Two Ships This Week: Coal Likely on Third
Two North Coast Steam Navigation Company's vessels, the M.V's. Wiangarie and Wyrallah, will arrive in Lismore this week with general cargoes for the Richmond district…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
211 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 11
Mine Skip Overturns; 3 Seriously Hurt
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. —Three miners were admitted to hospital seriously hurt, and a number of others were treated for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Executive Faces Censure for Seeking "Industrial Alliance"
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Central Council of the Miners' Federation tomorrow morning will open what is expected to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Voted Against Alliance
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Miners' Central Council was told today that rank and file members had overwhelmingly rejected a proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gas Restrictions Lifted Today If Coal Arrives
Gas restrictions in Lismore will be lifted today if an expected shipment of coal arrives from Newcastle this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gas Restrictions Relaxed Timely Arrival of Coal Shipment
The arrival of a shipment of Maitland coal yesterday enabled Lismore City Council to relax the recently imposed gas restrictions. The shipment of 100 tons came by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gas Coal Stocks Again Very Low
Although gas coal supplies on hand at the Lismore gasworks are nearly exhausted, the City Gas Engineer (Mr. J. B. Scott) expects shipments of Maitland and local coal this week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Coal and Candle Creek" Court Action Expected; Ministerial Rift
SYDNEY, Monday.—What has become known as the "Coal and Can[?] Creek" issue is expected to have its sequel in court proceedings involving a w[?]known columnist of a Sydney newspaper, another journalist, and others. Division of opinion on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet Speed-up In Uranium Mines No Safety Measures
BERLIN, Thursday (AAP).—Soviet authorities in East Germany have ordered a speed up of work in the East German uranium mines on a scale hitherto unknown in peace time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Elderly Man Killed by Coal Elevator
SYDNEY, Friday.—A 64 years old labourer employed at Orange gasworks was killed instantly today when a 21 cwt. elevator, used to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lismore Gets First Coal Since Bridge Reopened
The first consignment of Maitland coal for Lismore since the Kempsey railway bridge was reopened for traffic arrived on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vic. Agreement With Q'land for Callide Coal
CANBERRA, Sunday.—An agreement has been made for Victoria to take the whole of the black coal output from Callide above the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold in Coat with 22 Pockets
SINGAPORE (Reuter).—Searching a man at Clifford Pier, Customs officers found he was wearing a specially-made waistcoat with 22…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →120 Entombed Miners Safe
LONDON, Friday (AAP).-- The 120 coal miners entombed 720 feet below the surface, following a landslide last night at the Knockshinnock Castle colliery, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, were today reported to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dramatic Mine Rescue; 13 Still Missing
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).-- Rescuers this morning brought to the surface the last of the main group of 115 Scottish miners, trapped underground at me Knockshinnock Castle colliery, Ayrshire, since…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Halts Search for Miners
LONDON, Monday (AAP). -- Heavy rain today halted the search for 13 miners missing in the Knock- shinnock Castle colliery, where…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Hope of Rescuing Miners Alive
LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).-- There is no hope of getting out alive the 13 missing miners all Knockshinnock colliery, near New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Pretences Charge Evidence of Gold Content of Bars
TENTERFIELD, Tuesday.-- Evidence of the amount of gold and other metals in two bars of metal was given in Tenterfield Court when the hearing of a false pretences charge against Charles Collins, a miner,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ultimatum by Miners on Long Service Leave
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Miners' Federation Central Executive today threatened nationwide stopwork meetings on the coalfields unless a long service leave dispute was settled within 14 days…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Freight Costs "In Vicious Circle' Gas Engineer's Remark
Coal freight charges Were working in a vicious circle, Lismore City Council Gas Engineer (Mr. J. B. Scott) said at a meeting of the Health, Gas and Electricity Committee…
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