Limited Coal Supplies SYDNEY
Only coal supplies now reaching Sydney following stoppages on the NSW coalfields comprise a limited amount from pits in which labor is…
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State Mine Manager Leaves For W.A. SYDNEY
Manager of the State coal mine at Lithgow (Mr A. Donne) lest Sydney by air for West Australia, where he will advise the WA Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Atomic Power Will Replace Coal and Oil SYDNEY
Quoting a statement attributed to the Australian-born atomic bomb expert (Professor Oliphant) that atomic power had already signed the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Restrictions Bring Industry to Standstill Electricity—gas Cuts Most Severe in History of N.S.W. Homes, Newspapers, Radio, Transport Affected Curfew Imposed From 9 P.M. in Sydney Coal Miners Hope To Be At Work This Week SYDNEY
A few hours after the State Government had imposed the most drastic restrictions on the use of gas and electricity in the history of NSW, trades onion officials expressed themselves as being hopeful that die strike of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Acquisition Commonwealth Prepared To Help CANBERRA
The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) said today if a scheme for the acquisition and distribution of coal was instituted, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N. S. W. Facing Total Black-out GOVT.’s Hunt for Coal Sydney
"Faced with the prospect of a total gas and electricity black-out throughout NSW by Christmas unless more coal is obtained the State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal From Open Cuts CANBERRA
The NSW Government is now seeing if more coal can be obtained from open cut mining but early reports indicate that there is little chance of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →B.H.P. to Meet Ministers and A.C.T.U. President This Morning Another Attempt to Be Made to Settle Strikes in N.S.W. Seamen And Miners May Resume Work Immediately MELBOURNE
Another conference will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock with Broken Hill Pty Ltd. to discuss the NSW strike situation. The Federal Minister for Labor (Mr Holloway) had a discussion this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister Confers with Miners Sydney
The Minister for Mines would be conferring during the day with representatives of the Miners’ Federation, the Premier (Mr McKell) said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reports Offer To Nationalise Mines General Denial Issued SYDNEY
State Government does not Intend to re-enact provision of the 1932 Coal Bill in its entirety, it was learned authoritatively tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Biggest Strike Since 1917 Almost at an End? Miners Expected to Resume Monday Zero Hour 10.30 a.m. Today Melbourne Conference with B.H.P. Breaks Down Sydney
Australia’s greatest hold-up since 1917 is considered almost at an end. State council of the Federated Ironworkers’ Association today authorised re-registration of the union with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Will Organise Army of Women Miners” LITHGOW
A Mrs Mays, of Sydney, is feeling crave concern over the restrictions imposed on housewives due to the strike. She…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →W.A. Miners Break From Federation PERTH
Collie Miners’ Union decided by a small majority to break away from the Miners’ Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Will Fight B.H.P. AGAIN“ Miners’ Leaders Admit Defeat SYDNEY
“We are going to fight the BHP again shortly. No longer do we build up stocks of coal for BHP to smash us. We will give this country…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners by Small Majority Decide to Call off Strike Men to Resume Work This Morning “An Uneasy Air About Settlement” SYDNEY
Aggregate meetings of miners on the northern, southern and western coalfields decided today to resume work tomorrow. Only 2911 out of a total membership of 15,000 voted. Final figures at all fields were: In favor…
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Miners resumed work at all northern pits (with one minor exception) today, but six of the largest collieries on the southern field were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners at Work Seamen Re-Man Ships SYDNEY
Coat mines were working again throughout NSW today after a strike lasting two weeks. Only six collieries were idle and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Resume Some Pits Still Idle Restrictions Slightly Eased
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The miners resumed work at all northern pits, with one minor exception, yesterday, but six of the largest colleries on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Refusal By Miners Will Not Cut Holidays SYDNEY, [?] Jay
The Minister for Mines (Mr Baddeley) today approached the Miners’ Federation, suggesting that ins end of resuming work after their holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jerilderie Gold v. Cobram Blue
The above teams met on Wednesday of last week on the local green when the visitors were successful. Some most interesting…
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