Recent Gold Coast Riots
LONDON, March 11. — Goods worth about £1,000,000 stg. were looted from commercial buildings at Accra daring the recent…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Millfield Greta Colliery Picnic
Nine buses were required to carry 300 adults and children to the Millfield Greta Colliery Employees' picnic at Wangi Wangi. During the day the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Section of Pit Sealed Off Aberdare Colliery Fire
The section of Aberdare colliery in which the fire occurred, No. 3 main dip, has been seated off Aberdare is one of the largest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deputation Walked Out Resented Coal Board's Attitude
"If the people think they are going to get amenities from the Coal Board, they have another think Coming," said Ald. F. Jones at a meeting of Cessnock Council this week. He was commenting on the out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prefects For State Mine. Mayor to Make a Report
The Mayor, Ald. J. Brown, told Cessnock Council this week that he hoped to be able to make a report…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Coal Output
CANBERRA, Sat.—The British High Commissioner’s office reveals in a statement that Britain’s coal exports this year will…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—At a conference in Sydney the Retired Mineworkers Association decided to the Miners’ Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →30,000 Miners on Strike
PARIS, March 13—Strikes which began a few days ago in the nationalised mines of the Pas de Calais end Nord…
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BRANXTON,— Ayrfiled No. 3 group of collleries on the [?] Estate will be idle on Thursday next. this group has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Retired Miners’ Pensions
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. J. M. Baddely) told a deputation from the Miners’ Federation that he hoped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disputes at Six Mines
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — There were stoppages at six mixes in the north to-day beanie of disputes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Fell On Foot
When a piece of coal fell on his toot at work to-day, David Lyons, 26, of East Bronwyn-street East Greta, a guard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pension Increase For Mine workers
Legislation will be introduced into the State Parliament this session to provide a 7/6 increase in the pension for retired…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners’ Claims for Long Service Leave “Starting Behind Scratch”
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners’ Federation would be Starting from “behind scratch” when the Coal Industry. Tribunal began hearing the claims far long service leave unless coal production improved substantially in the mean…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's World News President Truman to Give Important Talk on "Critical, Foreign Situation"—sweden Looks to Its Defences—big Coal Strike in U.s.—no Aid for a Communist Italy. (A.a.p. Messages)
Now York.—The "Big Four" has called on Palestine Arabs and Jews to state by to-morrow whether they would enter into a cease fire pact…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Branxton Coal Mine Idle To-morrow Important Duty on Union Membership
Ayrfield No. 3 group of collieries on the Rothbury Estate, Branxton, win be idle to-morrow. This group of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£800 in Gold Seized
MELBOURNE, Wed— Raiding a house of Essendon, detectives seized more than £800 worth of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike Spreads in America
PITTSBURGH, March 17.—The pension rights strike spread to 350,000 of the nation’s 400,000 soft-coal miners yesterday and brought, a threat of court action from mine, owners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain Steps Up Coal Exports Encouraging Production Figures
Fifteen to sixteen million tons of coal mined in the United Kingdom are to be sent overseas this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threat by Miners
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Miners’ Federation to-day issued a statement reporting the Miners’ Federal president…
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