Cost To Australia Of Coal Strike
Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 3
DURING the past four weeks, the coal strike had directly cost the people of Australia at least £3O,0O0,000--£2O,000,000 in wages and £60,000,000 in less of production--said Sir Earle Page, M.H.R., in Grafton yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open-Cut Miners Will Stay At Work
Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 1
BRISBANE, Fri.--Queensland Miners' Federation president (Mr. T. Miller), Who travelled to-day to the Callide open cut mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unloading of Coal Ship Continues
Daily Examiner · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Sun.—Members of the Transport Workers' Union will commence transporting coal from the Haligonian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threat On Open-Cut Mining
Daily Examiner · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Sunday.—If Army working of open-cut mines in New South Wales does not break the coal strike the whole operation of open-cuts will be handed over to some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First Coal Imports For State
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Mon.--The first shipment of imported coal from South Africa, 30,000 tons, is now on its way to coal-starved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Union Men Shift Indian Coal
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Transport Workers' Union to-day began transporting coal from the Haligonian Duke to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining District People Welcome Police
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 2
Sergt. J. T. Parkinson, who on Saturday returned to Grafton with a party of Grafton sub-district policemen, after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Coal Talks
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Mon.-- An early end of the coal strike will depend on the outcome of a meeting of the Coal Mining Unions' Council in Sydney to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Output in Queensland
Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1
BRISBANE, Wed.--Coal production in Queensland is expected to be more than half the pre-strike output by next Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Output From Open-Cut Mines
Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Wed.--On a three-shift, seven day basis, it would be possible to produce, within a short time, over 100,000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Troops To Work Open Cut Mines
Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Wed.--Troops will commence to work the open cut mines in New South Wales not later than next Tuesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extra Police, But Coal Haul Without Incident
Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1
LITHGOW, Wed.--Coal trains hauling 2000 tons of crushed coal from Ben Bullen and Renown sidings to Bunnerong,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Take Vote On Strike Mine Unions' Council Decision
Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Wed.--The Coal Mining Unions' Council to-day decided to call aggregate meetings on the coalfields to take a vote on the coal strike. The meetings, which are expected to be held on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners May Hold Meetings
Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Miners' Central Council is not expected to oppose the holding of aggregate meetings on the coalfields, but may recommend to the meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Disperse Demonstrating Miners
Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3
LITHGOW, Thurs—Defying a police ban over 100 miners staged a demonstration at Ben Bullen against men handling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Welcome Police Party
Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 7
The party of poiice which was sent from the Grafton-Coffs Harbour area to perform strike duty at the coalfields has returned. In…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Move by Miners Until Decision
Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Miners at the Wonthaggi State coal mine who were included in the state of emergency proclamation last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Told Reds Trying to Wreck Country
Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1
SINGLETON, Thursday.—A few hundred commos—thieves, rogues and vagabonds—were trying to wreck the country,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Policy Outlook Needed on Coal Supplies
Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3
SYDNEY, Thurs.—A new outlook and a new policy towards coal production were imperative, the N.S.W. president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Watersiders Support Government Stand On Coal Strike
Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 2
COFF'S HARBOUR. Thurs.—Waterside workers at Coff's Harbour to-day sent a telegram to the Prime Minister (MR…
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