Stability Plan For Coal
A programme aimed at stabilising the coal industry in Cessnock and Kurri Kurri districts will be drawn up by a committee formed at Cessnock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1954
1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 66
Talks On New Mine Award
In Sydney this afternoon the Central Executive and district Presidents of the Miners' Federation will attend…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LETTERS To The Editor Coal Future
WHY not face the fact that large-scale coal production is finished with the arrival of motor transport, just as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bolts In Roofs Of Mines Save Timber, Space
This machine, the largest of its type in Australia, is being used in a Newcastle factory to produce roof bolts for collieries and other threaded products…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Race For Tons Of Gold "Herald" Service
AUCKLAND, Aug. 29.—Rivals are racing to reach a lonely wreck to try to salvage tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Point Parade
Special "spring" decorations made a colourful setting for a mannequin parade held in Coal Point Progress…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Councils Want Coal Board Aid
A deputation representing Cessnock, Kearsley, Lake Macquarie, Wollongong and Lithgow Councils will wait on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters To the Editor. Hillside Coal
THE statement ("N.M.H., 21/8/'54) by the Joint Coal Board that Hillside Extended pits produced inferior…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LETTERS To the Editor Coal Production
WHERE "Red Robby" ("N.M.H." 17/8/54) reached his conclusions from my letter ("N.M.H." 4/8/54) has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Jobs
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The State Housing Commission has been asked to assist in providing employment for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One Mine in State Idle
Hebburn No. 2 mine, near Weston, was the only mine idle in the State yesterday. The production loss was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Idle Mines Lose 4290 Tons
Four northern mines were idle today for a loss of output of 4290 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland Vote On Pillar Coal
A heavy "yes" vote at the first of the Queensland miners' aggregate meetings today is expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Race For 9 Tons Of Gold
AUCKLAND, Wed. (O.S.R.): Two expeditions seeking more than nine tons of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mine Dispute Recurrence
A dispute over make-up payments to ensure average earnings of the mine for men employed in the south section at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine May Resume Tomorrow
Hebburn No. 2 Colliery, which has been idle for some days as a result of a dispute involving members…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →5 Northern Mines Idle
Five Northern mines were idle yesterday for a loss of about 5000 tons of coal. Stoppages were continued at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miner Hit by Falling Coal
Maurice Elvin, 44, of Love-street, Cessnock, miner at Aberdare colliery, was struck by falling coal yesterday and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Yugoslav Miners Die In Pit Fire
BELGRADE (Yugoslavia), Thur. (A.A.P.).—Eight miners were killed yesterday and six others…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Magnate Throws Another Lavish Party
SINGAPORE, Thurs. (O.S.R.): The Australian-born Malayan mining magnate Mr. Stanley Smith, who rocked London in July with a £10,000 coming-out party for his daughter, last night turned on a caviar and champagne wedding reception at Raffles Hotel…
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