Many Miners Affected by Ling Disease, Says Minister
SYDNEY: Many cool miners and ex-coal miners were sick and incapacitated as a result of chronic lung disease, the Minister for Mines (Mr. W. M. Gollan) said today…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
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Cardiff Miners Want Cahill to Address Mass Meeting
Cardiff miners under threat of dismissal at the end of the month today called on the State Premier (Mr. Cahill) to address a mass meeting at Cardiff…
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THE underwriters of Silver Valley Uranium N.L. report that the recent public issue has closed…
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Miners' Federation officials were told yesterday that men who might be displaced front the Cardiff mines could be placed in mines in the Newcastle and…
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The Northern Miners' Executive felt that a wrong impression could be gained from a report on the proceedings…
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SYDNEY: The Miners' Central Council at its meeting today would discuss three major industrial problems, according to the General President (Mr. I. Williams)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners Saluted On Pay Day
LONDON: When the union chief saw the miners on pay parade he got a shock. They were saluting…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Collieries' Profit: £156,345
J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Scaham Collieries Ltd. had a net profit of £156,345 for the year to June 30, 1954…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— The State Government would buy Huntley colliery, near Wollongong, the Premier (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Margin Bid by Miners
SYDNEY, Monday.— The Miners' Federation will apply immediately for marginal increases for 20,000 mineworkers in four States…
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Five men were injured in mine accidents in the Newcastle district yesterday. They were taken to Wallsend and…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—An open inquiry into all aspects of coalmining at Collinsville State Mine was decided on…
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The coal production loss in the North yesterday was about 5440 tons. There was no change in…
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The Joint Coal Board advised Newcastle City Council last night that it would not contribute toward the cost of…
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The Joint Coal Board is not prepared to give Newcastle any money towards the construction of an…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A recent survey of the world's oil and coal revealed that at the present rate of consumption…
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Mr. W. Standing, Belmont-Swansea Retired Mineworkers' Association representative on the association's district board,…
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WASHINGTON, Wed. (O.S.R.): The U.S. Navy is developing a new sweeper to combat the deadly pressure mine. This mine is laid on the…
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SYDNEY: Before leaving today for an examination of the U.S. coal industry, the Combined Colliery Proprietors Association's secretary (Mr. R. W. Davie) said the Australian industry was facing a vital period of expansion…
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NEW YORK, Wed.—Floating mines are still a menace in the Western Pacific nine years after the…
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