Discussion on Mines Agreement
Representatives of the Barrier Industrial Council and affiliated unions have been instructed to meet the Mining Managers'…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Gold Dice Worth £50
Perth.—Three solid gold dice were in a haul of about £140 worth of gold seized by police in the city. One of the dice contained about…
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Calcutta.—The 10.000-ton Indian freighter West Bengal has sailed for Sydney carrying 5.000 tons of coal and other, cargo for Australia…
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Sydney.—A luxurious £30,000 washroom, built by the Joint Goal Board for use by the 260 mineworkers, of the B.H.P. Lambton B colliery, near Newcastle, is almost completed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →This Week May Be Most Vital Yet of The Coal Strike Secret Talks on Shifting of Coal
Sydney, July 10.—Secret talks will be held in Sydney this week on how to move 36,000 tons of coal now being picketed in N.S.W, coalfield areas. State Cabinet will meet tomorrow to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Officials Gaoled for 12 MONTHS Guilty Of Contempt Of Court; £2000 Fine Inflicted On Union
Sydney.—The general president of the Miners' Federation (Idris Williams) and the general secretary (George William Sweeney Grant) were each sentenced to 12 months' gaol by Judge Foster in the, Arbitration…
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A. Cullen blacksmith at the Zinc corporation, suffered a foreign body in the left eye yesterday. After treatment at the Hospital he was taken to 89…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Mine Returns
North Broken Hill Ltd. reports as follows for the 5 6/7ths weeks ended June 30, 1949:- PRODUCTION: During the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Can Mechanisation Of Coal Mines Bring Peace To The Industry? (By a correspondent)
Coal miners demand higher wages and better conditions than other workers on the ground that their job is harder than any other. Yet the miners,…
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A meeting of the B.I.C. and M.M.A. will be held this morning at 10 o'clock All unions arc requested to be in attendance. Further discussion on the…
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Mr. Mudie: A lot of lead is sold an the Australian market, but the companies derive profits from capital invested in other…
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The State Cabinet today decided to place orders overseas for a large quantity of coal. The Premier, Mr. McGire, was informed today that coal was available to Australia from Britain. Belgium and Japan. In the one of Belgium, the Premier was notified that almost s[?]nts of…
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Johannesburg, July 11.—Joseph Milne, managing director of the Union Free State Mining and Finance Corporation, told the commission inquiring into the alleged gold find last month at…
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Brisbane.—Mr. T. A. Hiley, leader of the Queensland Liberal Party, told the party convention that there would be no important…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Federation Leaders Get 12 Months Gaol Sentences New Leaders To Be Appointed; Hardening Of Strikers
Sydney, July 11.—Mr. Justice Foster in the Arbitration Court today sentenced the general president of the Miners Federation (Mr. Idris Williams) and the general secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Unions Discuss Removal of Coal From Some Mines
Sydney.—Two key railway unions (Australian Railway Union and Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen) are today considering whether they will move the 20,000 tons of gas coal in trucks…
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Two miners at the Zinc Corporation were overcome by fract[?]r fumes yesterday and were taken home, they were J. Green, 462 Wolfram Street and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Barrier Miner Wednesday, July 13, 1949. Coal Miners Growl As Usual
SMALL matter as it is an incident at the week end shows the intransigeance with which leaders of the coal miners approach all problems. They have been crying out for a long time for amenities on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Decision Made To Lift Coal At Grass Ministers, A.L.P. Leaders In Important Conference
Sydney, July 12.—A decision to move coal held in railway trucks on N.S.W. coalfields by the end of this week was made today. The decision was made at a conference between the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley), N.S.W. Premier (Mr. McGirr) and other Federal and State…
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IDBMS WILLIAMS, Miners' Federatlea general president, leaving the Araltratlea Court, Sydney, after having been…
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