Yan Gurt Coal Transport Facilities MELBOURNE
Referring to the recent announcement that brown coal of excellent quality was now being produced Yen Yan Gurt near Winchelsea,…
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Mining Tragedy in Ohio BELLAIRE (Ohio), July 6
After a Are had beer, blazing for hours at Powhatan colliery, hopes saving miners trapped underground [?]ere abandoned. The flames forced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →10 Mines Idle 33,000 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY
Throughout NSW today 10 coll[?] were Idle or partially Idle, losing to the production drive 33,000 tone of coal. The position in the north as reported by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seven Mines Idle Sydney
Six mines were Idle in the north today, and one in the south. Northern mines idle through strikes Were: Abermain No. Colliery, 414…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Seek New Award SYDNEY
Application by the Miner Federation for a new award will be hear, by the Central Coal Industrial Authority (Mr A. C. Willis towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nugget of Gold Found
Hairy Grosman and a man named Weir, railway employees, of Maryborough, Vic, were leaving their camp at Guildford, when they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Position Getting Worse SYDNEY
One Bound method of increasing coal production and helping to stave off coal rationing was to increase the darg, said the secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners’ Board Determined SYDNEY
Northern Miners’ Management Board is determined to see that its disciplinary code is carried into effect. This was decided on at a special meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Mines Idle. SYDNEY
While all pits worked in the south and west today, five mines were idle in the northern district, involving a production loss of 470[?] tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How to Increase Coal Output
SYDNEY, Friday: The secretary of the Western and Southern Colliery Proprietors (Mr. McNally) repeated to-day, that the only way to increase…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Want Pension Talks SYDNEY
General secretary of the Miners’ Federation (Mr Grant) said today that a letter had been sent to the Minister for Health (Senator Fraser) urging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortage Critical Light and Power Rationing Urged Canberra
It was now a question in Australia of getting more coal or the consuming of less, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) yesterday. No further…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Critical Position Coal Stocks Dwindling. SYDNEY
Coal stocks at Sydney’s gas and [?]city undertakings are down to “absolute bedrock,” it was announced today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5500 Tons Of Coal Lost Over 1800 Miners Idle SYDNEY
Stop [?] at six coalfields today resulted [?] tons of [?]. Over [?] then were involved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Mining Trouble
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Richmond Main—the largest colliery in Australia—was closed down to-day by permission of the Coal Commissioner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Acute Coal Shortage in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A complete blackout in Melbourne, as the result of the coal shortage, was averted this morning when supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threat to Expel Miners' Lodge Sydney
Referring to the action of the Richmond Main Miners Lodge yesterday, in-defying the authority of the Union to suspend a man under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Will Fight Miners Dr. Evatt Is Emphatic CANBERRA
The Federal Government to sandbar [?] behind the Miners Federation in its attempt to enforce its disciplinary code at Richmond Main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →15,000 Tons of Coal Reaches Victoria CANBERRA
A consignment of between 15,000 and 16,000 tons of coal had arrived in Victoria this morning, the Acting Minister for Supply (Dr Evatt) said in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Govt. May Take Over Big Mine Canberra
There is a distinct possibility that the Federal Government will assume control over the management of Richmond Main colliery…
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