5000 Tons of Coal Lost Position of Railways Still Critical Sydney
Six mines were idle on the NSW coalfields today for a loss of more than 5000 tons of coal... The miners’ general secretary (Mr Grant) is ill…
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Discovery (Of Gold in N.s.w. Official Date February, 1851. Earlier Discovery Kept Secret Officially
During the sixty years that have elapsed since Governor Phillip hosted the British flag of the shores of Port jackson, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threat to Tie Up All Coal Mines SYDNEY
Recommendation for a general [?] of all coal mines in NSW by the withdrawal of 1000 men will be submitted to a meeting at the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disciplining Coal Miners Strong Action Urged by Minister Canberra
Fresh proposals designed to weed out disruptors from the coal industry in NSW were discussed by the Federal Cabinet today and will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Price Increase London
Reuter’s correspondent in Pretoria says that a new agreement for the sale of gold from the South African Reserve Bank to the Bank of England…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →All South Coast Mines May Be Idle Sydney
All south coast mines may be idle on Monday next unless action is taken by the Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) to finalise a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Nationalisation Move Fails Wide Powers Under New Bill CANBERRA
Besides wide powers over production and distribution, the Federal Government proposes to vest the projected new Coal Authority with powers to discipline both miners and mine managements declared guilty of disruptive tactics…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Trouble Engine Drivers Threaten a Hold Up
SYDNEY, Friday: Unless the Federal Government takes immediate steps to settle the engine drivers' seniority strike, every coal mine in New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May Tie Up All Mines Meeting of Enginedrivers Next Week SYDNEY
The State executive of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen’s Association would probably meet at Cessnock early next week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peace May Be Preserved Two Disputes Concern Coal Mines Sydney
The enginedrivers’ dispute which threatens to hold up production on all NSW mines will be heard in the Arbitration court in Sydney on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Warning on Drifting Mines Sydney
Coastal shipping has been warned by the Australian navy to beware of floating mines. The navy says that gales and vagaries of current might have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight Die When Tender Hits Mine London
Blown up by an acoustic or magnetic mine, the Mersey Harbor Tender, Denham, sank in a few seconds in the view of hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →40 Australians Man Dutch Ship Which Broke “Red” Blockade Brings Coal to Bunker Other Five Most Are Ex-Servicemen Men BRISBANE
Forty Australians, 14 Dutchmen and one Indonesan man the Dutch ship Stagen, which arrived off Pile Light today, bringing from Sydney 3000 tons of coal which will be used to bunker five other Dutch vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →18,000 Tons Of Coal Lost In N.S.W. Yesterday; 26 Mines Idle Big Hold-up on the South Coast Miners’ Leader “Warns” Federal Government SYDNEY
South coast mines which were idle today are expected to be idle again tomorrow because of a dispute over compensation payment to contract miners. The dispute laid idle today 19 of the 20 small and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Dispute May Be Settled Today SYDNEY
Miners’ leaders stated tonight that they expect a settlement to be reached at the compulsory conference tomorrow on the dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Presentation of Coal Bill May Be Delayed CANBERRA
Late tonight there was considerable uncertainty whether the Government would be able to introduce the Coal Bill in the House of Representatives tomorrow as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"New Deal" Promised for Coal Mining Mr. Dedman Outlines Govt. ’s Plans SYDNEY
The Federal Government’s bill to establish a joint N.S.W.-Commonwealth Authority to “create a new for the N.S.W. coal industry ,”was introduced in the House of Representatives by the Minister for Post-War…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Striking Miners to Resume Today SYDNEY
All south coast coal mines will resume work tomorrow after a three day strike which caused a loss of more than 33,000 tons of coal. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Coal Loss This Week SYDNEY
More coal has been lost by strikes on the NSW coalfields in the past three days than for any one-week period this year. Coal loss for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Willis’ Ultimatum To Miners 22 Mines Idle for Loss of 15,220 Tons Sydney
Central Coal Authority (Mr A. C. Willis) said today he would not order compensation payments to contract miners who lost earnings when doing…
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