The Coal Position Prime Minister Introduces a Bill
CANBERRA, Friday: Mr. Curtin introduced a bill into the House of Representatives today to give to the Coal Commissioner full powers to…
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Miners Warn Govt. General Strike on South Coast SYDNEY
Coal production loss for the present war rose to over 909,000 tons today when the general strike on the south coast entered its fourth day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Curtin Chooses Coal Dictator Amazing Powers For One Man CANBERRA
Under the Coal Control Bill, which was read a first time in the House of Representatives today, the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →16,000 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY
The total loss of coal in NSW today was 16,000 tons. due to idleness at 17 pits, employing heaviest daily losses of this year losses of this year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Both Find Fault With Bill Colliery Owners and Miners SYDNEY
While accepting the bread principles of the Commonwealth Government’s new Coal Production Wartime Hill, district representatives of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Coal Loss SYDNEY
For the seventh consecutive working day 13 pits on the south coast coalfield were idle today while two northern mines were also idle. About 4370 men were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dictatorship Comes To Industry The Coal Commission
Powers, the like of which no civilian ever before has enjoyed, are to be vested in a Commissioner under the Government’s Coal Bill introduced by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Refusal to Accept Looted Gold WASHINGTON, Feb. 23
The Treasury Department, acting in concert with Britain and Russia, has announced that in future it will not buy gold from neutral countries that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Curtin Hits at Miners Will Tolerate No Dictation CANBERRA
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines Ordered to Reopen 4800 Men Idle Yesterday SYDNEY
A move to quickly terminate the general stoppage which has laid south coast coal mines idle since February 14 and resulted in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"King Coal's Troubles"
Old King Coal is by no means a merry old soul these days. Time was according to nursery ryhme tradition, when he merely had to call for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →P.M.’s APPEAL Coal Production Gravely Less CANBERRA
Appealing to miners to resume work tomorrow, the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin), in a telegram today, warned that coal production was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Coal Mine Defended Sydney
Although the State coal mine at Lithgow had opened at a loss of £[?]700 during the past three years, it had repaid £42,275 to the Treasury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Disobey Order to Work Very Big Loss of Coal SYDNEY
South coast miners today Ignored the order of the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr Mighell) to return to work, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Curtin And Coal Miners Lang’s Critical Comments SYDNEY
“Prime Minister [?] says that he doesn’t knew how to get more [?] so he is handing over the responsibility to a coal Czar. that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Call-up Notices Served by Military Wollongong
Army call-up notices are being [?]urved to-day on 500 South Coast miners between the ages of 18 and 25 who have been on strike for a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Farmers Against Slowing Down Won't Join Miners And Others
Some of the liveliest expressions of feeling came from the West Sussex (Eng.) Farmers’ Union Executive recently, when they were invited to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →500 Miners Called Up for Army Dramatic Move By Curtin Government SYDNEY
There were rapid and dramatic developments in the south coast coal strike today when the military authorities, aided by a special squad of Commonwealth police, commenced serving army call-up notices on 500 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Mines Crisis Await Vital Meeting More Army Call-up Notices SYDNEY
Apart from service of additional army call-up notices on striking miners in the 18/25 age group, there were no fresh developments…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russians Again Work Krivoi Rog Mines LONDON, February 29
The Russians are reported to be restoring the iron ore [?] of Krivoi Rob without loss of time. Recovery of this region means that the…
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