30/- INCREASE 35-Hour Week Miners' Latest Demands
SYDNEY. All mining unions will seek 30/- a week increase and a 35-hour week following a decision…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1949
211 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 11
Miners Also Want Houses
LITHGOW: Extreme shortage of houses was driving miners from the pits, union representatives told the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Board Blamed
NEWCASTLE: Because the Joint Board Board would not give permission for him to mechanise Hartley Main Colliery. the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Work by Miners at Aberdare
CESSNOCK: Aberdare Central miners have been working continuously since Friday night in a dramatic attempt to prevent fire breaking out in the pit. A fall of coal estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not Prepared to Talk Miners And Pillar Coal
NEWCASTLE: The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation had decided not to discuss with the Joint Coal Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine on Fire To Be Sealed
CESSNOCK: A fire Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery has already done thousands of pounds worth of damage, and the mine will have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Rushed to Sydney Resumption Stops Unemployment
SYDNEY: Coal produced to-day at northern mines is being rushed to Sydney and Newcastle by colliers and special trains and lorries to prevent mass unemployment and a break-down in gas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lilac-Mauve And Gold Wedding
With the bride in white cloque crepe, and the bridesmaid in lilac-mauve and gold, a lovely picture was formed at the wedding of Elsie May, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Roberts, of "Mayfield," Lower Boro, when she married Frederick George,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal At Inverell
CANBERRA: The Vice-President of the Executive Council, Mr. Scully, said to-day that coal deposits at Ashford, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Refused Pay Increase
SYDNEY: An application by mining engineers and mechanics for a 25 per cent. increase on award rates was refused to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Move In Miners' Strike
The Australian Workers' Union has announced that April 4 has been set down for the hearing of the union's claim before the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Ban Kemira Latest Defiance Of Court
SYDNEY: The Combined Mining Unions Council yesterday reaffirmed its "black" ban on work at the Kemira…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A.W.U. v Miners' Federation Commissioner's Ruling On Captain's Flat Dispute
SYDNEY: The Industrial. Commission granted an application by the Australian Workers' Union restraining the Miners Federation from enrolling miners involved in the lead bonus dispute at Captain's Flat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gundagai May Be Forced to Enter Group Mine Competition
Gundagai may be forced to remain in Group Nine as sensational developments have taken place in southern N.S.W. Rugby League…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Demurrage on Coal Trucks
Writing to Monday night’s Council meeting, the City Council of Wagga Wagga, sought Council’s co-operation in endeavouring…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Ordered From Rocket Range
Melbourne: Officials of Feder[?] departments refused to comment to-day on reports that miner had been ordered off the rocket…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More And Better Coal Will Aid In Crisis
The Federal Minister for Shipping and Fuel (Senator Ashley) conferred yesterday with the Premier (Mr. McGirr) and the State Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) on improving the coal supply to Bunnerong power house…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Miners to Go Back
At a mass meeting of about 200 unionists at Captain's Flat this afternoon it was decided to accept terms…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cabinet Again Talks of Coal 50,000 Tons Lost Today
SYDNEY: The loss of 55,000 tons of coal to-day because of the miners' May Day holiday, will aggravate the already…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Perilously" Low Coal Position
SYDNEY: The spokesman for he Joint Coal Board said last night that coal stocks held by [?]1 public utilities yesterday were…
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