Western Miners' Federation Threatens Withdrawal From Arbitration
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 1
Western district miners may withdraw from all forms of arbitration as a means of settling disputes, following a decision by the executive of the Western Miners' Federation to recommend to the board of management…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Hours Claim Adjourned Wollongong, This Aft
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 2
Hearing of the miners' claim for a 35-hour week, being heard on the South Coast, was adjourned to-day. by the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Settled Threatened Miners' Hold-up Men Agree to Resume
National Advocate · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 2
SYDNEY, Sunday: Miners' lodges involved in the machine-cut coal dispute, held meetings this morning and accepted the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →County Council Refuses to Reduce Coal Consumption Sydney, This Afternoon
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 1
Sydney County Council will not obey the Joint Coal Board's order to reduce its consumption of coal by 25 per cent, unless the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Crisis Lithgow Miners Mass Stop-work Meeting
National Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 2
LITHGOW, Monday: A mass stopwork meeting of miners on the western coalfields next Monday night may lead to another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western- Miners' President Favors Mechanisation Of Coal Industry
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 2
The principal solution to Australia's coal problems can be found in complete mechanisation of mines and improved working conditions in industry. This broad outline on one of the most important…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Coal Dispute Conference
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 2
Attended by the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. M. Baddeley), Mr. Brewster, Chief Inspector of Mines and Chairman of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil From Gas, Coal And Shale
Central Western Daily · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 3
Development of interest to Australia is the commercialisation of a process for the extraction…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Crisis Cabinet Appoints Committee Statement Likely Tonight
National Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday: There is still no official decision on rationing of electricity Sydney. The Premier (Mr. McGirn) indicated tonight he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Western Stopwork Meeting May Be Averted-- Visit By Minister For Mines
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 2
Latest developments in respect to the Western District Miners' Federation proposal to reject arbitration as a means of settling disputes indicate that there is now a possibility mass stop- work meetings will not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board to Buy Small Mines Sydney, This Afternoon
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1
The Joint Coal Board is negotiating for the purchase of small mines and collieries capable of mechanisation or a higher degree of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Western Mines Idle
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3
Although all Lithgow collieries wore working to- day, three Mudgee line mines were idle for a coal loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.Z. Coal Output Up
National Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3
AUCKLAND, Wednesday. The New Zealand Minister for Mines announced yesterday that the Dominion's coal production for the first five months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sugar Production Affected by Coal Shortage
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3
The sugar shortage will become worse soon, partly because of the coal shortage. The Colonial Sugar Refining Co…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Western Miners Decide to Work SYDNEY
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1
The miners on the western fields have called off Monday's stop-work meeting and have re-affirmed their faith in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Authority's Decision, on Renown Extended Case
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 6
"I am at issue with the president of the Western Miners' Federation (Mr. E. Mara) when he says that when a miner is not producing coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Your Hollywood and Mine What Mates Think of Females
National Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 5
They say there is not a woman alive who has not at some time dreamed romantically, asleep or awake, of this or that screen hero…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Crisis Severe Rationing Cabinet Decision Affects Bathurst
National Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 2
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Severe rationing of commercial and domestic electricity supplies was announced in Sydney tonight. Cabinet decided late this evening to ration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Objection to Granting of Mining Leases at Ulan
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 10
The clerk, Mr. J. K. Middlemiss, submitted to last meeting of the Gulgong Shire Council, copies of letters that had been written to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Letters to Editor Case for the Coal-miners
Central Western Daily · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 5
Sir,—The attention of the executive of Orange Trades and Labor Council has been drawn to a letter published in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →