Miners Meet Wednesday on Pillar Coal Extraction
Miners' aggregate meetings have been called on the northern coalfields for next Wednesday to consider the decision of the Miners' Federation's triennial…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
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Two Idle Mines In North
Production on the Northern coalfields yesterday was down about 2500 tons as a result of the idleness of Abermain…
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A derailment of three coal hoppers between Islington and Woodville Junction blocked the "up" main line last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Coal Goes To Korea
The Nationalist Chinese freighter Hai Chang sailed from Newcastle yesterday with 9800 tons of coal for Korea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Markets Lost 'For Politics'
CANBERRA, Thursday.—There was no State in Australia with coal to equal that of New South Wales, said Mr…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Miners' Federation agreed to-day to the mechanical extraction of pillar coal. The decision was made by the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Milla Best For Flemington
MELBOURNE. — Gold Milla (Chesterfield Handicap) is the best investment at Flemington tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EDITORIAL Pillar Coal Decision Late But Welcome
THOUGH it has come belatedly, the agreement of the Miners' Federation to the mechanical extraction of pillar coal is a cause for satisfaction to all parties in…
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Only one mine was idle in the North yesterday. It was Abermain No. 2 (900 tons), where a strike started on…
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BORDER Tin Co. Ltd., has acquired an option over uranium areas on Boundary Creek in the Drake-Tenterfield…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The miners' triennial national convention adopted a resolution to-day expressing concern on the "threatening crisis" in the coal industry…
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Nothing on the surface gave any indication to the passer-by yesterday that tragedy hung over the valley at the back of Glebe. From the road that winds…
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MADRID. — Proposed transfer to a Spanish company of the British-owned Rio Tinto copper mines…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ghost Town Because Of Mine Strike
Captain's Flat, 36 miles from Canberra, has become a ghost town because of a six-week miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LETTERS To The Editor Coal Board
HILLSIDE miners are grateful to your paper for publishing our letter ("N.M.H.," 13/8/'54), although a big…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arm Broken at Mine
Christopher Westgarth, 38, of Awaba-road, Toronto, miner at Killingworth colliery, suffered a broken left arm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2 Mines Idle in North
Two mines were idle in the North yesterday, Aberdare (1400 tons) and Bellbird (1550 tons)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Total Up From Machines
SYDNEY, Monday.—Of a total of 12,264,535 tons of coal produced in underground mines in New South Wales in 1953, 6,552,201 tons was mechanically cut and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Miners Can Decide
The voting and attendances at yesterday's South Coast and Western District aggregate meetings of miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Act Breach "Technical"
Holding that only a technical breach of the regulations had been committed, Mr. F. R. Wood,…
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