3500 Miners Idle Sydney
All coal mines in the southern district were idle today as the result of a dispute over rates of pay to one man. Approximately 3500 men were…
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Gas From Colliery for Cars and Trucks Sydney
A truck and a motor car were used today for demonstrating the efficiency of methanane gas pumped from the Balmain colliery, which is owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Miners to be Prosecuted SYDNEY
The Acting Deputy Commonwealth Crown Solicitor (Mr C. L. Quinliven) said tonight in connection with coal stoppages, that routine prosecution procedure as laid down…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →27 Mines Idle 30,000 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY
In the greatest single coal industry hold-up for almost 12 months, 27 coal mines and five large coke works, employing more than 9.200 men and…
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The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) announced in the House of Representatives that legal proceedings would be launched in the case of 26 coal mines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Mine Owners Are Fascists; Miners Are Traitors" CANBERRA
Allegations that the mine owners were [?]s and the miners were traitors were exchanged between Mr James (Lab, NSW) and Opposition members in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Strikes Spread Twenty-six Mines Idle SYDNEY
Twenty-six N.S.W. coalmines were idle yesterday because of strikes, constituting a new record for the number of stoppages since the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Gas for Cars
A truck and a motor car were used this week for demonstrating the efficiency of methanane gas pumped from the Balmain Colliery, which is owned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →27 Mines Idle 9200 Men Involved P.M. Threatens Action Sydney
Ignoring instructions from the Miners' Federation Central Council that production must be resumed, 27 mines were idle on the New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Reject Advice of Union Newcastle
Although [?]burn No. 2 colliery men decided today to reject the advice of the Central Council of the Miners’ Federation to resume work, the northern districts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Miners Idle Sydney
Although all mines on the south coast [?] were today. four pits were idle in the [?] and one in the west. Total number of men involved was 1400 and loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Right Coal Minks Idle Sydney
Apart from Tyldesley in the west, the only coast s[?]oppages reported today were on the northern field, where seven pits, employing 2100 men and producing about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seven Mines Idlf Sydney
Seven coal mines, employing about 2200 men [?]d with a daily out of 7000 tons, were idle In NSW today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ants Cause Coal Hold-up Sydney
Coalcliff colliery was idle today because of ants. The ants invaded the men's lunches, and the men held a pit-top meeting to discuss the issue of summonses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seven Mines Idle. Sydney
Included in the seven pits idle on the NSW coalfields today were two south coast collieries. Coalcliff and Wangaml[?] employing a total of 700 men and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →8800 Tons of Coal Lost. Sydney
A production loss of 8800 tons is represented in the stoppage of work at six mines on the NSW coalfields today, when 2750 men were idle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Manager and Boys Fined Wollongong
Henry B. Campbell, manager of Corrimal colliery, was fined a total of £30 2/ in the Summons Courl on Saturday on charges arising out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nine Coal Mines Idle SYDNEY
Nine mines employing 2516 men and producing 8660 tons of coal daily. were idle in NSW today. Another mine was partially idle. One of the idle pits was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mines Again Idle Dispute Over Potato Digging Costs Country 8600 Tons Sydney
Because some employees allegedly dug potatoes during a recent strike, Corrimal pit, on the South Coast, was idle today, when fresh disputes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miner Killed Bv Fall of Coal Cessnock
While working at cess No.2 col[?] today john Mannerfield. aged 50 miner, of Cessnock, was killed instantly when he was crushed by four [?]ons of coal…
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