Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

190 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 10

Coal Strike Likely

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 4

A general coal strike next week is more clearly threatened now because of the collapse of the combined mining unions'…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Britain Exports Coal Again

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

To the Scottish Division of the National Coal Board went the honour of opening a regular coal export programme. December, 1917, saw the first shipments to Sweden by the S.S. Vestra, closely followed by two other Swedish colliers. Now this Swedish trade is…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

15 Mines Idle Discussion On Hold-Up

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: Whether or not there will be a general coal hold-up will probably be decided by the State Council of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

17 Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: Seventeen mines were idle in New South Wales today with a loss of 17,500 tons…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Coal Chairman Slates Pit Enginemen

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 4

Mr. F. Gallagher, chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board, who has refused to rescind his order…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

16 Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY: Sixteen coal mines are idle to-day with a loss of about 13,000 tons. Fifteen mines are idle because…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Breaking a Strike Miners Act As Wheeler

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 5

NEWCASTLE: Miners at Stockrington No. 2 colliery took over wheelers' Jobs yesterday when the wheelers refused to…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Britain Export S Coal Again

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 4

To the Scottish Division of the National Coal Board went the honour of opening a regular coal export programme. December 1947 saw the first shipments to Sweden by the S.S. Vestra, closely followed by two other Swedish colliers. Now this…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

"Tucker Box" Dog Worth Weight in Gold Brings In Big Money For Gundagai Hospital

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 7

Royalties on the sale of souvenirs, postcards, etc., bearing the "Dog on the "Tucker Box" is an ever-increasing source of revenue for Gundagai…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Steel Behind The Coal

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 4

Second only to the miner’s call for men is the miner’s call for to build the equipment which will make the miners’ work result in a maximum tonnage of coal at the surface. British miners are as good as any; their natural conditions no harder. Yet…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Gold Coast Protest Demonstration In London

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Six hundred, coloured and white people demonstrated in Downing Street while a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Coal Plant Wanted at Hospital

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 1

Efforts are to be made by the Goulburn District Hospital Board to obtain coal burning equipment to operate the boiler plant…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

One Third Of U.S. Miners Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday: with over one third of the, nation's 400,000 soft coal miners already involved in…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Coal Cuts in U.s.a

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 5

WASHINGTON: The Government to-day ordered a virtual embargo on bituminous coal exports, and a 25 percent cut in…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Miners May Reject Stoppage Proposal

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY:. It was suggested that the Miners' Central Council, which opens in Sydney to-day, may now reject a proposal…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Sufficient Coal for Easter

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY: A spokesman for the Coal Board said today that there would be sufficient coal until after Easter. Only nine…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Brisbane Miners Back at Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE: Queensland miners resumed work this morning after being on strike for nearly 3 Weeks in support of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Coal Strike in U.s.a

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 5

WASHINGTON: President Truman has invoked the drastic Taft-Hartley Labour Act in an attempt to end, by a court…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

From Everywhere Gold From Islands?

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 2

Four members of a N.S.W. goldmining syndicate in Sydney by Trams-Occanic flying-boat with sampes of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Nationalisation of Coal in England First Year Loss £20,000,000

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 4

The National Coal Board is planning a decentralisation of its huge machine to secure greater efficiency. One year of nationalisation is expected to show a total trading loss of £20,000,000 (twice that of the nationalised…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →