81 Killed in Mine Explosion
BUDAPEST, Tuesday (AAP).—Eighty-one miners were killed on Saturday in an explosion in Hungary's major mining centre of…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
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Power to Be Cut in U.k. to Save Coal Stocks
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—London's flashing on sky signs will be switched off under a Ministry of Feul and Power order prohibiting…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, today called a conference of mining unions and mine company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Govt. Determined On Closing of Glen Davis Mine
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Federal Government doeS not intend to reconsider its decision to close the Glen Davis shale oil project, and will not make further investigations into…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The central executive of the Miners' Federation will meet in Sydney tomorrow morning to decide on…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Acting Justice McKillop ordered the N.S.W. Minister for Mines and Immigration, Joshua George Arthur, 44, to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London Train Services Cut to Save Coal
LONDON, Friday (AAP).—Nearly 1,500 London suburban trains will be taken out of service next week as part of a save-coal drive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortage of Coal May Affect Jobs
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Unless full supplies of coal were available this week electricity services and the jobs of thousands of workers could…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Assurance On Glen Davis Miners Cancel Stoppage
SYDNEY, Monday.—A stoppage on the Western N.S.W. coalfields tomorrow has been cancelled. Given assurances by the Federal Government that no attempt would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Rationing May Follow Mine Stoppages
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Unless miners return to work at 85 coal mines in N.S.W. tomorrow, the Joint Coal Board may not be able to avoid rationing coal supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Rationing Averted
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The threat of coal and gas rationing was removed today, when miners who struck at 84 mines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bonus Scheme Protest by N.s.w. Miners
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Central Executive and N.S.W. district of the Miners' Federation today decided to recommend a one-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →11 Miners Killed in Explosions
KERMIT (West Virginia) Friday day (AAP).—Eleven miners were killed in explosions in a small coal mine here yesterday…
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LONDON Sunday (AAP).—For five days after the disaster at the Knockshinnock Castle Colliery in Ayrshire last September, two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Decision on One-day Coal Mine Stoppages
SYDNEY, Monday.—The central council of the Miners' Federation reached no decision today on whether to call a one-day mine stoppage each week in protest against the Gallagher award. Announcing this tonight, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Position Desperate Rationing Inevitable
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Cuts in essential services—gas, electricity and railways—are inevitable because of coal shortages. Coal will be short because of floods in the Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Star .Published Daily at Lismore Wednesday, January 24,1951. Vital Vote By Miners
AT THE moment when nation-wide emphasis is on the urgent need to increase coal production to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Tribunal SAYS—Miners' Stoppages Are Attempt At Ruination of Aust
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Goal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, said tonight that an attempt was being made to bring Australia to the point of ruination by mine stoppages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.K. Coal Shortage May Cause Unemployment
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—Many people in Britain may be thrown out of work soon because of coal shortages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Action Against Miners Not Discussed
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Power restrictions or Commonwealth action against the miners under the Crimes Act were not discussed, the…
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