Miners' Secretary Promises No More Contempt of Court
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 August 1949 · page 1
The Full Arbitration Court is unlikely to hear applications by union leaders for release from gaol until September 6, when it begins its normal Sydney sittings. The Court will require the personal attendance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sinking Fast Britain's Dollar and Gold Reserves
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 August 1949 · page 3
London "Daily Express" says that foreigners are doubting the ability of the £1 sterling to hold its own…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British View of Our Coal Strike Unions' Loyalty Praised
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 August 1949 · page 2
Communists have got control of Australian unions only by trickery and intimidation, says the London Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal “Wasted” in Bunnerong Plant “Misleading” To Blame Quality, Says Cameron
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1949 · page 5
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. K. A. Cameron, hat alleged that in the five years 1944 to 1948 the inefficiency of turbines at Bunnerong powerhouse had wasted 287,000 tons of coal—or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extracting Pillar Coal in Mines
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 4
The Minister for Mines, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, said last night that a solution to the problem of extraction of pillar coal in mines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inspecting Seals in Bellbird Colliery
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 5
CESSNOCK. Thursday.—The South Maitland coalfield is entirely free from industrial trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Give Notice
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 5
GUNNEDAH, Thursday.—A number of mineworkers at Preston Extended colliery, who object to working with an alleged Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transvaal Gold Output
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 7
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 18 (AAP).—Transvaal gold output for July exceeded 1,000,000oz for the first time in two years,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Britain's New Mining Machines
Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 1
Many new machine which will help in the further mechanisation and expansion of Britain's coal industry were recently placed on show for the first time at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners’ Bath House New Complaint At Lithgow
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thurs.—Miners at the Steel Works colliery in the Western District again refused to work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Price of Gold to Be Considered
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 6
CANBERRA, Thurs. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) speaking to the Premiers in Canberra, said the International…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Several Mines Idle
Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 1
CESSNOCK. Friday. — While several mines are idle on the South Maitland field to-day none is due to an industrial dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parade of Open Cut Soldier Miners
Singleton Argus · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 1
Troops who won open-cut coal during the strike will take part in a review and parade at Ingleburn Camp on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pillars in Mines Proposal to Work
Singleton Argus · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 8
The Minister for Mines, Mr J. M. Baddeley, said that a solution to the problem of evtraction of pillar ccal in mines…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Troops Won 48,000 Tons Coal
Singleton Argus · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 8
During their 13 days' occupation of Muswellbrook open cut coal mine soldiers won 48,000 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Effective Discipline Needed. Coal Owners on Stoppages
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 5
if the bag between demand and supply of coal was to be evercome an effective code of discipline was needed among mineworkers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Claims to Be Heard When Leaders Released
Singleton Argus · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 1
The Miners' Federation is not expected to ask the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. Gallagher, for a hearing of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stole Four Bags of Coal Man Fined at Kubri
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 5
A man who stole four -bags of coal from a fall in at Stanford Main Colliery, was lined £9 with 10/- costs at costs at the Kurri Kurri Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Semi-Finals for Coal Board Trophies Games at Sports Ground
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 5
The first semifinals for the Joint Coal Board Trophies will be played at the Cessnock Sports Ground on Sunday and a good exhibition of the code…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Communists' Role in Coal Strike. "Party Not Yet Destroyed." Canberra
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 2
The Director of the Associated Chambers of Manufacturers, Mr. Withall, said to-day that Government tactics to end the coal strike had not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →