Nine Mines Idle in N.S.W. SYDNEY
Nine coal mines were idle in NSW today, resulting in a loss of 4310 tons, which brought the week’s deficit to more than 34,000—the highest for five…
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Mine-laying Resumed in Palestine LONDON
Two civilians were arrested after a mine had exploded under a road bridge near Petach Tikvah on Wednesday. The explosion killed one British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Gas Rationing Coal Ships Arrive With 29,000 Tons MELBOURNE
There is no Bkelihood of gas rationing in Melbourne for, at least another week. There has been a slight hold-up in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hopes For Revival of Once Rich Mining Fields ADELAIDE
The Minister for Mines (Mr McEwin) announced today that the Government had accepted the tender of the Zinc Corporation Ltd, of Broken Hill, for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wonthaggi Miners to Stop Work MELBOURNE, Sunday
As a result of a dispute which has arisen over the weighing of coal, Wonthaggi miners will hold a stop meeting tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“More Coal Would End Queues in Britain” LONDON
Mr Arthur Homer (secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers) declared al a conference of miners at Morpeth that he expected Britain to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Striking Miners Likely to Resume Union Officials Meet Minister MELBOURNE
Officials of the Miners’ Federation branch will recommend to a mass meeting of miners at Wonthaggi State coal mine tomorrow that they resume…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reparations From Germany Victoria to Get Brown Coal Experts LONDON
On his return to Geneva from a three-day visit to Germany, the Australian Minister for Post-War Reconstruction (Mr J. J. Dedman) said that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →27 Miners Die In Underground Explosion West Frankfort (Illinois)
Twenty-seven miners were killed and three others are believed to have perished in an explosion yesterday in one of the State’s largest coal mines. This is the second mine disaster in southern Illinois coalfields in four months…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Commemorate First Discovery of Coal SYDNEY
The 150th anniversary of discovery of the first coal seam in Australia will be commemorated on the spot at Coalr[?] near Bulli next Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rutherglen Gold Field Departmental Report
The following letters in respect to the re-opening of mines at Rutnerglen have been received by Mr. A. G. Nener, secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] of Coal, But People Shivering Lithgow
[?] Lithgow coal miners are [?] between 9000 and 10,000 [?] the majority of residents [?] because of a coal short…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gates Locked to Miners Amazing Position at Wonthaggi Melbourne
As a sequel to the refusal of the mine manager (Mr H. T. Johnston) to take the men back on the terms agreed to on Saturday, the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine May Resume
After a three-hour conference with the Victorian Minister for Transport (Mr Stoneham) tonight, representatives of the State Coal Mine staff…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Shortage Hits Adelaide Adelaide
Once again Adelaide is forced to undergo severe railway and gas cuts, and probably at least four days of electricity rationing, because of the desperate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Threat to Victoria Supplies ]May Be Withheld Sydney
Unless the Wonthaggi mine resumed production tomorrow the Miners Federation would ask the Joint Coal Board to withold NSW coal from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Premier Hopes for Settlement Dispute At Wonthaggi Mine MELBOURNE
After a three-hour conference this afternoon with miners representatives, the manager of the Wonthaggi State Coal Mine (Air Johnson) and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Production Up to Peak of 1942 SYDNEY
Coal cuts may be restored to industry if the present goud rate of coal production was continued, said the Federal Minister for Supply…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nine Hour Talk But Mine Dispute Unsettled Melbourne
“It is nearer solution, but not settled,” said the Premier (Mr Cain) tonight, at the conclusion of a nine-hour conference on the Wonthaggi…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal for Victoria Minister Defines Supply Position SYDNEY
Any additional supplies of NSW coal to Victoria were conditional on improved coal production, said the Minister for Supply (Senator…
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