Muswellbrook Coal Lift To-day
Five hundred tons of coal at Muswellbrook No. 1 Colliery have been impressed by the Joint Coal Board, and transferred to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1949
1,558 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 78
Rots Fight for Life in Idle Mines
According to safety men still working in the mines starring rats are killing and devouring each other in the state Steelworks and vale of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ipswich Miners Vote to Continue Strike Uproar Follows Decision
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Uproar followed a meeting of Ipswich miners at Booral yesterday, when the President of the Queensland Miners’ Union (Mr. T. Millar) declared a motion to continue the strike carried by a majority of two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Demand Aggregate Meetings Muswellbrgok Miners' Decision. Saturday's Record Meeting
record attendance of members of the Muswellbrook Combined Mining Unions on Saturday morning carried the following' resolution with only three dissentients::That the combined mining unions of Muswellbrook demand that Combined…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 26th JULY, 1949. Miners Look for Leadership in Crisis
HAVING voted against the decision to call a strike on the occasion of the first aggregate meetings, Muswellbrook miners were, of course,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leader: A Pressing Need Coal Lift Begins At Lithgow
LITHGOW, Tuesday.—The coal lift from the Western fields began to-day In driving rain and freezing temperatures…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Miners Penalise Wheat Farmers Loss of 3/- a Bushel
Combination of the coal strike and the International Wheat Agreement means a huge loss to Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Becoming Coal Minded
"Singleton is becoming coal minded," said Mr. T. F. Cragg in the Singleton Mine Warden's court this morning. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour in Open Cut Mines
CANBERRA, Wed—The Federal-Cabinet has resolved to defer the question of AWU labour In open cut mines in NSW and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.L.P. Warning To Miners
CESSNOCK, Wednesday. — Addressing a meeting of about 200 from the Kurri Band Rotunda this morning, Mr. A. E…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners’ Executive Rejects Aggregate Meetings Troops Move In To Work Open Cut Mines
SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Federal Executive of the Miners’ Federation to-day rejected the proposal of the Combined Mining Unions’ Council for aggregate meetings on the coalfields to discuss the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike
The gloom of emergency lighting did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of a public meeting held in Muswellbrook under the auspices of the Muswellbrook Branch…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Food Parcels For Miners’ Families
The president of Maitland Miner’ Area Committee, Mr. C. Woods, said to-day that food parcels would be distributed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Council To Call Aggregate Meetings Tuesday Deadline For Open Cuts
SYDNEY, Thursday.—On the easting vote of the acting chairman (Mr. W. Blair), the Combined Mining Unions’ Council decided to call aggregate meetings on the coalfields to discuss the question of continuing the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cannibal Rats In Coal Mines
According to safety men still working in the idle mines starving rats are killing and devouring each other in the State,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Prospecting Continues Eleven Applications Heard By Mine Warden
Eleven applications for authority to prospect for coal on district properties were considered by Mine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Without Deputies
CESSNOCK, Friday. — Abermain No. 2 colliery, which is within the “fire” ring In the Cessnock district, was without the services of deputies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Troops at Northern Mines
NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Troops who moved to the northern coalfields yesterday are now setting an permanent headquarters near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Moderate Miners Want Return To Work
SYDNEY, Friday. — Moderate elements on the coalfields believe that if aggregate meetings are held on Monday, and If a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Office Raided Security Police Action
Two Commonwealth security policemen yesterday raided the offices of the Queensland Miners' Union at Booval, in…
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