New Machine Gives "Purer" Coal
A new machine which will entirely remove foreign materials from household coal has been perfected. It will separate with accuracy…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
233 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 12
Stoppages in Six South Coast Mines
WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—Six South Coast mines staged protest stoppages against the summonses served on the leaders of the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Executives of the Australian Council of Trade Unions will confer with Miners' Leaders tomorrow in another attempt to settle the coal dispute…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Dr. Evatt, K.C., said today that the leaders of the Miners' Federation could not be guilty of contempt of the Federal Arbitration Court because the Court had made no order in connection with the present coal dispute…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A special meeting of State Cabinet has been called for tomorrow morning to discuss a possible easing of the present power restrictions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismgre Friday, February 9, 1951. First Hope in Coal Strike
THE report yesterday that control of the miners' strike may pass to the A.C.T.U. represents the first…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. Cochran, said tonight that he had readily agreed to the request of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Govt. "Relying" On Miners: Restrictions Relaxed
SYDNEY, Friday.—State Government, with the forces of moderate unions behind it, is relying on the coal miners to produce enough coal to keep everyone in constant work and the workers' wives happy with adequate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dispute Control by Actu Rejected by Mine Leaders
SYDNEY, Friday.—The central executive of the Miners' Federation today refused to hand over control of the coal dispute to the Australian Council of Trade Unions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Award Provides For "Man Who Did His Job" Observation by Arbitration Judge
SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Justice Dunphy said in the Full Arbitration Court today that the recent award made by the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, "provided a reward for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vital Talks on Coal Crisis Settlement Hopes
SYDNEY, Sunday.—When miners' leaders meet the A.C.T.U. tomorrow in an endeavour to settle the coal strike, "there is a possibility of getting somewhere," Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Conference Fails to Settle Dispute Further Talks
SYDNEY, Monday.—A two and a half hour conference in Sydney this afternoon failed to find a solution to the coal crisis. The conference adjourned until 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, when discussions will be resumed…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation in Sydney this afternoon decided to ask all parties to Thursday's coal conference to join in approaching the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher,…
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BUDAPEST, Wednesday (AAP).—A Budapest court has sent three mining officials to gaol—two for 15 years and the other for six years…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Settlement of the coal crisis depended upon the spirit prevailing at tomorrow's conference, the general president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) said tonight…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The resumed conference on the coal crisis collapsed today when the N.S.W. mine owners refused to attend. The conference, called on Monday to find a solution to the coal dispute, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal to Be Imported
CANBERRA, Friday.—Maximum development of the Callide coalfield in Queensland and the extension of the importation of coal from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Undertaking Not Given By Mine Leaders, Claims Evatt
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Three miners' leaders had never given an undertaking to the court in 1949 to give precedence to the law over union rules, Dr. H. Evatt, K.C., declared in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Blame Govt. Owners For Collapse of Talks
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Sydney office of the Miners' Federation today issued an "information bulletin" laying the blame for the collapse of this week's coal crisis negotiations on the mine-owners and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Production 55,000 Tons Less Than Needs
SYDNEY, Friday.—A coal authority said today that heavy rationing would be inevitable unless more coal was produced…
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