Hopes For Coal Settlement Fade Rift In Negotiations
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2
Hopes for an early settlement of the one-day-a-week coal stoppages, which appeared bright yesterday, have now receded to such an extent that an open rift between the A.C.T.U. and rite Miners' Federation is feared when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Officials Gaoled
National Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 8
BUDAPEST, Wednesday: A Budapest court has sent three mining officials to gaol—two for 15 years and the other for six years—after finding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Men Killed in Mines
National Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 2
BROKEN HILL, Wednesday: A sandpath, 1500ft underground on the No. 13 level, burst and killed a man at the Zinc Corp, mine today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Centenary Souvenirs
National Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 7
New Australians from Bathurst Immigrant Centre, among whom a great number of handicraft experts and artists may be found, have agreed to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Vital Meeting on Coal
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 4
A vital meeting on coal problems, including representatives of all parties, is being held to-day, but it is not expected any decisions will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Owners Boycott Coal Conference
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 2
SYDNEY, This Afternoon. Coal owners boycotted the coal conference in Sydney to-day, dashing the hopes of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moves to End Coal Crisis Vital Conference Today Sydney
National Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 1
MINERS' general president (Mr. Williams) said today if parties to tomorrow's coal talks would join with the miners in an application…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Eric Newham Is Elected Chairman of Mining Company
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 2
Former local man, Mr. Eric Newham, of Lithgow, has been appointed chairman of the Broula King Mining Syndicate at Molong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Talks on Coal Dispute
National Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2
SYDNEY, Thursday: A conference was held in Sydney this morning to consider the coal dispute. The Joint Coal Board with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Talks on Coal Fail Again
Central Western Daily · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3
SYDNEY, Thursday.— The resumed conference on the coal crisis collapsed today when N.S.W. mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maximum Western Coal Production To-day
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2
Only one small colliery, Cobar Tunnel, was reported idle on the western field to-day and coal production was again well up to standard, with most pits reporting low absenteeism…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners and Blackberry Picking (To the Editor)
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4
Sir,--Please allow me space in your paper to reply to statements made by two of Lithgow's personalities, Mrs. Marie Duff and Mr. Roy Dean, to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Impasse on Coal Trouble Yesterday's Conference Was Abortive
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2
No settlement of the one-day-a-week coal strike was reached yesterday at a conference convened by the Joint Coal Board mainly due to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Centenary Activity in the City and at the Centre
National Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3
With the actual opening date of the Bathurst Gold Centenary Celebrations only five weeks away, the entire district has been galvanised into action…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Contempt Hearing
National Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Friday: The [?]haring of contempt charges against three miners' leaders was adjourned in the Federal Arbitration Court in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Centenary Meeting
National Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 2
A meeting of the Gold Centenary Committee attended by the full executive took place at the Town Hall hist night. A full report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Centenary Ball
National Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 2
Preparations are well in hand for the Red Cross Gold Centenary Ball to be held on March 28 at the Masonic Hall. Young ladies wishing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Pass Blame for Disputes
Central Western Daily · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Sydney office of the Miners’ Federation today issued an “information bulletin” laying the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Idle Again To-day
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1
For the third consecutive Monday, all mines and open cuts on the western field--as elsewhere--were idle to-day because of the protest weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners To Stop For Third Time
Central Western Daily · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 3
SYDNEY, Sunday.— Miners will tomorrow hold their third one-day-a-week stoppage in protest against…
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