Mobile Guards Storm and Capture Pit From Miners
LONDON, Fri.: Four hundred mobile guards today stormed and captured the Couriot mine, in St. Etienne,…
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384 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 20
Today’s Meeting May Prevent Nation Wide Coal Stoppage A.C.T.U.’s Plain Talk to Miners Attitude Of Federation Deprecated SYDNEY
A SURPRISE move which offers hope for a settlement of the Kemeira tunnel dispute occurred to-day when a meeting between rank and file members of the Miner’s Federation and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Mines May Be Idle Tunnel Dispute Still Unsettled
SYDNEY, Sun: Special meeting of the Miners’ Central Executive of the Federation in Sydney today brought little hope of avert…
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Sir,—The largest canvas gained largest prize at Albury Art Show. The artist painted the largest figures, so everything is in line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →11th Hour Attempts To Prevent Big Coal Strike Noon To-day Is Fixed As Deadline Hope Emerges From Talks Yesterday SYDNEY
NEGOTIATIONS were being continued in Sydney to-night in an 11th hour attempt to settle the Kemeira tunnel dispute and prevent a State-Wide coal strike on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr Chifley’s Appeal to Miners Canberra
THE Prime Minister tonight appealed to the Miners’ Federation to retrain from strike action…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appeal to Miners to Exercise Common Sense Sydney
AN appeal to coal miners to exercise common sense and return to work on the southern fields was made in the Legislative Assembly to-day by the acting Premier (Mr. Baddeley)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State- Wide Coal Strike Seems Inevitable Attempts to Settle Tunnel Dispute Fail Minister’s Regret At Breakdown In Talks SYDNEY ,Tuesday
A GENERAL stoppage of coal production throughout N.S.W. will be recommended at the miners’ aggregate meetings on northern and western coalfields to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swift Action Taken To End Coal Strike Chifley May Apply Crimes Act Miners Could Be Gaoled Or Fined SYDNEY
SWIFT action followed the decision by the northern and western miners to-day to join the southern miners in the first general coal strike in N.S.W. since 1940…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Items of News [?]Ailors Affected by Coal Strik[?]
Because of shortage of coal, due to strikes on the coalfields, the Australian Woollen Mills Pty. Ltd., manufacturers of Crusader…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Foreign Influences Behind Miners’ Strike Declares Law and Order Will Be Maintained Widespread Repercussions From Holdup Forecast SYDNEY
THE acting Premier (Mr. Baddeley), in a ministerial statement on the coal strike in the Legislative Assembly to-night, said: “I propose to attend an important conference to-morrow morning with representatives of the Commonwealth Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike Train Services Cut
As a result of the general coal strike, severe cuts have been imposed on New South Wales train services…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drain of Gold and Dollars Being Steadily Reduced
LONDON, Thurs: The drain on British gold and dollar resources had been steadily reduced throughout the year, declared…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike Will Paralyse Three States In Week Most Drastic Rationing System Ever Imposed Sydney
MOST drastic rationing system ever introduced on the consumption of coal was announced by the Joint Coal Board today because of the general coal strike in N.S.W. The cut in consumption will cause mass unemployment,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.l.p. Against Miners’ Federation
SYDNEY, Fri: Commonwealth and State Governments should take strongest possible action to restore coal production, declared…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Chifley Criticises Miners “Should Have Accepted Offer of A.w.u.”
CANBERRA, Fri. The: Prime Minister declared in the House of Representatives today that the Miners’ Federation should [?]ave…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Ordered To Return To Work On Monday Ultimatum by the N.S.W. GOVT. Disobedience May Result In Drastic Action SYDNEY
THE State Government to-night ordered all N.S.W. striking miners to return to work on Monday. The acting Premier (Mr. Baddeley) said that if the miners did not return to work, State Cabinet would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Want Investigation Into Strike
PARIS, Sun: The Communist Miners’ Federation has proposed that the World Federation of Trade Unions should invite a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal Strike Ended Defeat of Communists SYDNEY
The general coal strike, brought about by dispute between the A.W.U. and the Miners' Federation has been settled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Striking Coal Miners To Return o Work Today Govt. Intended to Smash the Union Reds “Throw In Towel” In Face Of This Threat SYDNEY
THE Miners’ Central Council decided unanimously to-day to call off the general strike and directed the striking miners to return to work tomorrow. The miners’ general president (Mr. L Williams) announced The decision few minutes before 1 p.m.—the time Emit set by the…
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