Drastic British Coal Ban Hundreds of Ships Affected London
All shipments of coal for overseas ports have been forbidden by the Ministry for Fuel, which has also forbidden the bunkering of ships…
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It’s a Fact Gold, Up and Down
Despite the usual difficulties which beset anybody who wonts to get anything thing done in this country at the present time, Victorian gold-diggers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How Coal Shortages Affect Car Production
It takes about six tons of coal to make one and three-quarter tons of automobile, so it will be seen how coal strikes affect production of new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poles to Work in British Mines London
Mr. Isaacs (Minister for Labour) told the House of Commons last evening that the first batch of Poles had gone Into training for work in Britain’s coal mines. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain’s Factories Closing Down Through Lack of Coal
Many of Britain’s factories, including that of Austin’s. the great motor works at Longbridge, Birmingham, are now closing through lack of coal. Austin’s, employing 17.000 people, have been forced to close until coal supplies can be brought in and reserves built up again Photo shows : The deserted production lines in the great Austin motor works at Birmingham after the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners to Stage Demonstration at Parliament House on February 20 WOLLONGONG
Southern miners plan a mass demonstration at Parliament House on [?] 26 to coincide with the opening of State Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Ships Sail London
“The coal must get through. We sail with the tide,” was the unanimous decision of the captains of 52 coal-carrying vessels that sailed from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Possibility of Coal From America New York
The Washington correspondent of the “New York Times” says it has been learned that the United States would consider sympathetically any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Coal From Australia CANBERRA
The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) stated today that the United Kingdom Government had made no approach to Australia for coal supplies. Even…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Coal Commissioner Appointed Canberra
It was announced in to-day’s Commonwealth “Gazette” that Walter Sydney Winning had been appointed Commonwealth Coal Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Gaining in Battle for Coal No Sign Of Break In Severe Weather LONDON
Britain is gaining ground in the battle for coal. The critical drain on coal stocks has been arrested, stockpiles are mounting as a result of the restrictions, and coal ships and coal trains are on the move. There are no signs of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All-Out Effort To Break Coal Crisis LONDON
Thousand of miners, seamen, dockers find railwaymen through[?] Britain have voluntarily given up Sunday at borne to co-operate [?] weekend battle to break the coal crisis. The railways have instituted emergency measures to get [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Coal Strike OTTAWA
Thirteen thousand coal miners in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have struck, halting half of Canada’s coal production…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British People Queue Up for Coal
Hundreds of people with little or nor coal in their homes queue outside the Wandsworth and District Gas Light Coal Co. in York Road to purchase 56 lbs. of coke which the gas company is allowing local people to help them in the great shortage. Picture shows people with their prams, carts, trolleys, etc., in which they carried their coke away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Coal Coming in But British Restrictions To Continue LONDON
Miners, dockers, seamen and railwaymen, working through the week-end, have kept coal rolling across Britain from the pits to power stations, say Reuter, which adds that the Ministry for Fuel has paid tribute to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners’ Demands Round Table Conference with P.M. Wanted Sydney
The Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) informed the Miners’ Federation from Canberra today he would discuss with the Prime Minister a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Relief in Sight in European Freeze Britain—continent Enter Second Month of Severe Weather British Coal Traffic Back To Normal LONDON
Europe and Britain enter the second month of freezing weather, unprecedented in its sustained duration, with no relief in sight. The temperatures continue to drop in Britain and almost the whole of Europe,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bottle Mines Used In Palestine LONDON
Reuter’s correspondent in Palestine fays that bottle mines (bottles containing high explosives or incendiary liquid) that had been placed under a culvert blew up a British military truck in the Jewish quarter on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corfu Mining Hearing Begins Lake Success
Sir Alexander Cadoran opened Britain’s case against Albania, on charges of mining the Corfu. Channel, at today’s meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Conference Federal Government’s Effort to Avert Strike Canberra
The Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) informed the Miners’ Federation tonight, that the Federal Government would call a conference in…
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