Drought-stricken Stockowners Heavy Losses Through Coal Shortage
"Farmers and graziers in the drought-stricken areas of the Lower Murray River faced ruination through the action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining & the mines, 1944
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970,000 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY
Including two fresh stoppages, seven mines were idle on NSW coalfields today. About 2700 men were Involved In the holdups, which resulted in a production loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Send Strike Leaders to New Guinea" Suggested Remedy for Coal Stoppages Sydney
Discussing the coal position in the Legislative Assembly. Mr. S. D. Dickson (C.P. Temora) pointed out that we were rationing coal to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3500 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY
Less than 800 men were idle on NSW coalfields today, when only three pits did not work. The stoppages Included one on a safely issue. Production loss for the day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Coal Hold-up Averted SYDNEY
The thre[?] stoppage of all coal mines, on the south coast [?] involving 10 [?] with a daily output of 11,000 tons, was averted today by an order made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Miners’ Threat SYDNEY
Miners employed at Bowen Consolidated Colliery, Queensland, have decided to work only one day for each pound of meat allowed them under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Refuse to Work SYDNEY
As a protest against the scale of meat rationing employes of Lithgow Valley coal mine did not work today. The Deputy Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight Mines Idle In N.S.W. SYDNEY
Eight collieries wore idle in NSW today. involving a production loss of 7410 tons. This makes the total loss for the first 11 working days this year 107,220 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →11 Mines Idle SYDNEY
Including all but two of the south coast pits, 11 mines employing about 3400 men and producing an aggregate of 10,000 tons of coal daily, were idle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1140 Miners Idle SYDNEY
Four coal mines employing 1140 men and with a daily production. of 4600 tons, were idle in NSW today. All mines on the southern field worked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Government Should Be Able To Control Coal Mines'” SYDNEY
Federal Government should be big enough to bring about some governmental control of coalmining, despite the fact that the employers would fight against it.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seven Mines Idle SYDNEY
With seven coalmines idle In NSW today, production loss of 5060 tons brought this week’s loss to 27,070. and for this year to 127,370 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Japanese Warships Hit Mines New York. Jan. 20
Chungking radio has announced that two Japanese warships hit exploding mines and sunk off H[?]kow near Tungiu 200 miles from the mouth of the Yangize…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Dear Mother Mine” (Written for Dave Ber[?], of the RAAF, (famous violin vir[?].)
How sacred is my mother’s name And dearer far than wealth or fame; Her love as boundless as the sea, And endless as eternity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →7650 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY
Idleness at seven collieries resulted in a production loss of 7650 tons of coal on the NSW coalfields today, and brought the total loss for the week to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Disputes Settled Cessnock
By direction of the Minister for Mines (Mr Baddeley), and by conference held at Weston yesterday, two of the three disputes which kept…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Over 2700 Miners Idle SYDNEY
More than 2700 miners were idle today as the result of stoppages al eight pits on NSW coalfields. Coal production loss for the day was estimated at 8900 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Voice Their Protest SYDNEY
Protests against meat rationing and income tax assessments laid more than 2400 miners idle on NSW coalfields today. A total of 11 pits were held up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evatt Orders Miners to Work On Holidays CANBERRA
The Attorney-General (Dr Evatt) today issued a National Security Order directing that all persons actually or usually employed at coal mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Position Serious Mr. Curtin Tells Premiers CANBERRA
“Unless coal production in NSW is increased very considerably over last year the whole war capacity of Australia this year will be less…
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