A. C. Willis, Old Mine Chief, Dead
SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Albert Charles Willis, former Agent-General for N.S.W. in London, and former…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
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Coal Research
SYDNEY.—Dr. L. J. A. Parr (Liberal, Burwood) said the State Government should establish a coal…
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LONDON, Tues. (O.S.R.): Durham miners deny that they heat their wives. The accusation was in…
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SYDNEY: The claim by the Miners' Federation that coal mine owners' were making huge profits was incorrect, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) was told today…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Joint Coal Board recognised as a general principle that the main objective of the coal industry in N.S.W. was to find methods of reducing costs of production, Mr. W. S. Winning told the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The price of N.S.W. coal will be reduced by 1/ a ton from June 7…
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Mrs. M. Mitchell, a Newcastle stenographer, has just completed 10 years in a job which has taken her to every mine on the Northern coalfield and to…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Statistics had proved that the fatal and non-fatal accident rate in mechanically-operated mines was considerably lower than in hand-worked mines, Mr. R. W. Davie said to-day…
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SYDNEY: Mineowners claim that surface hands should not be entitled to half hour paid crib time…
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The only mines idle in the North yesterday were Wallarah (1450tons) and Millfield (300 tons)…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) could be a party to an unduly high price for coal in providing for continuance of overaward payment, Mr. K. G. Wybrow told the Tribunal…
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Miners were being wrongly blamed for the loss of coal markets, Mr. J. Comerford said in an address to Newcastle…
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A total of 74,500 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle last week. The only oversea shipment…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Colliery owners considered that a reduction in miners annual leave was justified because miners had not fulfilled the conditions requiring continues service, Mr. K. G. Wybrow told the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Commonwealth Bank had increased its buying price for gold by 2/8 a fine oz. to…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—In a statement to-night supplementing his policy speech, Mr. Menzies said gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters To The Editor Miners' Anniversary
IN THE account of the May Day celebrations at Cessnock it is reported that one speaker said this was the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Reply On Tuesday In General Log Hearing
SYDNEY: After the owners' representatives complete their addresses on evidence at the miners' general log of claims hearing, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) will adjourn until 2 p.m. next Tuesday…
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There was a threat of more mine dismissals in the Newcastle area, Mr. W. Mahon said last night…
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ROME, Thursday (A.A.P.). — Twenty-four men were still trapped yesterday in a coalmine…
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