Meetings Indicate Miners’ Stand Hardening
Meanwhile, a hardening of min[?] for the strike as the result of the Government’s free[?] of funds legislation and the…
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Nationalisation of Mines Unlikely Albury Rugby Players Injured
The Albury [?] was twice called to the Albury [?] ground yesterday to [?] to injured players…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lang Calls On Chifley To Meet Miners SYDNEY
“THERE has been a lot of talk about freezing funds, ordering the miners back to work and even about dollars; but what does the Chifley Government propose to do to bring a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“NSW Govt. May Try To Shift Coal At Grass” SYDNEY
SECRET talks will be held in Sydney this week on how to move 36,000 tons of coal now being picketed on N.S.W. coalfields. State Cabinet will meet to-morrow to discuss whether an attempt will be made to move the coal. Other talks will be held between Government representatives, Joint Ceal Board officials and key transport union officials…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.C.T.U. Discusses Ultimatum to Unions to Unload Coal Melbourne
THE Emergency Committee of the A.C.T.U. met in Melbourne to-day and discussed the position regarding the unloading of coal from the Haligonian Duke. Victorian Cabinet decided yesterday that coal Lying in the vessel must be unloaded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Director Says Report on “Fabulous” Gold Find “Was a Lot of Lies”
JOSEPH MILNE, managing director of the Union Free State Mining and Finance Corporation, yesterday told the Commission inquiring into the alleged gold find at Dank[?] Orange Free State, last night, that the report of the [?] written by Harold Terence Robertson, sub-editor of the South African Press…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: State Cabinet today decided to place orders overseas for a large quantity of coal…
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NEW leaders of the Miners’ Federation will be appointed this week to replace Mr, Idris Williams (general president) and Mr. George Grant (general secretary), while they are in gaol. A special meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Men to Meet in Australia
LONDON, Monday : The Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, which opened in London today, accepted an invitation from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Views on Mine Ownership (To The Editor.) Private Ownership
Sir,—With Marx House raided it should have been years ago), [?]d most of the head saboteurs [?] the run, as a good comrade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners’ President, Secretary Sentenced to 12 Months’ Gaol Sydney
JUDGE FOSTER, in the Arbitration Court to-day, sentenced the general president of the Miners’ Federation (Mr. Idris Williams) and the general secretary (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) each to 12 months’ light labor at Long Bay Gaol and fined the federation £2000. He had found them guilty of contempt of Court by refusing to obey an order by the Chief Judge (Judge Kelly) to pay to the Registrar of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Trucks Reach Brisbane
BRISBANE, Tues.: A record convoy of 97 trucks this afternoon assisted in bringing 1000 of Rosewood coal to…
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It often happens: in a major industrial conflict that the cause of dispute is buried in a mass of other issue. So it is now. The-miners have struck because they were not given what they wanted when they wanted it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Crisis Government Attacked for Failing to Get Coal Sydney
THE leader of the Country Party (Mr. Bruxner) attacked the Government to-day for failing to produce coal and ease the inconvenience and hardships suffered by the community…
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TOKIO, Tues.: Japanese Minister for International Trade and Commerce (Mr Heitaro Inagaki), today stated that Japan was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →W.a. Miners Consider Strike Situation
PERTH, Tues.: After a three-hour discussion of the strike position, Collie coalminers today adjourned an aggregate meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria’s “Blank Cheque” on Overseas Coal
MELBOURNE, Tues.: The Victorian Government has given its Agent-General in London (Sir Norman Martin), a “blank cheque”…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chifley—McGirr Decide To Shift Coal Pile SYDNEY
DECISION to move coal held in railway trucks on the N.S.W. coalfields by the end of this week was made to-day. The decision was made at a conference between the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) N.S.W. Premier (Mr. McGirr), and other Federal and State Ministers and A.L.P. leaders. The conference is also believed to have decided that police protection would be provided,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr Hollway Says “The Duke’s” Coal Will Be Unloaded Melbourne
A SPECIAL meeting of State Cabinet was held to-day to discuss the unloading of coal from the Haligonian Duke, but no decisions were announced. The Premier (Mr. Hollway) made it clear to-night that the Government’s ultimatum to the unions to unload the coal from the vessel by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Artificial Gold
LONDON, Wednesday : Gold can now be produced artificially, Professor Sir John D. Cockcroft told the Fourth Empire mining…
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