More Medical Laboratories For Mine Areas
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Silicosis and tuberculosis among miners had been reduced by more than two-thirds by preventive methods, the…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Vast Coal Seam in Riverina
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Recent surveys by the Bureau of Mineral Resources disclosed that in the Riverina district, there are 50 miles…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Industrial observers believe that serious unrest is looming on the N.S.W. coalfields. They say that area committees, which operated during the general coal strike last year, are being…
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WASHINGTON, Friday (AAP)—Senator Wayne Morse (Republican) last night introduced a bill in the Senate for the seizure of the nation's soft coal mines. His action came soon after the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) today described the action of miners in sending him telegrams of protest as "a sheer waste of time"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →5 m. Ton Coal Lag On Present Output; Famine in Winter
SYDNEY, Friday.—Australia will be nearly 5,000,000 tons of coal short of her requirements during the current year unless there is a substantial increase in the N.S.W. output, Research Service states…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Minister for Fuel and Shipping (Senator McLeay) will hold a conference in Sydney, tomorrow, on…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for Shipping and Fuel (Senator McLeay) conferred for three hours in Sydney today with representatives…
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WASHINGTON, Monday (AAP) —The worst coal strike in United States history is over, and most of the 370,000 strikers are expected to…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The decision of the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mfr. K. A. Cameron) to resign may lead to a…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Metal industries are alarmed at the fall in steel production because of strikes on the coalfields. President of the Metal Trades…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A stopwork meeting of Wonthaggi miners today called upon railway workers, key men and other workers, to join forces to bring about an early settlement of the tram strike, by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal to Be Imported for S.a. & Vic
CANBERRA, Thursday.— Commonwealth Ministers, in conference with Victorian and South Australian Ministers today, authorised the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tweed Survey for Coal Outcrops
MURWILLUMBAH, Friday.—Geologists from the Mines Department will visit the Tweed next month to examine the district for…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Joint Coal Board has taken action to help overcome the shortage of coal for steel making at Newcastle…
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PERTH, Friday.—Two miners who fell 300 feet down a mine shaft at Big Bell colliery this morning were killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suicide Tactics by N.s.w. Miners Says Minister
CANBERRA, Friday.—N.S.W. miners were making rods for their own backs by forcing coal imports and further development of mines in other States, the Minister for Shipping and Fuel (Senator McLeay) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →39 Mines Idle On Maitland Field: Deputies Strike
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Maitland mine deputies, who caused 39 coal mines to be idle today when they held a stopwork meeting, have decided to remain on strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. My Discuss Policy with Miners
CANBERRA, Wednesday:—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt) told Mr. Davies (Labor, N.S.W.) in the house of Reps today that he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wonthaggi Miners Reject Motion to Continue Strike
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—After rejecting a motion to continue the strike in support of tram workers, Wonthaggi miners voted today to…
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