Big Coal Output
Hebburn No. 1 was the only idle mine in the North yesterday. The only other mine idle…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
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Coal Co. Closes Historic Office
The historic Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company last week closed its Wallsend office, four years short of the 100th anniversary of the formation of the company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Scheme Wins Sydney Cup Upsets £100,000 Bet On Big Double
SYDNEY: New Zealander, Gold Scheme (6/1) cost a group of Sydney punters a fortune and upset a £100,000 bet when he won the Sydney Cup this afternoon. He best Double Blank by a short neck in a photo finish, with…
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In white overalls and wearing a miner's helmet, Princess Margaret steps out of the pit cage after her ascent from the Calverton Coalmine, Nottingham, England. The visit down the mine was the Princess's own idea, and…
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SYDNEY.—Sydney Cup winner Gold Scheme is expected by trainer L. J. Ellis to be fit to race again…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Gold Scheme's Sterling Win in Cup
SYDNEY, Monday.— The New Zealand stayer, Gold Scheme, virtually won the Sydney Cup on three legs at Randwick to-day. An examination after the race disclosed that Gold…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tribunal Hears Miners' Log
SYDNEY: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) was told today that Hebburn No. 1 mine had resumed work this week under the terms agreed on before him…
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With the return to work yesterday morning of Hebburn No. 1, all mines in the North produced yesterday…
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The northern coalfields had another day free of stoppages of work today. It was the second day in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Many of the problems facing the mining industry were the result of the Miners' Federation's refused to introduce machines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →All Northern Mines Work
All Northern collieries worked yesterday for the second day in succession. There was a coal loss of…
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The good working record of northern mines this week was continued today, when the only hold-up reported…
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SYDNEY: The assistant superintendent of B.H.P. collieries (Mr. H. Wilkinson) today discounted a number of claims by Miners' Federation witnesses on the mechanical…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Miners' leaders had advised that work be resumed at Old Bulli colliery on Friday, Mr. W. Parkinson said to-day. Mr. Parkinson, President…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£¼M. Profit By Collieries
Caledonian Collieries Ltd. made a profit of £262,309 for the year ended December 26 last after providing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Output Near Peak
Coal production in the North yesterday was almost at its peak. The only loss was about 400 tons as a result of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. H. Wilkinson said to-day that he did not believe there had been greater continuity of work through mechanisation in the B.H.P. mines. Mr. Wilkinson is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£¼M. Profit By Collieries
Caledonian Collieries Ltd. made a profit of £262,309 for the year ended December 26 last after providing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Work Moves At Colliery
SYDNEY, Friday. — The Miners' General President (Mr. I. Williams) assured the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day that every effort would…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Mines All Work
All mines in the North were at work yesterday, a qualifying day for payment for the Anzac Day holiday on…
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