Queensland Miners to Hold Meeting
BRISBANE, Wed.--Following a lead given by the Southern Cross branch of the Queensland Miners' Union, almost every…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Moscow Comment on Coal Strike
NEW YORK, Wed. (AAP).--The Moscow trade union daily "Trud," has described the Australian miners' strike as part…
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CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--A. general strike by the Waterside Workers' Federation, if the coal strike breaks down, was planned by communists, Mr. Wetherall, M.L.A. (Cobar) told a general meeting in Cessnock to-day…
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The N.C.S.N. Co. was fortunate in being able to get coal for its coal burning ships, said the manager…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--In the Muswellbrook Field, soldiers broke the production record of 2500 tons produced in one day (16 hours) by regular miners, by crushing and…
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LONDON, Thurs. (AAP).--Britain is still losing gold heavily to Belgium and Switzerland, Treasury figures show…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--A survey of at least 10 mechanised underground mines on the New South Wales coalfields is being made by the Federal Government, which is considering using Army labour to work them…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Council of Unions, with members employed in the gas industry in N.S.W., has decided to…
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SYDNEY, Fri.—Aggregate meetings on the Australian coalfields may not be held until next Wednesday or Thursday to decide whether the coal strike will end…
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SYDNEY, Fri.--A date for the working of eight mechanised underground mines by Army labour is expected to be fixed in Canberra on Tuesday by the Prime Minister…
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SYDNEY, Fri.—Communists are making strong moves to have coal produced by troops in open-cut mines declared "black"…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers) announced to-night that for the first week's operation of…
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BERLIN, Sun. (AAP).--The British-licensed Berlin "Telegraf" said yesterday that since the beginning of 1949, 530 persons…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation to-day decided to call aggregate meetings of N.S.W. miners on Tuesday in the southern and western…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's New Mining Machines
Many new machines which will help in the further machanisation and expansion of Britain's coal industry were recently…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—A miner of 30 years' standing told a Communist meeting in the Domain to-day, that if soldiers went…
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CANBERRA, Monday.--A joint statement to-day by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and the N.S.W. Premier (Mr. McGirr) reiterated their previous…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--By an over-whelming majority about 1000 gasworkers at Mortlake works, Sydney's biggest gas plant…
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ADELAIDE, Mon.--Urgently needed addition to the State's meagre supply of black coal arrived to-day when the collier…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--The first the Communist-controlled Sea-movement of coal by sea since men's Union banned the…
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