General-Coal Strike Threatened
Following the collapse yesterday of a conference france called to discuss the Kamoira dispute on the South Coast, a general [?]…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Coal Board to Assist Ambulance
CESSNOCK, Friday. — The Cessnock District Ambulance Board was informed last night that the Joint Coal Board will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured by Fali of Coal
NEWCASTLD Lewis Nott, 52, married, of Charles-street, Warper’s Bay, a shiftman, employed at Burwood colliery, suffered a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Currency Depreciates In China
China's new gold yuan currency has begun to depreciate heavily on the unoincial markets and most sources expect a…
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PARIS, Oct. 15.— A statement calling on the French miners to [?] in their [?] was issued last night by the French Miners’…
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Prime Minister Chifley said in the House of Representatives to-day that negotiations were actively…
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Votes recorded at pit top meetings in the North on Tuesday were overwhelmingly against the proposal to split miners' holidays…
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CANBERRA, Friday—The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, said in the House of Representatives to-day that negatiations were actively proceeding to overcome the threatened general hold-up in N.S.W. coal mines next week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Ambulance Station. Coal Board to Give 60 Per Cent. of Cost
Sixty per cent. of the cost of the ambulance station to be erected at Cessnock will be borne by the joint coal Board, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Loss of Coal Production with 35 Hour Week. Evidence at Queensland
A witness told the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) at Queensland that production would not decrease in Queensland if a 35-hour week were granted. He said that any loss could be offset by the introduction of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threat of State- Wide Coal Tie-Up DIFFERENCE On Southern Fields Unsettled
Miners' leaders last night called for a general strike on New South Wales Coalfields. They have asked Northern and Western miners* officials to consider convening aggregate meetings, as early as possible,…
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CESSNOCK, Monday—Hebburn No. 2 is the only idle colliery on the South Maitland field to-day. This mine has been idle since…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Golf Trophy Eligibility
BRANXTON, Monday.—It was recently stated that only Cessnock, Kurri and Branxton golf members would be able to compete in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike on the South Coast
SYDNEY, Monday. — If the miners leaders’ meeting in Sydney to-day decides to extend the South Coast coal strike, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Tennis Championships
Following is the draw for Friday, October 22.— No. 1 court, A. grade; Aberdare v. Maitland Main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board Helps School
CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Kitchener Public School will be provided with a sound and film projector valued at £200 by the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Coal Loss In North To-day
CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—The loss of production- on South Maitland coalfields, due to idleness of a number of collieries, was over 4000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Oldiers and Security Guards Take Over Trench Mines To Prevent Flooding
PARIS, October 19.—More than 4000 French soldiers and [?]curity guards yesterday took over strike-bound mines in Central [?]ace to prevent serious damage from flooding. Strike pickets did not offer resistance, but, in at least three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed Electricity Committee Request For Higher Prices Coal - Company Officers Confer With Shire Councillors
Messrs. H. J. Hill (managing director) and H. G. Conde, representing the Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd. conferred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.C.T.U. Attempts To N.S.W. Coal Strike Federation Backs The South Coast Dispute
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—-Desperate last-minute effo[?] being made by the A.C.T.U. executive to-day to cvi[?] State-wide coal stoppage over the South Coast coal dis[?] The dispute, which started at Kemeira, is over the[?]…
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