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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
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Wollongong, February 12.—The Southern Mines plan a mass demonstration at Parliament House on February 26 to coincide with the opening of the State Parliament. An aggregate meeting of miners today decided on this course to support their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, February 12 — Britain, which has richer coal deposits to the average square mile than any country in the world,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After treatment L. McArthur was taken from the South Mine to his home at 481 Piper Street with a ricked back, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious view is taken in union circles of a series of petty thefts at the South minc, changehouses. Thefts in recent weeks include…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BECAUSE a carpenter was allegedly dismissed out of turn and the seniority basis, the Building Trades Union has decided not to allow any further carpenters to work on the North mine. A member wrote to the union…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No further carpenters are to be allowed to work on the North Mine. This was decided by the Building Trades Union at their general meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, February 13— America today offered to send coal to Britain to relieve her of the present crisis. The cheering news of the fourth day of Britain's grim "battle for coal" was supplemented by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, February 13.—"The future of Britain is very much in the hands of educationalists, I urge them not to teach the boys to go into an office…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →H. Cockroft, a diamond driller at the North Mine, suffered a laceration to the scalp yesterday at work. He was treated at the Hospital before going home to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE.—An anxious period here for coal supplies was expected between Tuesday and next Friday coal authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fuel Ministry has also announced that forty ships have left north-east coast ports in the past twenty-four hours with coal for areas affected by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, February 16.—At a cost of nearly two million forced into unemployment, and for the loss of an estimated total of £30 million worth of production, Britain, in the first week of restrictions, has saved 15,770 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, February 17.—Miners, dockers, seamen and railwaymen, working through the week-end, have kept coal rolling across Britain from the pits to the power stations. The Ministry of Fuel paid a tribute to "the magnificent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, February 17 —The Combined Mining Unions' Council to day urged the [?] Minister. Mr. Chifley to convear of immediate conference on a log of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N. Bloomfield, of 750 Chapple Street, a miner at the Zinc Corporation, was treated at the Hospital today for a fractured right…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London, February 18. — Miners, railway workers, dockers and transport workers agreed to work again next Sunday to keep coal moving after the Government told their unions that the fuel crisis is expected to last at least another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—Gold strikes reported at Sebastopol, near Temora, may prove one of the rchest in recent years. Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—A new deal for the coalfields is being sought by combined mining unions. At a meeting of the combined unions'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following is an official report of operations at the South Mine for the period of 6 weeks ended February 15: OUTPUT…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney, February 19.—The Minister for Supply, Senator Ashley, Informed the Miners' Federation tonight that the Government would call a conference…
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