Vic. Black Ban on Imported Coal
Melbourne, July 26.—The Victorian secretary oF the Seamens Union. Mr. W. Bird, today advised tugmasters that all overseas coal, including the 7,000 tons…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Craft Unions May Use Pressure on Miners
Sydney.—Craft unions are expected to exert strong pressure to end the coal strike at today's vital talks between the Combined Mining Unions Council and the A.C.T.U…
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Second reply of the mining companies to claims of the B.I.C. and Tuesday [?]ted unions for the new agreement is expected today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →W. E. Wattison Challenged to Debate Refused Permission to Address Miners
Sydney, July 26.—Mr. W. E. Wattison, M.L.A., who was addressing meetings arranged on the coalfields by the A.L.P. last week, was challenged to debate the coal position with representatives of the Miners Federation and this they were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike In Britain Possible More Industrial Unrest Follows Dock Strike
London, July 25.—With the return to work today of the London dockers, Britain, which was severely hit by that crisis, now faces fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →C.M.U. Talks May Mean Early Strike End Miners Anxious To Return To Work
Sydney, July 26.—An early end of the cool strike will depend on the outcome of a meeting of the Cool Mining Unions Council in Sydney tomorrow. The C.M.U. Council will discuss the settlement formula to be placed before it by the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Mishaps
The following mine accident cases were treated today: B. Hastings, of 38 Wolfram Street, a braceman at the South, foreign body in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mine Tennis
Inter-Mine Tennis Association will continue its activities on Saturday, when the grand final in the A grade section will be concluded…
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P. J. Coles, of 713 Horsington Street, a laborer working with Haunstrup's on the North Mine, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for a burn to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →National Emergency (Coal Strike) ACT
The W.I.U. of A. general meeting on July 13 decided that the National Emergency (Coal Strike) Act, which had been received, be published for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strike Meetings Are Refused by Miners
Sydney.—The Federal executive of the Miners' Federation today rejected the proposal of the Combined Mining Unions' Council for aggregate meetings on the coalfields to discuss the strike…
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Yesterday the Mining Managers Association forwarded a further reply to the additional representations made by the Barrier Industrial Council and the various unions covering work on the line of lode. The reply is:…
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J. Nola (South) was taken home to 323 Piper Street. He had contusions to the fourth finger of the left hand. H. A. Millman (North No. 2) received…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Crisis
The coal crisis has taken a new turn. Aggregate meetings are to be held. Some Federation leaders have strayed from the middle of the road, or the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Strike Hits Revenue
Canberra.—The coal strike has hit heavily at Federal tax revenue, and the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and Treasury officers spent three hours yesterday cutting expenditure down to bare…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Scarce at Local Hospital
Reopening of the isolation ward recently, due to an increased number of mumps, measles and other contagious disease cases, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wild Scenes On Coalfields And Elsewhere Result From The Coal Strike Central Council Not Expected To Oppose Meetings
Sydney, July 28.—The Miners Central is not expected to oppose the holding of aggregate meetings on the coalfields, but may recommend to the meetings that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Security Rules for Troops Near Coal Mines
Sydney.—As the central council of the Miners' Federation met in Sydney today for a vital debate on holding aggregate meetings on the coalfields next week, reports from those areas reveal that strict…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Tennis
North 1 defeated Zinc 1 (5 sets o 4) in the continuation of the [?]ter-mincetennis A grade grand final today. The match, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Excursion Talks
Delegates of the Mine Picnic Committees and the B.I.C. will travel to Adelaide on Sunday to meet the Commissioner of the S.A. Railways (Mr…
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