Tear Gas Ends Mine Strike
COLOMBO, Jan. 3. A.A.P. —Police pumped tear gas down a 720ft. graphite pit near Colombo yesterday to force up…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 66
Coal Stability Aim For This Year
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Joint Coal Board's main aim this year would be to keep consumers' stocks at a satisfactory level, Mr. A. E. Warburton said to-day. Mr. Warburton is Acting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutch Mine's Lofty Chimney
A 520ft. concrete chimney at the State-owned coalmine of Oranje Nassau, near Heerlen, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anti-tank Mine Kills Children
ROME, Jan. 5. A.A.P.— Two Italian brothers, aged 8 and 10, were killed, and four other boys were gravely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Sale Opposed Federation Bid
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Federation moved to-day to prevent the disposal of South Clifton colliery by the Joint Coal Board…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Use Of Gold, Dollar Reserves Is Opposed
SYDNEY: Most Commonwealth countries have opposed a British proposal to use gold and dollar reserves to meet any U.S. recession. The Proposal was made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Help Cripple
A WHEELCHAIR which cost £30 and a travelling rag were presented to a 27-year-old crippled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ballot For Miners' President
A special meeting of the Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holidaytime for Miners Nearly Over
The miners' holidays at Lake Macquarie are coming to an end. ABOVE: Mrs. A. Thornton (left)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →15,000 Back To mines, Industry
Fifteen thousand workers will return to their jobs at northern coal mines and Newcastle steel plants on Monday after their annual holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners End Holidays Cardiff Pits to Work
Nineteen thousand miners will go back to work on Monday. The President of the Miners' Federation (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners End Holidays
Coal production will resume to-day when miners return to work after their three weeks annual holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Board to Meet
A special meeting of the Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation will be held…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Problems For 1954
Two of the unsolved problems that faced the coal industry at the beginning of 1953 are no nearer solution…
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MUNICH, West Germany—Hungarian methods of supplying workers for coal mines are causing bad…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Coal Tribunal Reappointed
SYDNEY. — The reappointment of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) for a further…
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Today's special meeting of the Miners' Northern Management Board provided the first "test" vote…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Acting President Position to Mr. J. Pullar
Mr. J. Pullar today was appointed acting northern district president of the Miners' Federation. The appointment was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Injured
James McLaren, 28, of Mount View-road, Cessnock, a miner at Aberdare Extended, had the top of his left index…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One Northern Mine Idle
Only mine idle on the northern coalfields for to-day's shift was Hebburn No. 2, where the stoppage…
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