Soldiers Win 7000 Tons Of Coal From Open Cuts SYDNEY
ARMY and Air Force labor produced more than 7000 tons of coal in their first day’s operation in New South Wales open cut mines Most of this coal is now on its…
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Coal Strike Govt. May Work Underground Mines Sydney
FEDERAL Government may operate a number of the big B.H.P. mechanised underground mines on the northern N.S.W. coalfields if the coal strike does [?] end shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hobart Miners Not Quite Sure!
HOBART, Wed: Mass meeting of Tasmanian coalminers reversed their previous decision to return to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Echo of Gold Robbery
BANKOK, Wed.: The Thailand police today took into protective custody two leading suspects in Bankok’s £50,000 gold…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →“A.w.u., Miners at Loggerheads”
SYDNEY, Wed.: Relations between Miners’ Federation and Australian Workers’ Union met at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike “Modern War of Roses”
MELBOURNE, Wed: The coal strike, was an internecine struggle between two contending Socialist parties, who were engaged in a civil war for power…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Letters to the Editor Who Supported the Miners?
Sir—The Communists are “flat out” now abusing the Federal and State Governments. They are even trying their old stock in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attempts to Sabotage Open Cut Mine Machinery Sydney
ARMY authorities have found evidence of attempts to sabotage machinery being used in open cut mining. At open cut mines near Lithgow cotter pins have been found missing and fittings have become loose, causing a succession of “small but irritating delays,” according to an Army spokesman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collapse Of Coal Strike Believed To Be Imminent Motion For Aggregate Meeting on Monday Expected To Be Carried Today SYDNEY
COLLAPSE of the coal strike, now in its sixth week, is believed to be imminent. A motion calling for aggregate meetings not later than Monday to consider a return to work was placed before the conference of northern N.S.W. miners’ lodge delegates in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Jap Miners Killed
TOKIO, Thurs.: Six miners were killed and eight others were, injured in a gas explosion at Yubari coal mine, Hokkaido, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Flowing to Sydney
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Tea thousand tons of coal were on the rail destined for essential services by the end of the second…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheahan Refuses Use of Amplifiers to Miners’ Chief
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Miners’ Federation acting president (Mr R. Hamilton) would not be granted permission to use an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Move to Declare Coal Won by Troops “Black”
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Council of Unions with members employed in the gas industry in NSW has decided to recommend that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers May Be Used in Underground Mines Sydney
A SURVEY of at least 10 mechanised underground mines on the N.S.W. coalfields is being made by the Federal Government, which is considering using Army labor to work them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nation-Wide Meetings Of Miners Likely Next Tuesday NEWCASTLE
AGGREGATE meetings of miners throughout Australia are likely to be held next Tuesday. The Miner’s Central Council will meet on Sunday in Sydney when a decision to call aggregate meetings on Tuesday to vote on whether to continue the strike is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →‘‘Socialism and Communism Blood Brothers’’ C.P. Chairman Assails Governments on Coal Strike
‘‘Throughout the whole period of my public life, I have appealed to the Governments of Australia to deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Gold Production
CANBERRA, Friday : Gold production in May last was 70,483 fine ounces, valued at £A758,573, representing an increase of 751 fine…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Approach to Miners by Government
CANBERRA, Friday: An official denial was given today to a reported statement by the Coal Miners’ acting general secretary (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers To Work Eight Underground Mines SYDNEY
THE date for working eight mechanised underground mines by Army labor is expected to be fixed in Canberra on Tuesday by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and the Minister for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miner’s Strike Vote May Be Delayed By Reds SYDNEY
AGGREGATE meetings on the Australians coalfields may not be hold until next Wednesday or Thursday to decide whether the coal strike will end. The Miner’s Central Council, which meets in Sydney on Sunday, may…
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