Hopes Mr Chifley Will Inquire Into Coal Dumping
MELBOURNE, Wed: Twenty thousand tons of coal dumped in the sea off South Japan could be put to better use in Victoria, the…
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“Will be Back at Work on Monday,” Shout Miners But Strong Move to End Strike Rejected at Cessnock Sydney
A STRONG move by rank-and-file miners to end the coal strike was rejected at a Cessnock meeting to-day. The meeting ended in darkness, with many miners shouting for a division after the chairman had rejected the return-to-work move. But a division was disallowed, as it was too dark to count the hands…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Preparations for working of open cut mines are being pressed ahead by Federal and State Governments. Engineering equipment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Host Pulls Up Lame
SYDNEY, Thurs: After galloping at Moorefield this morning, Mine Host pulled up lame and may not start in the Winter Handicap. If Mine Host…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bandiana Trucks to Shift Coal
Army vehicles from Bandiana military camp have gone in convoy to shift coal lying at grass on NSW coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Seek Deregistration of Mining Unions
BRISBANE, Thurs.: Queensland Coal Owners’ Association today formed a committee to seek deregistration of miners’ unions…
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ARMY labor will be used early next week to lift 16,000 tons of coal stacked at Cullen Bullen, near Lithgow. This will be the first use of the Army on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers in Mines by August 1 If Strike Not Ended Canberra
THE Commonwealth and N.S.W. Governments propose working open cut coal mines in N.S.W. with Army labor from August 1 if the miners have not returned to work by that date. This decision was reached at a meeting of Federal and State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sensational Move In Haligonian Duke Impasse Federal Govt. Uses Sailors and Soldiers to Unload Vessel’s Coal MELBOURNE
NAVAL ratings, assisted by Army personnel, this afternoon began unloading black-listed coal from the Haligonian Duke. Late this afternoon the coal was being unloaded at the rate of more than a ton every four minutes. This sensational decision, which was authorised to-day by the Commonwealth Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Boo Labor Speakers SYDNEY
LABOR Parliamentarians and A.L.P. speakers received a mixed reception when they addressed coalfields meetings, today and urged the miners to call the strike off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minister’s Promise to Tasmanian Miners
LAUNCESTON, Fri.: Tasmanian coal miners decided at a meeting at Cornwall today to return to work on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →120,000 Tons Weekly From Open-cut Mines
SYDNEY, Fri.: The State and Federal Governments have completed plans for the potential output of coal from open-cut mines,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some of “Duke’s” Coal for the Country ?
MELBOURNE, Fri.: A proportion of the cool from the Haligonian Duke would probably be allotted to country gas…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →District Police for Coal Fields
Four Albury district police officers have been ordered to the coal fields for duty. They are Sgts Lyons (Holbrook), Spence…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: Members of unions employed at Melbourne gasworks will work on coal unloaded from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Calwell Reveals Fresh Plans For Smashing Miners’ Strike Govt. Prepared To Use Other Unions, Army, RAAF & Navy
IF the Army working of the open cut mines in N.S.W. does not break the coal strike, the whole operation of open cuts will be handed over to some unions other than the Miners’ Federation. This plan of the Federal Government was revealed by the Minister for Information…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nationalisation No Cure for Coal Crisis; What Happened at Coalcliff Colliery
Nationalisation of the mines, which had been advocated by the Minister for Housing (Mr. C. R. Evatt) would not solve the present problem of the coat industry, declared Mr. W. A. Chaffey (CP, Tamworth) during the debate in the Legislative Assembly on the Essential…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners in Angry Mood!
BRISBANE, Mon.: An angry demonstration occurred at Ipswich today, when the chairman at a mass meeting of miners…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tasmanian Miners Back at Work
HOBART, Mon.: Tasmanian coalminers returned to work today. It is expected that by the end of the week all mines will be in full…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unionists Transport “Duke’s” Coal
MELBOURNE, Mon.: The Transport Workers’ Onion today began transporting coal from the Haligonian Duke to the…
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