Australia Seeks Gold Subsidy
CANBERRA: Commonwealth representatives at the International Monetary Fund discussions in Washington are seeking approval for proposals to subsidise gold production in…
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 51 of 66
Northern Extend Miners Refuse to Resume Work
Striking miners at Northern Extended Colliery have defied a baek-to-work order by the Local Coal Authority (Mr. M. Lydon). The strike at the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Coal-Loading Delays Forecast In Newcastle
Increasing delays in coal loading at Newcastle were forecast today by shipping company officials. They said that delays caused by an overtime ban…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →9 Miners Die
LONDON. Oct. 4. A.A.P. —Nine miners were killed and one was injured in Dortmund yesterday when a section in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pillar Coal Issue; Unconcern
SYDNEY, Monday.—Only 16 of every 100 members of the Miners' Federation voted on the issue of machines in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Father Saved Son in Mine
Caught by a fall of coal it Stanford Greta colliery yesterday, Raymond Schofield, 24, a miner, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Theft From Gold Plant
DARWIN, Tuesday.—Plates and gold valued at £2000 have been stolen from the Government gold-crushing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners Still Idle "Strike Against Government"
Miners at Northern Extended Colliery were not striking against the proprietors, but against the decision of the Local Coal Authority (Mr. M. Lydon), the secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pilot Plants Urged For Coal Research
Establishment of pilot plants in which research scientists could carry on the search for extended and cheaper methods of coal use, and thereby help to meet competition from oil, hydro-electric and atomic power, is urged by Mr. H. E. Jackson, Liberal MLA for…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Coal Crane Ban Serious Slowdown In Shipments
The effect of the overtime ban by crane employees on the shipment of coal from Newcastle is becoming more serious as interstate and oversea colliers are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Northern Mines Idle
Five northern mines were idle today for a coal loss of 2920 tons. At Stockrington Nos. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mine Chief Has Export Plan
NEW YORK (O.S.R.): U.S. mine union chief John L. Lewis is working on a coal export plan in which he and his traditional enemies, the mine owners, will he partners…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Robber Gang Melted Gold
LONDON, Thursday. (O.S.R.) — Gold bars worth £40,500 stolen from a van outside KLM…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Canadian "Gold Box" Swindle
WINNEPEG, Oct. 6. A.A.P.—A 30,000 dollars (£13,400) swindle carried out through a "gold-making machine," that was actually an ancient confidence game in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Letters To the Editor Coal
THE declining markets for N.S.W. coal on the railway systems, gas undertaking and industry in general make…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Fall Breaks Shiftman's Leg
Wilbur Ball, 38, of Bella-street, Maitland, shiftman at Bloomfield No. 4 colliery, had a leg fractured yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Medals for Advances in Horology
LONDON: Britain's 300-year-old Worshipful Company of Clockmakers have decided to award a new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gollan Replies On Coal: Test Plant Not Needed
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The establishment of pilot-scale plants for testing coal was not warranted, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Gollan) said in the Legislative Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners to Act If Prosecuted
The Miners' Federation will stage a demonstration if Northern Extended miners are prosecuted. A motion carried by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Golf at Branxton
The annual golf tournament Under the sponsorship of the Joint Coal Board will open at Branxton on Sunday with a…
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