Offered Chinese Gold; Given One Year's Gaol
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Meagher, S.M., today sentenced one man to a year's gaol and fined another man £100 in the Special Court for attempting to illegally sell bars of gold…
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Mining & the mines, 1951
421 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 22
A.C.T.U. Meets Today On Coal, Wharf Crisis
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Efforts to find a basis for settlement of the coal and waterfront disputes will be made at a special meeting of the Inter-State Executive of the Australian Council of Trade…
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SIR.—Your editorial complaint of "Too Much Politics in the Mine Dispute" is a classic parallel with the ostrich which…
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The Country Organiser of the Postal Workers A.L.P. Industrial Group (Mr. L. A. Lambourne) last night atacked the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Leaders of the Miners' Federation today told the Inter-State Executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions that they were prepared to co-operate with the A.C.T.U. in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Surf Club Notes Nth. W'gong-bulli-kiama Lead in Coal Bd. Trophy
North Wollongong Surf Club, with 23 1/2 points are leaders in the "A" division of the Illawarra Branch S.L.S.A. Coal Board trophy competition. Bulli with 24 3/4 and Kiama with 26 points lead the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Dr. Evatt, K.C., said today that the leaders of the Miners' Federation could not he guilty of contempt of the Federal Arbitration Court because the…
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Six South Coast mines staged protest stoppages yesterday against the summonses served on the leaders of the Miners'…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation today refused to hand over control of the coal dispute to the Australian Council of Trade Unions…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — The State Government, with the forces of moderate unions behind it, is relying on the coal miners to produce enough coal to keep everyone in constant work and the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—When miners' leaders meet the A.C.T.U, tomorrow in an endeavour to settle the coal strike "there is a possibility of getting somewhere," the Miners' Federation…
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SIR,—Recently the price of beer was increased by 1d a glass here and in Newcastle, and by ½d in Sydney. Beer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Settlement Yet In Coal Talks
SYDNEY, Monday.—Although a two-and-a-half hours' conference in Sydney this afternoon failed to find a solution to the coal crisis, hopes are still held for a negotiated settlement. The…
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YESTERDAY'S DECLARATION by the Australasian Council of Trades Unions that there is "considerable industrial merit" in the current complaints of the Miners' federation and the Waterside Workers' Federation should…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The full Interstate Executive of the A.C.T.U. in a statement today said the Miners' and Waterside Workers' claims had "considerable industrial merit."…
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SIR,—Now that coalminers are again engaged in a battle for better wages, and are the centre of attention of the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Settlement of the coal crisis depended upon, the spirit prevailing at to-morrow's conference, the General President of the "Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) said tonight…
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Public Street meetings will be held at Wollongong, Woonona, and Thirroul on Saturday morning to seek support for…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Women to Urge Support for for Goal Miners
The Miners Women's Auxiliary will hold a public meeting in the Corrimal R.S.L. hall at 10.30. a.m. today as part of the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The resumed conference of the coal crisis collapsed today when the N.S.W. mine-owners refused to attend. The conference, called on…
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