Miners' Poll Result Likely Today
Announcement of the result of the ballot for a new General Secretary of the Miners' Federation is…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
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Dispute On Mine Holiday Work
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Local Coal Authority (Mr. J. Hills) has called a compulsory conference to-morrow to…
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Miners will work their last shift for 1953 to-day. Mineworkers and pit ponies will begin their annual three…
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About 2,500,000 tons of coal is in reserve in New South Wales this Christmas—a record for post-depression years. Miners on the Northern…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. George H. Neilly has been elected General Secretary of the Miners' Federation. Mr. Neilly defeated Mr…
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PALERMO (Sicily). Mon. (A.A.P.). — Three miners were killed and five seriously injured last night in…
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SYDNEY: Mr. A. G. Pellow, Superintendent of State Coal Mines, has been…
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PALERMO (Sicily), Dec. 21. A.A.P.—Three miners were killed and five others seriously injured last night in a gas…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) accused the Joint Coal Board of a "breach of faith."…
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A proposed holiday trip ended in disaster for a young family and two friends when their car…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The State Mines Control Authority has dismissed the Superintendent of State Coalmines (Mr…
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Mineworkers at Bellbird colliery benefited from Bandy Lane's easy win in the…
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SYDNEY.—The South African Finance Minister (Mr. N. C. Havenga) arrived by Qantas…
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In terms of production, 1953 has been a good year in the coal industry. But for one major dispute, the…
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Bandy Lane, named by the owner, F. Smith, of Weston, after a fellow employee at Bellbird colliery, won big…
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DARWIN, Tuesday.—The gold room at the Eldorado mine, Tennant Creek, was broken into during the holidays and…
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Miners in the Lake Macquarie Ambulance area have agreed to pay 2/- a pay for ten consecutive pays towards the cost of buying three new ambulance cars and modern…
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