Bread Strike May Result in Mine Hold-up SYDNEY
Fears that the strike at Cessnock Cooperative Society’s bakehouse may result in another hold-up among miners because of Inadequate bread supplies for their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining & the mines, 1945
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Coal Escapees Soon Captured BATHURST
Four short-term prisoners who escaped from Bathurst Gaol today were recaptured within 20 minutes. They were members of a party working…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parlous Coal Position in Melbourne MELBOURNE
Gas supply in Melbourne will be paralysed if even a temporary holdup in shipping or coal production occurred, the general manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3640 Tons of Coal Lost Sydney
Coal production loss today was 3640 tons as the result of four idle mines in the north…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →21,090 Tons of Coal Lost Daily SYDNEY
Coal rationing is threatened as the result of the holdup of production at 23 South Maitland Collieries. Miners are not involved in the dispute but cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →23 Mines Idle; Big Loss of Coal Sydney
The Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) said today when commenting on the idleness of 23 northern coalmines, that electricity and gas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grave Coal Famine Feared “Worst in Australia’s History” Sydney
Unless there is a general resumption of work on the NSW coalfields on Friday one of the gravest coal famines yet experienced in Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike Settled Sydney
The northern coalfields dispute has been settled. Whole of the 23 collieries will resume tomorrow as a result of a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Shortage Makes 20,000 Idle PERTH
More than 20,000 people are idle in the Perth metropolitan area, due to drastic electricity restrictions imposed as the result of a coal shortage,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners’ Socialisation Demands MELBOURNE
Renewed demands for the nationalisation of the coal Industry in Australia are expected to be made by the Convention of the coal Miners’…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners’ Sit-down Strike SYDNEY
An underground sit-down strike by 50 miners commenced today at the Northern Colliery. Men who carried down food for one day are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Coal Position Train Cuts To Be Made SYDNEY
Train services will be drastically cut next week. A serious decline of coal stocks has necessitated this move…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners to be Prosecuted SYDNEY
Prosecutions have been instituted against 25 employes of Rhondda Colliery in respect of their failure to work since August 20. The prosecutions will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Created ! Miners’ Stay-In Strike Ends SYDNEY
The stay-in strike at Rhondda Colliery ended at 10 o’clock this morning after the miners had been in the pit for 75 hours—a record for an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →16 Mines Idle 15,000 Tons Lost To-day Sydney, Thurs
Eight Pits and 1300 miners are now idle on the northern Coalfield following the the stay-in strike of miners at Rhondda colliery. The stay-in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain’s Coal Stocks Low Lean Winter Is Prospect LONDON
Britain’s coal stocks today are probably the lowest they have been for many a year. The gas industry has only three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3000 Miners Idle Sydney
Three thousand miners are on strike in New South Wales, as the National Convention meets to discuss post-war, problems. The miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Ship Strikes Mine Amsterdam
The motor ship Christian Hugens struck a mine at Westkapelie today, and was left in a sinking condition. The crew are trying to beach the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Congratulate British Labor SYDNEY
Motion congratulating the British Labor movement on its courage in clearly stating it favored nationalisation of banking, mining and other industries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Loss of Coal SYDNEY
While representatives of 22,000 miners were holding a convention in Sydney today, nine NSW mines were Idle for a production loss of 9070 tons…
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