17,000 Tons of Coal "Lost" For Week SYDNEY
Including 1200 men at three NSW colleries who, in defiance of instructions from the Miners' Federation Central Council, have not yet returned to work, 2000…
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Big Loss of Coal 3000 Miners Idle Yesterday Sydney
Absenteeism, strikes and other causes resulted in a coal production loss of more than 120.000 tons on the western NSW mining field during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →2500 Miners Idle Sydney
Eight mines, employing 2500 men, were idle in NSW today, the production loss being about 9000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2000 Miners on Strike Sydney
Two thousand mine workers were on strike today at five collieries, losing the production of about 6000 tons of coal. Fears were expressed today that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →7000 Tons of Coal Lost. Sydney
Including all men at Ku[?] Ku[?]. who were idle for the third consecutive day, more than 2200 miners were involved in seven stoppages on NSW coalfields today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Big Colliery Breaks Out When Miners Are At Home NEWCASTLE
Aberdare Central Colliery, one of the largest in he northern districts, was scaled down today after a fire which broke out last night. It produces daily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Curtin to Fight Coal Miners New Drastic Action Indicated CANBERRA
The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) today announced a revised code for the coal industry designed to arrest stoppages, to counteract falling output…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →14 Million Tons of Coal From One Colliery CESSNOCK
Although the danger area in the Aberdare Central Colliery, which caught fire on Saturday, is now completely scaled off, it is feared that accumulator…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Absentee" Miners To be Prosecuted
SYDNEY. Tuesday: The Solicitor General (Sir George Knowles) said last night that 400 miners who went on strike at Aberdare Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Ignore Mr Curtin SYDNEY
Although the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) last night announced a new anti-strike code, three fresh s[?]ppages occurred on NSW coalfields today. The number of men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Fresh Coal Strikes Sydney
Despite the Prime Minister's announcement of the provisions of the new anti-strike coal code there were three fresh disputes in N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] Miners Idle. Sydney
More than 600 miners employed at three collieries failed to work today, the production loss being about 2500 tons. Employes at Aberdare colliery returned to work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sulphur Is the “Gold of Sicily”
Stacked sulphur, “the gold of Sicily.” at Porto Empedoele. There are over 500 sulphur mines in Sicily, with an annual output of 400,000 I tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Will Not Accept Curtin’s Anti-Strike Code NEWCASTLE
A resolution that it had no intention of “being bound hand and foot by any regulations if circumstances arise making it necessary for a stand to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reign of Terror Alleged at Coal Mine SYDNEY
When the [?] today was dealing with people [?] Main No 1 mine the indipendent of the northern branch [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Losses on Coal Fields
Absenteeism, strikes and other causes resulted in a coal production loss of more than 220,000 tons on the Western N.S.W. minefields…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Mere Miners to be Prosecuted' SYDNEY
Miners who were involved in a partial stoppage of work at Coaleliffe colliery, on the South Coast yesterday, are to be prosecuted. This was announced today by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Mail Trains May Be Curtailed Owing to Coal Shortage
The Commonwealth Land Transport Board met in Melbourne last week to discuss proposals for restricting civilian rail services in the event of a further…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only One Mine Idle SYDNEY
For the third successive day only c mine was idle in NSW today, but at three western collieries "go slow tactics" introduced recently have resulted In a dally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charges Against Miners Adjourned Sydney
Charges of absenteeism against 334 mine workers, which were to have been heard today in Cessnock court, were adjourned to enable the…
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