Holt To Confer With Miners On Leave Dispute
SYDNEY, Wednesday.-- The Federal Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt) said tonight that he would arrange a conference with miners' leaders on the long service leave dispute…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Commonwealth Will Support Miners On War Service Claims
SYDNEY, Friday.-- Miners leaders today decided to await the outcome of Federal Government negotiations on the long service leave dispute. The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation will meet on October 4 to…
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SYDNEY, Monday.-- The solution of Australia's coal problems will be found largely in increased mechanisation of mines, Research Service indicates in a report issued today…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.-- John Roger Stevenson, 62, coalmine owner, of Dudley, who died on Friday, told the hospital matron…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).--A fire roaring through a section of the Cresswell Colliery (Derbyshire) today killed 80 miners. Following rescue attempts lasting, over seven hours, the blazing pit was…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).-- By dawn today, 47 bodies had been recovered from the Creswell Colliery (Derbyshire), where 80…
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BOCHUM (Germany), Friday (AAP).--Five German miners are believed to have been killed in a collapse in the Emscher-Lippe mine…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.-- More than 50 Western District miners employed at open cut mines today rejected a recommendation from the union…
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP).--Seven men were injured when the United States destroyer, Mansfield, struck a mine off North Korea on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further Adjournment In Tenterfield Gold Sale Hearing
TENTERFIELD, Tuesday.--A further adjournment to November 7 was made in Tenterfield Court of Petty Sessions today in the case in which Charles Collins, a miner, of Sandy Hills, is charged with fraud…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wore Gold Chain Necklace
When Eileen Margaret Maher was married in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Lismore, by Rev. J. R. Sweet, she wore a gold chain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Defer Stoppage on Long Service
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Miners' Federation has approached the Coal Industry Tribunal for a settlement of the long service leave…
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TOKIO, Wednesday (AAP-Reuter). --An Australian officer and a private were killed yesterday when a Bron gun carrier in which…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) today deferred a decision on a dispute over long service leave in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.T. Coal Seam 200 Feet Thick
DARWIN, Monday.--The Administrator (Mr. Driver) today confirmed the discovery of black and brown coal deposits, 16 miles from…
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The State Government's decision to exclude coal for gas manufacture from the recent increase in rail freight charges would save the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Protest on Anti-red Bill
SYDNEY, Sunday.-- Before they go into the mines tomorrow, South Coast miners will hold pit-top meetings to protest against the…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Cabinet [?]ided today to agree to an alter[?]on of an agreement between the Commonwealth and N.S.W. to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£20,000 Won From Mine in 3 Months'
KALGOORLIE, Monday. -- The owners of the rich New Mexico mine, in the Ora Banda district, Boromini and party, have won £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Presentation of Coal Board Report Delayed
SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Joint Coal Board's 1948-49 annual report has not been presented because the Commonwealth…
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