Coal Company Dividend
Final half-yearly dividends at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on ordinary and 6 1-8 per cent., making 10 per cent…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
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Gold On The Hoof
At Waratah saleyards yesterday, Mr. E. Hudson. of Allyubrook, Hunter Valley, stands besides a 19-month-old white steer which brought a record veuler price of £52/16/. The animal was grown on Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Fatality Accidental
The Cessnock District Coroner (Mr. W. Frazer) found at Cessnock yesterday that Benjamin Samuel Yates…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Notes
OIL Search's Omati No. 1, now at 13,422 feet, is about a month's drilling above the gas show originally…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Legal and mining officials began to arrive at Collinsville to-night for the opening to-morrow of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners to Seek Aid on Strike
Officers and members of Burwood miners' lodge to-day and to-morrow will address pit-top meetings at collieries…
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ROTTERDAM, Nov. 14. A.A.P.-Reuter. — The crew of the 7121-ton British cargo ship Mulberry Hill, stranded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blast In Mine Kills One, Traps 15
FARMINGTON (West Virginia), Nov. 14. A.A.P.—Two explosions ripped through a lar[?] coal mine at Farmington…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Claim For Margins
SYDNEY, Monday. — The Miners' Federation may file an application with the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-morrow for increased…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waggon Shortage Hits Mines
Four Northern mines were idle yesterday because of a shortage of empty waggons. Several mines are likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Disaster Inquiry Adjournment Refused
BRISBANE, Monday.— A Government application for adjournment of a Mining Warden's inquiry into the deaths of seven men at Collinsville State mine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Apply For Garnishee Ban
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Miners' Federation applied to the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day for the right to prohibit long-service leave payments to miners from being garnisheed by judgment creditors…
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Officials of the Miners' Federation will confer with the State Coalfields Parliamentary Committee this week on the threatened shutdown of Cardiff collieries…
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SYDNEY: A man was charged in Central Court today on five counts of aiding and abetting a contractor to defraud the State Mines Control Authority. He was William Wile…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Less Chance Of Fire In Mines
LONDON: Risk of fire in underground mine workings—the persistent "nightmare" of everyone associated with the industry, has been considerably reduced with the development in Britain of a new type of plastic, non-inflammable roller for conveyers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Discoverer's Home To Become Hospital
WYONG.—The 102-year-old home of the late Edward Hargraves. discoverer of gold in Australia, will become a community hospital for the Toukley area. The home is at Noraville, 11 miles from Wyong…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Bid On Coal Loading
The Railways Chief Traffic Manager (Mr. Howse) has again been asked by Newcastle Chamber of Commerce to expedite improved coal-loading…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Market Search For Cardiff Mines
SYDNEY: On present indications, the State Parliamentary Coal Committee will have considerable difficulty in finding markets for the coal produced by a group of small mines in the Cardiff area. The committee is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Helmet Shattered By Fall Of Coal
A plastic helmet worn by Ken Kitching, 46, of Rous-street, East Maitland, was shattered when he was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal's Partnership With Gas
Although the outlook for coalmines in the Cardiff area is unrelieved, there is less tendency to-day than a…
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