continue
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Talks between miners' officials an representatives of the New South Wales Combined…
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All stoppages of work at mines on the northern N.S.W. coalfields today were continuations…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Representatives of colliery owners and the Miners' Federation to-day reached agreement on re-opening the federation's books…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →3600-Ton Coal Loss In North
Stoppages at four Northern collieries yesterday caused a loss of about 3600 tons. Strikes were continued at…
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