Mining Unions’ Dispute
CESSNOCK, Friday.—Mr. Justice Taylor had before him in the Industrial Court to-d[?] for determination a case in which the…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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8500 Tons Of Coal Lost
SYDNEY Friday— Declaring that the “strike fever” was on again, mine workers at Maitland Main went home to-day throwing…
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Richard Victor, 35, mine deputy, of Rawson Street Ex-tended, Aberdare, appeared before Judge Nield at the…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—Mr. Justice Davidson, to his report on the coal industry tabled in the House of Representatives to-day, scathingly attacked Governmental failure to support decisions of the Tribunal and to enforce penalties…
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NEWCASTLE, Saturday—Judging from the first Press summaries of Mr. Justice Davidson’s report on the coal industry the Miners’ Federation in withdrawing from the commission of inquiry bad been completely justified, said the…
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CESSNOCK Monday—Gordon Dodus, 18, of Daniel-street, Cessnock, a clipper, employed at Aberdare colliery, fractured his…
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NEWCASTLE.—The death occurred on Saturday of Mr. Charles Brown, manager of the Pacific Colliery for 11 years. He…
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PARIS [?] — France is bitterly disappointed with supplies of German coal being allocated to her…
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CESSNOCK, Monday.— The loss of production on the Maitland coalfields to-day was very heavy, amounting to 5500 tons…
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LONDON, March 25. — Twelve arrests were made by police in Hamburg after 500 Germans had raided a coat…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Young men in the mining industry were taking the first opportunity to leave it for more congenial work, it was stated during the hearing by the Central coal Authority of Miners’ Federation claims for improved…
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Cold! with the speed of a raging epiden[?] the [?] swept the country; and life an epidemic it swept men from their hemes, their families…
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There will be another big coal strike about the middle of April that will dose down all mines if a judgment of the…
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CESSNOCK Wed.—There was a loss in production on the Maitland field to-day of 4000 tons due to the idleness of Maitland…
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SYDNEY Wed—Fresh alarm is felt by the Sydney County Council concerning coal supplies for the maintenance of…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Strikes at five pits idle yesterday, a breakdown at Stockton Borehole, and fresh stoppages at South Clifton,…
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WASHINGTON, March 28.—Mr. John L. Lewis notified bituminous coal operators that their contract will be ended on Sunday at midnight and 400,000 miners will remain at home with their families next week…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—If the National Security Act were null and void there was likely to be a tremendous upheaval in the coal industry within a few weeks, declared Mr. Rowley James (Lab., N.S.W.) in the House of…
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William Miller, 46, of Jeffrey-street, South Cessnock, a miner at Aberdare colliery, suffered an injury to his left ankle when struck by a fall of coal…
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SYDNEY: It is the intention of the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) to approach the Commonwealth Government “in the…
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