First Coal Away From Open Cut
Production of coal from the open cut at Muswellbrook was commenced on Friday last, 22 days after the beginning of operations…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
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A.C.T.U. Proposals To Miners
SYDNEY Tuesday.—An effort is being made at .to-day's conference between the ACTU and the Miners Federation to induce the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. McBlane Farewelled. Mine Leaders' Appeal to Membership
At Newcastle on Saturday, many leaders of the Miners' Federation and kindred unions gathered together to bid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holidays and Garnishee Issues. A.C.T.U. and Miners Confer. Sydney
An effort is being made at to-day's conference between the A.C.T.U. and the Miners' Federation to induce miners to withdraw their refusal to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Miners Already Begin Holidays
BRISBANE Wednesday.—Half of the miners at Collinsville are stated to have already commenced their Christmas vacation…
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SYDNEY Wed. —Government officials are more hopeful to-day that, as a result of private talks with the miners’ representatives,…
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Government officials are more hopeful to-day that as the result of private talks with miners' representatives, some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supplies of Fodder Coal Trucks To Be Used
SINGLETON Wed. — At the meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council at Singleton yesterday, Mr. G. Searl, manager of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairymen Support Coal Protest No Dissentient From Motion, But Criticism After
Although there was no dissentient when the motion was put to the vote, there was criticism later in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Situation Discussed A.C.T.U. Suggests Commission of Inquiry
SYDNEY, Wednesday—The A.C.T.U. to-day submitted to the conference of Federal unions, Government Ministers and Miners’ representatives a proposal to conduct a Commission of inquiry to deal with all aspects of the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Govt. Decides Against Aggregate Meetings Mr. Forde Outspoken On The Mining Situation
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) told the conference of the A.C.T.U. executive and delegates of 62 Federal unions that the Government could not allow the [?] to hold the aggregate meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Case For Coal Treasurer Puts Realistic View
SYDNEY Thursday.—Coal production on the northern field was bad before garnishees were introduced, said the Federal Treasurer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recommendations of A.C.T.V. REJECTED Miners’ Council Decides on Aggregate Meetings
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A statement issued by the Miners’ Central Council last night reject the recommendations of the A.C.T.U. at yesterday’s conference with members of Federal unions for a settlement of the coal problem, and call…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Miners Take Extra Holiday. Coal Production Drops 50 Per Cent
Coal production to-day dropped 50 per cent, because many miners took an extra day's hollday. They were due to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Defied by Miners Promises to Britain and America. Mechanisation Wanted
The Miners' Central Executive rejected settlement terms recommended toy the A.C.T.U. at an emergency meeting in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Union Feeling Against Miners. A.C.T.U. Stands Behind Government. SYDNEY
There was a hardening of feeling in the Trades Union movement to-day against the Miners' Federation. It is understood that officials of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Miners Take Extra Day’s Holiday Mr, Churchill’s Grave Warning On Supply Position
SYDNEY, Friday.—Coal production to-day dropped [?] per cent, because many miners took an extra holiday to-day. They are due to commence holidays to-morrow. Absen[?] is highest to-day for any day this year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NO A.C.T.U. Support If Miners Strike Fears of Rift In Big Federal Unions
SYDNEY, Friday.—The secretary of the A.C.T.U. (Mr. Monk) said in Sydney that his officals were astomded at the peremptory rejection by the Miners’ Federation of the recommendation of the unions’ conference…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: Coal and The People Fighting Dies Down In Greece Struggle Now Between The Right And Left Australian Associated Press
LONDON, December 21.—Fighting between the British troops and the E.L.A.S. (Left Wing) forces in Athens is dying down, although it is reported by the British United Press correspondent in the city that rocket-firing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Increase in State Coal Mine Output
SYDNEY, Saturday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. S. M. Baddeley) has written to Mr. A. Donne, manager of the State Coal…
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