Coal Hulk Sinks After Fire
‘After strenuous efforts had been made to smother a blaze on a coal hulk at an Australian port, the vessel went down with most of its valuable cargo on Saturday…
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23,000 Striking Miners Back At Work LONDON. September 20
All Nottinghamshire miners who cease work, following the imprisonment of a plt boy who was released [?]ter serving about a week of his sentence, have now returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only Four Mines Idle Yesterday Sydney
Only four pits, employing 1160 men, were idle on NSW coalfields today and production loss for the period was little more than 3000 tons, compared with a record…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vital Mistake Gave “Show” Away Attempts to Mine American Harbor WASHINGTON. September 21
The Navy Department has announced that the Germans tried but failed to block Halifax Harbor with mines last June. Sixty mines were laid in the ship channel, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2400 Miners Idle Sydney
There were seven stoppages on three NSW coalfields today, about 2460 men being involved. Production loss for the period exceeded 8500 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners’ Officials Opposed Sydney
At the forthcoming e[?]tion of officers of the [?]ry Federation the present general preadent (Mr Wells) and the general secretary (Mr Grant)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortage Mr. Dunstan Replies To Mr. Gtant MELBOURNE
The statement by Mr Grant, general secretary of the Miners’ Federation, that [?]e Victorian Premier, by not adopting the plan submitted by the federation for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Coal Order by Railways SYDNEY
An order has been placed by the Railway Department for coal for the year commencing October 1, valued at £1,786,271. The order calls for 1,276.000 tons of large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight Coal Mines Idle Daylight Saving Causes Stoppage Sydney
Eight coal mines are Idle in New South Wales to-day, involving the loss of more than 7000 tons. The mines affected are Stockton Bores Old…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Managers to Be Prosecuted Sydney
Arising out of recent, stoppages of work at four collieries on northern NSW coalfields, three colliery managers have been charged with offences against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Mines Idle. Sydney
About 2300 miners were thrown idle by stoppages at eight pits on the NSW coalfields today. Production loss for the period totals 7000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →10 Mines Idl[?] in N.S.W. Rationing Faces Sydney SYDNEY
Ten collieries were idle today. About 2700 men and a coal loss ot 8500 tons resulted. Revealing that coal deliveries to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Curtin Defends Miners CANBERRA
Winning of coal was hazardous and laborious, and it was not an easy matter to say in generalities what could be done to increase coal production,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Loss of Coal Sydney
Losses on NSW coalfields this week passed the 25.000-ton mark today, when 11 pits, employing 3170 men, and producing over 8000 tons, were idle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Bengal Famine Almost Entirely Man-made" Miners Demand Action By Politicians LONDON. Sept 29
-"The famine In Bengal was almost entrly Urely man-made." declared Sir Alfred Walton (former Vice-President of the Union of Britain and India and noted journalist),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Rationing Inevitable ? SYDNEY
There was growing opinion in Sydney that unless coal production was immediately and vastly increased coal ra[?]ning would be inevitable and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Object to Daylight Saving SYDNEY
When daylight saving operates next M[?]ay [?]aw Main miners have decided the[?] will not put their clocks [?]n. The miners are opposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →36,000 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY
For the week ended today there was 3 [?] of 30,000 [?] of coal on NSW coal[?]eldy, mainly owing to industrial disputes. There mines were idle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Ordered to Work Law Must Be Obeyed, Says Mr. Curtin CANBERRA
The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) tonight warned coal miners that they must observe serve daylight saving Umes. He said it had come to the Government’s notice that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plan To Win More Coal Miners’ Important Proposals SYDNEY
A matter plan for increased coal production throughout the Common, has been prepared by the Miners’ Federation executive. It…
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