All Southern Mines Will be Idle on Monday SYDNEY
All mines in the southern districts will be idle on Monday. This is the outcome of a demonstration of all coal miners in Wollongong on…
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“Coal Shunted Into Sidings” Allegations by Miners’ Officials Lithgow
Officials of Western District Miners’ Federation are concerned over reports alleging that large quantities of coal during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →150,000 Facing Idleness 3000 Miners to Stop Work Sydney
It is estimated that almost £500,000 weekly will be lost in wages if gas and electricity restrictions imposed at Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →16 Coal Mines Idle 28 Days’ Ultimatum by Men Wollongong
All 16 South Coast mines lay idle today. whilst 2000 miners held a mass meeting here. Meeting decided to repeat the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Refuse to Strike Brisbane
Miners at the Rougbrigg colliery at Marburg today heckled the president of the Miners’ Union (Mr Miller), and representatives of the Management…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Life in Mines Not Hard” Sydney
If the claims made by the Australian Coal and Shale Employes’ Federation were successful there would be a production loss of 1¼ million…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Big Coal Hold Up Sydney
On the eve of the State Cabinet meeting to discuss the coal supply crisis, it was reported from the coalfields, today that 19 pits are idle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleges Coal Diverted From Bunnerong LITHGOW
The accusation that coal from Lithgow colliery which usually supplies Bunnerong had been redireced and railed to a coal dump, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Crisis More Pits Idle Cabinet Meets To-day
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The State Cabinet, which is meeting to-day, to examine the coal supply crisis, have had their task complicated by the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Gives Minister Head- Ache Precarious Position of Bunnerong and Railways SYDNEY
Loss of coal in southern coalfields today and pressure by the Railway Commissioner are making it difficult for the Minister for Local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Government to Open New Coal Mines Sydney
The State Government will proceed with its plans to open and conduct new coat mines for the benefit of Government and semi-Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Coal Loss All South Coast Mines Idle Again SYDNEY
Loss of coal from NSW mines today was 12,Z30 tons, the highest for more than a month. All south coast mines were idle and three northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freighter Hits Mine Melbourne
When the British freighter Empire Prowess struck a mine on her way to Melbourne batches were blown off, plates on the side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Finish of the Gold Vase
Finish of the Gold Vase at Ascot (England), which was won by Sir Humphrey de Trafford’s Look Again, from Iona and Carassin…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →2600 Tons of Coal Lost Sydney
One south coast mine was idle and two northern mines were partially manned but all others worked today and the day’s coal loss was 2600 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Promises End to Dust in Mines Canberra
The leader of the Government in the Senate (Senator Ashley) today promised that the joint Commonwealth and State authority would make adequate…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners to Discuss Dust at Mass Meeting Sydney, Wednedsay
A mass meeting of miners from all NSW coalfields on Friday will discuss action to be taken on the “dust menace” in the coal mining industry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railways Seek to Save 2000 Tons of Coal Weekly SYDNEY
Details of the 10 per cent cut which the NSW Railways Department will impose in goods services as from tomorrow to effect an additional coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Coast Miners Stop “Men Not Satisfied with Minister’s Assurances” Sydney
Miners on the south coast stopped work today and decided not to resume until next Wednesday, because of the “inadequacy of the promises”…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Miners Join in Coal-dust Protest Sydney
The coal dust strike at the Corrimal mine took a serious turn today when Corrimal men appealed to other South Coast miners to join their…
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