Gold Standard Not Popular
WASHINGTON, March 30. A.A.P.—The U.S. Treasury is unalterably opposed to putting the United States back on the gold standard at present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1954
1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 66
Change Urged In Mine Jobs System
A review of the method of appointment to mechanical units was sought at the Northern Miners' Management…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Ore Found In Siberia
TOKYO (A.A.P.-Reuter): Japanese who returned to Tokyo from Siberia recently told reporters that vast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Free Coal Sought For Pensioners
SYDNEY: The chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) had not yet replied to his proposal that N.S.W. old age and invalid pensioners be given free coal from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ship Held Up By Coal Strike
The cargo vessel Mulberry Hill is being delayed at Lee No. 3 wharf for an indefinite period by the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Coal Board Ultimatum on Shire Grants
SYDNEY: The chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) today said he could not consider further board grants for Lake Macquarie Shire until the shire had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hebburn Miners Stay Out On Strike Today
Hebburn No. 1 miners today were still on strike, in conformity with their decision yesterday rejecting the order by the Acting Local Coal Authority (Mr. J. Hills) in the dispute about payments in a low-roofed section of the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plan on Coal Tenders
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Electricity Commission may call tenders for part of its coal supplies. Miners' Federation officials said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Mine Order Refused
SYDNEY: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) refused an application by the Combined Colliery Proprietors' Association for an…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miner Injured by Coal Fall
Samuel Wark, 26, of Adamstown, miner at Waratah colliery, had his left thigh lacerated yesterday when he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poor Week for Coal Output
This week will be one of the worst this year for coal production. Strikes yesterday caused a production loss of about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook Strike Holds Up Korean Coal Orders
Shipment of coal orders for Korea is being held up by the strike at the three Muswellbrook collieries which were still idle today. This aspect of the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Oppose Buying Plan
The Northern miners' Executive said yesterday that Government action should be taken to prevent buying coal by contract. The executive was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Policy In A Tangle
Whether the Joint Coal Board intends to permit the industry to go back to a basis of "cut-throat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pit Stops Hold Coal Cargo
A strike at the three Muswellbrook collieries is delaying a cargo of coal for Korea. The Mulberry Hill was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal: Crisis Or New Markets
A proposal to send a Government mission overseas to sell Australia's surplus coal is welcomed in mining circles. It is understood that the Commonwealth Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Jammed by Coal Skips
Richard Gagin, 42, Lochinvar-street, Bellbird, a sidler at Bellbird colliery, had his left leg severely lacerated yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Shipments Show Drop
Coal exports from Newcastle last week totalled 78,000 tons, 23,000 tons less than the previous week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sellwood To Ride Gold Scheme
SYDNEY: Leading jockey N. Sellwood has decided to ride New Zealander Gold Scheme in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Coal Strike Spreads To 3 Mines
Hebburn No. 2 and Elrington miners decided last night to join the Hebburn No. 1 strike immediately. A combined meeting of the three…
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