Colliery Had No Permit For Building
Lower Hunter Shire Council decided today to prosecute Kent Colliery proprietors for allegedly…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
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"Atom" Mine At Work
DARWIN: The first private uranium mine is in production and will soon start sending ore to Rum…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Still Piling Up
Coal marketing difficulties are expected to result in another huge carry-over of coal in Newcastle at the weekend. Although three interstate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Object To Beer Rise
PERTH. — Collie coalminers may voluntarily go on the water wagon if their six hotelkeepers do not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ringwood Coal Production To Continue
SYDNEY. —The Joint Coal Board has agreed to permit the Ringwood mine at Gretaa to continue…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Talks On Mine Dust To-day
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cochran) will meet officials of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Dumping Increasing
An increasing amount of coal is being dumped on the Northern Coalfield. Several collieries on the Newcastle and South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dust In Mines Conference
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Acting Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Warburton) conferred with leaders of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →5 Northern Mines Idle
Five Northern mines were idle yesterday for a loss of about 3700 tons. They were Pelaw Main…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bridge Damaged By Coal Traffic
Heavy coal traffic was using Trappaud Bridge to the detriment of the decking, the City Engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Much Idle Coal Moved But Over-output Still Problem
Coal shipments from Newcastle yesterday exceeded exceptions and with heavy loadings proceeding again today the congestion problem in Newcastle railway yards has eased…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Coal Pile-up
Part of the pile-up of coal awaiting shipment from Newcastle yesterday. Unexpected heavier ship…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Production Heavy Again
The northern coalfields had another heavy production day today. The number of full coal waggons in Newcastle yards awaiting shipment this morning had increased to 3253…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners To Aid Two Parties
The Miners' Federation hopes to raise £2000 at pittop meetings to finance the funds of the Labour Party…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Strike In Victoria
MELBOURNE, Thurs.— A promising gold strike has been made in the Cox's Find district, about 40 miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners On Pillar Extraction Dispute "Up To Board"
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Unless there is a change in the attitude of the Joint Coal Board a settlement of the long-standing dispute over mechanical pillar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EDITORIAL Coal Output Crisis Must Be Faced
THE RAPIDLY approaching crisis of overproduction in the coal-mining industry must be viewed with grave concern not only in Newcastle and the coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Miners' Centenary
Attempts seem to be being made to convince miners that their centenary as an Association takes place this year, without any evidence being produced to support them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Plan To Meet "Crisis"
A conference of Northern miners' officials in Newcastle yesterday drafted tentative plans "to arrest the growing crisis," in the coal industry. Main points are—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rise in Coal Output
SYDNEY, Friday.—Coal production in N.S.W. in March jumped to 1,410,000 tons, according to figures released to-day by the Acting Minister for Mines (Mr. Gollan)…
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