Cessnock Wants State Coal Mine
MAITLAD, Sun. — Cessnock Wants State coal mine. The Deputy Mayor of Cessnock (Ald Brown) said at a council meeting…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
261 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 14
Miners Plan Demonstration
SYDNEY, Sun.—More than 1000 South Coast miners plan to board four ordinary trains at Wollongong on Wednesday…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Customs checks at airports and on the water front are being tightened up in an effort to defeat the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wonthaggi Miners Stop Work
MELBOURNE, Wed. — Miners at the State coal mine at Wonthaggi stopped work at midnight last night, in support of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drifting Mines Threaten Shipping
BRISBANE, Tues.—Shipping of the North Queensland coast is threatened by six British type electric mines adrift inside the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mines Idle While Men Demonstrate
SYDNEY, Tues.—All mines in New South Wales and Victoria will be idle to-morrow when South Coast mines will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appeal To Miners Not To Stage General Strike
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, has appealed to the Miners' Federation not to stage a general strike in…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—More than 1500 South Coast coalminers, after a demonstration outside Parliament House to-day, decided to stay on strike until their demands for increased compensation payments to dusted miners were met…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, introduced a new Coal Bill to the Legislative Assembly this…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—The miners' leaders decided to-day to call aggregate stop-work meetings throughout Australia as from next Wednesday to discuss proposals for a general coal strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Food Houses For U.K. Coal Miners
LONDON, Fri.—More food and more houses are be provided for mining areas to stimulate coal production as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Mining Stoppages Unwarranted, Says P.M.
CANBERRA, Friday.—Daily stoppages in the coal mining industry and some other, stoppages were completely…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A move may be made at a special meeting of the Miners' Central Council in Sydney next week…
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ONCE again the advocates of direct action appear likely to win a victory over the wishes of their fellow unionists and the general community. Following the noisy but futile demonstration on the steps of Parliament House, the miners' leaders have decided to…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and the Minister for Shipping and Supply (Senator Ashley) will confer…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—The Miners' Central Council will decide to-morrow whether to recommend general strike action to…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—The Miners' Central Council decided to-day to recommend a no-strike policy to aggregate meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tribal Murder On Gold Coast; Death Penalties Delayed
LONDON, Tues.—The House of Commons has intervened dramatically to save five Gold Coast natives, found guilty of ritualistic murder, on the eve of their…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Instructions were broadcast to miners on three N.S.W. coalfields tonight, to return to work…
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LONDON, Wed.—Sir Alan Burns, Governor of the Gold Coast, is understood to have expressed a wish to be relieved…
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