Miners Will Take Holidays
SYDNEY, Sun.: Irrespective of whether Australian industry is starved for coal or not, miners were determined to take…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining & the mines, 1947
430 stories in Murray's papers · page 21 of 22
Coal Target May Not Be Achieved
LONDON, Mon.—The general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (Mr Horner) speaking at Slugh, said he did…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Chifley’s Aloofness Coal Dispute With Queensland
CANBERRA, Mon.—The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) today told the miners’ leaders that he was not prepared to enter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines and Transport “Safe” Cannot Be Nationalised; Mr. Chifley
CANBERRA, Mon.: The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) advised the Federal executive of the ALP tonight that Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Much Gold Won Production Up In W.A.
Gold production for September in Western Australia was 54,678 fine ounces, which brought the total yield for the first nine months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poor Coal Quality Blamed for Slow Expresses
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The poor quality of coal was responsible for the late arrival of the Spirit of Progress and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →19 Killed in Mine Explosion
NANKING, Wed.: Nineteen persons were billed and 26 injured as the result of an explosion of gas at one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Mining Applications Granted
Sitting as Mining Warden at the last Urana Court, Mr. Etherton, PM, considered nine applications for authority to enter private lands for coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Coal Strike Likely
BRISBANE, Fri.—A conference held today to prevent a strike over the whole of Australia failed when Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Activity in Riverina Coal Mining
Nine applications to begin coal mining between Oaklands and [?] have been approved at Lockhart by the Mining Warden (Mr Etherton [?] M.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Fears Allayed
CANBERRA, Wed.—Mr. Chifley said in the House of Representatives to-day that if the present rate of coal production was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Food for Mine Disaster Victims
Sir,—Some time ago I made an appeal through your columns to the Albury people for parcels to be sent to the families of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All Nsw Mines at Work
SYDNEY, Fri.: All NSW coal mines worked today, production for the day being estimated at 60.000 tons. It is expected that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Atomic Energy Can Make Gold, But—
NEW YORK, Tues.—Atomic energy can fulfil the dreams of medieval alchemists—turn base metal into gold. But, there is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Use of Gold Pass Charge Against M.P. to Be Probed Committee Appointed By' Parliament CANBERRA
The Government, in the House of Representatives to-day, accepted a motion by the deputy loader of the Country Party (Mr. McEwen) for an inquiry by the Committee of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Company to Spend £12½ Million on Coal
BRISBANE, Mon.—Agreement between the Queensland Government and the Electric Supply Corporation (Overseas)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blair Athol Open-cut Coal Mine
BRISBANE, Thurs. — Premier (Mr Hanlon) on behalf of Queensland to-day signed an agreement with Electric Supply Corporation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Ordered To Return To Work
SYDNEY, Thurs: The coal industry tribunal (Mr p. H. Gallagher) has ordered miners on strike at four northern NSW mines today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Ignore Warning
SYDNEY, Fri.—Despite a warning by the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr F. Gallagher, yesterday that if they did not resume work today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Promised for Trains
MELBOURNE, Fri: Coal to prevent gas rationing over the Christmas holidays has been promised to Victoria by the Joint…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →