Big Shipment of Large Coal Sydney
The largest consignment of large coal ever to leave Port Kembla was shipped to Melbourne this week and in addition was loaded in record time. The…
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2400 Tons of Coal Lost Sydney
Only three pits were idle today, involving a loss of 2400 tons. Hepburn Nos. 1 and 2 are idle over garnishees and are awaiting a decision of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Mines Idle Coal Leaders Consider Holiday Demand
SYDNEY, Friday: Only three mines are idle in N.S.W., as the miners representatives in Sydney are considering a general strike to enforce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners’ Holiday Canberra
A National Security Regulation issued by the Minister Supply (Mr [?]ley) today [?]mits the Christmas holiday period of coalminers in NSW,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Challenged Regulations SYDNEY
The Miners’ Federation has made a challenge of the validity of the National Security Regulations used by the Federal Government to limit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners to Defy Holiday Cut Mr. Forde Re-affrms Limitation
SCDNEY, Friday: The Government's order to cut miners' holidays from sixteen to ten days, will be defied. This decision was made at a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unionists Warn Miners No Support If They Strike. SYDNEY
Should the miners decide on a general strike or a one-day stoppage each week, they will find themselves alienated from the support of all trades unions. The is the view of experienced trades union officials at the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners to Defy Government Holidays Issue Decision SYDNEY
The Federal Government’s instruction to the Miners’ Federation to restrict holidays from December 22 to January 2 Is to be defied by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners’ Action Against Government SYDNEY
A Supreme Court writ was taken out today by the Miners’ Federation against the Commonwealth Government, alleging it had wrongly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.C.T.U. To Confer With Govt. Today Coal Crisis To Be Discussed CANBERRA
The Commonwealth Government has agreed to confer with representatives of the ACTU in Canberra tomorrow on important matters associated with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Policy A.C.T.U. Behind Govt. CANBERRA
The Government’s handling of the coal crisis was endorsed by representatives of the Australian Council of Trades Unions who conferred with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight Mines Idle Sydney
The garnishee strike extended today to more pits on the northern coalfields. Four more mines where employes had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eight Mines Idle As Protest to Garnisheeing Sydney
Eight mines are idle to-day in N.S.W. as a protest against the garnisheeing of wages for absenteeism, and coal loss is 780 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stand on Coal Government Firm SYDNEY
The Federal Government would stand on Its decisions on garnishees and miners' Christmas holidays, the acting Prime Minister (Mr Forde)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seven Mines Idle SYDNEY
All collieries in southern and western districts, with the exception of Excelsior, which is on strike because of garnishees, worked today. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Will Miners Strike ? Conference Without Results SYDNEY
The conference today between the Federal Government, the ACTU and the Miners’ Federation proved abortive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Position Serious Emergency Cabinet Meeting Next Week Canberra, Thurs
An emergency meeting of the Federal Cabinet will be held next week to consider the Miners' Federation's defiance of the order to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Government Should Resign” If Unable to Take Up Miners’ Challenge Canberra
If the Federal Government lacked the courage lo take up the coal miners’ challenge it should resign and give the people an opportunity to decide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Miners Must Accept Consequences” “If They Burn Boats Behind Them” SYDNEY
“If the miners wanted to burn their boats behind them, they must accept the consequences of their own folly,” the president of the ACTU (Mr A. E…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Critical Days Face Industry Serious View Taken by Union Leaders Defiant Attitude of Miners SYDNEY
Critical days face Australian industry and transport services as a result of the decision of the Miners’ Central Council to insist upon a 16 days’…
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