Striking Coal Miners to Go on Holidays Sydney
Mine workers on strike on the northern fields to-day received their last fortnightly pay. The men are expected to move to seaside resorts where they…
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Great Colts to Clash at Randwick Reading To Beat High Caste? Your Truly for the Cup Brazen Lad and Gold Salute
The High Caste-Reading clash is to be resumed at Randwick today. These two extraordinary colts are to figure as the top-Iiners in the Chipping Norton Plate, run over a mile and a quarter. High Caste has proved his superiority over Reading in trips up to 9…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Strike Miners Fighting For Their Speeches in Sydney Domain Yesterday Sydney
Addressing a public meeting in the Domain to-day, the assistant secretary or the Miners’ Federation (Mr. Grant) declared that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Mine Fatality; Three Killed; 50 Entombed Bellaire (Ohio), March 17
Three coal miners were killed and 50 entombed following an explosion at Willow Grove pit. Scores were injured, but were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike Mr. Menzies in Sydney Interstate Ships Conserving Coal Sydney
The arrival of the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) in Sydney to-day is believed in political circles to be connected with the coal strike. The State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hope Abandoned for Entombed Miners Bellaire (Ohio), March 18
Hope has been abandoned for 89 miners who were entombed yesterday by an explosion in tho Willowgrove pit. Three were killed outright…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Miners Killed at Kalgoorlie KALGOORLIE
Crushed under two tons of rock which fell without warning from the [?]oof of a stoppe at the 1400ft. level of Hannan’s Star shaft of the Lake View…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Strike Regarded With Grave Concern Prime Minister May Make a Statement To-day Sydney
The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) to-day promised a statement on the coal dispute after he had conferred with the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Strike No Special Tribunal Miners’ Secretary Gives Warning to Government Sydney
The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) reiterated to-day that the Commonwealth Government would not appoint a special tribunal to deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Strike Latest Particulars SYDNEY, Thursday Morning
A conference of representatives of the Transport Unions, the Mining Unions, the New South Wales Labour Council, and the Australasian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike Men Will Meet Owners Decision of Rosewood Miners Financial Problem For Strikers BRISBANE
Rosewood miners at a large meeting decided to respond to an invitation to meet the Queensland colliery owners if such an invitation were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Colliery Explosion Eight Killed in England LONDON, March 21
An explosion occurred to-day at the Messfield Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, in which eight men were killed and four seriously Injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Gold Yield; Increases Shown MELBOURNE
The gold yield for Victoria for February of 14,401 ounces fine showed an increase of 3021 ounces as compared with the corresponding month of last…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Buried Under 25 Tons of Coal Man Has Fortunate Escape From Death SYDNEY
Buried under a fall of 25 tons of coal to-day at the Australian Class Co. Ltd. works at Waterloo, William McMillan, aged 41 years, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lang Faction Over- Shadowed At Easter A.L.P. Conference Support Promised for Striking Miners Sydney
The Lang faction of the N.S.W. Labor Party was overshadowed by supporters of the official executive at the Easter conference of the State branch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Saving Coal on Victorian Railways Melbourne
From next Wednesday, newspaper trains, mail trains and others, will be loaded with other freight in addition their usual cargo. This is being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disagrees With Handicapper Gold Salute’s Weight Worries Owner SYDNEY
Mr. Alan Copper wealthy patron of the turf and promin[?] owner, may never race Gold [?] in Sydney again. He is angry after the running…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Strike Accusation of Miners’ President Federal Government Not Facing the Issues Sydney
Instead of the Federal Government facing up to the matter of the present coal dispute it seemed more interested in diverting the public mind from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Shortage and Curtailments of Rail Services
No effect was had on the transport of stock from the Wodonga pig and bobby calf sale yesterday as a result of restrictions being applied to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Efforts to Recover Body From Mine Shaft ADELAIDE
News readied Adelaide this week of heroic attempts to recover the body of Heeley Sellars from a mine shaft at Hatchen Creek wolfram field 300…
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