Young Man Killed at Colliery
LITHGOW, Monday. — Before horrified workmates, a young married man was crushed to death beneath a heavy tipper-top lorry at…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
432 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 22
Miners Warn Strike Action if Log Claims not Settled
SYDNEY, Monday.— The Miners' Federation central council today threatened strike action unless there is a satisfactory settlement of the Mining Unions' log of claims…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Joint Coal Board intervened in a conference today on the Mining Unions' log of claims with proposals aimed at providing a settlement…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The miners' central council of the Miners' Federation today deferred strike action on the Mining Unions' log of claims pending further consideration of the Joint Coal Board proposals…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A customs officer said in the Special Federal Court today that a barman had admitted having hidden gold in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Output for Four Months Best Since 1943
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The coal output for the first four months of the year [?] the highest for the same period since 1943…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Miners' Federation Central Council today decided to call nation-wide stopwork meetings next Thursday, if a settlement is not reached on the mining unions' log of claims. The central council revived the stoppage threat after unanimously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Compromise on Miners' Log by Reds
SYDNEY, Sunday. — The general secretary of the Miners Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) said to-night that he did not think the present threatened coal crisis was without a basis for…
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SYDNEY, Monday,.—Tire Miners' central council will meet tomorrow to decide on strike action, following the breakdown of a conference today on the mining unions' log of claims…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Striking Bolivian Miners Kill Engineer Hostages
LA PAZ (BOLIVIA), Monday (AAP).—At least 150 people have been killed in fighting between soldiers and strikers at the Patino tin mines at Catavi. Earlier reports said native strikers had killed several American…
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LA PAZ, Wednesday (AAP).—The army is in control of the situation in Bolivia's strike-torn tin mine region, after four days of bloody rioting. In the province of Oruro, Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Stoppage Postponed for Two Weeks
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Ministers' Central Council to-day, by the narrow majority of eight votes to seven, decided to postpone for two weeks nation-wide stopwork meetings set down for to-morrow. The miners' decision was later in the day endorsed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Over 1¼M. Miners Injured in U.s. Pits
WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP).—A total of 1,259,081 miners has been maimed, mangled or killed in American coalpits during the last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bonalbo Coal Mine Gives Lead in Use Of Pneumatic Drills
Bonalbo Coal Mining Company was the only one in the State to use pneumatic drills in blasting operations, said the technical representative of Nobel Explosive Manufacturing Company (Mr. H. Griffiths)…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — The miners' general president (Mr. I. Williams) said tonight that the action of the Joint Coal Board in…
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CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Minister for Immigration (Mr. Calwell) said today that, as the first step towards the absorption of more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Policy on Migrants Stands
SYDNEY, Friday.—There had been no change in Miners' Federation policy towards the admission of displaced persons from overseas to the Australian coal industry, the miners' general president (Mr. I…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mt. Eba Mine Will Suspend Operations
SYDNEY, Friday.:—The centre of spectacular financial operations last year, Mt. Eba Gold Mines Ltd., will suspend operations as soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Ring Found in Crocodile
PERTH, Friday.—A gold signet ring, believed to have belonged to a young English ship's officer, drowned nearly a year ago, was found in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fabulous Gold Strike in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, Friday (AAP).—A fabulously rich gold strike—nearly three times larger than the previous record—was…
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