Reds’ Bid to Control Miners
SYDNEY, Tues.: Communist supporters on the Miners’ Central Council, which opens a special sitting in Sydney tomorrow, will…
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Long Service Leave for Miners
SYDNEY, Wed.: Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr F. H. Gallagher) today awarded miners long service leave of 13 weeks…
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WASHINGTON, Wed.: Petrol could be made from coal to sell for only three or four cents a gallon dearer than natural petroleum,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Blue and Gold Ball
Jerilderie's first annual Blue and Gold Ball organised by the local branch of the C.W.A. will be held on Friday, 16th September. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] in Miners’ Council
SYDNEY, Thurs.: ..A serious [?] has developed in the [?] Central Council, which holding a special meeting in…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Without waiting for the Miners’ Central Council to discuss the new award…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday: Although the Prime Minister had refused to subsidise imported coal, the Victorian Government…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chifley Thanks Army for Aid in Coal Strike
CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley), in a letter today to the Minister for the Army (Mr Chambers) expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.s.w. in Dilemma Over S.a. Coal
SYDNEY, Thurs.: NEW Government has not yet decided what to do with 30,000 tons of ordered from South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia Protests on Jap. Gold Handout
WASHINGTON, Fri.: Over bitter protests of Australia and the Philippines, the United States today notified, the 11-Nation Far…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Reds’ Bid To Regain Control Over Miners SYDNEY
THE Communist Party is trying to regain control of rank-and-file Australian miners, which it lost during the recent coal strike. This is indicated in decisions made by the Communist-controlled Miners’ Central Council during a three-day sitting in Sydney, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poor Coal Blamed for Gas Restrictions
ADELAIDE, Sun.: Poor quality gas making coal received from Newcastle is blamed for week-end gas restrictions imposed in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →“Indian Coal Too Hard to Break”
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Addressing a meeting of 350 students at the University today, the secretary of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Address by Mr. E. T. Kendell, M.l.a to Members of the Parliamentary Conference, Held by the Murray Valley Development League at Swan Hill Potential of Oaklands Coal and Kaolin
To those members of this Conference not familiar with the location of Oaklands, l Would mention that it is about 40 miles north of Yarrawonga and 40 miles north west of Corowa. The Victorian Railway connecte Oaklands with Melbourne via Yarrawonga -- a distance of 200…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Support For Lower Gold Price WASHINGTON
THE United Kingdom, Australia and the Philippines are among the earliest supporters of South Africa’s campaign to persuade the International Monetary Fund to have the world price of gold increased from the present level of 35 dollars an ounce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sees Danger in Steel Coal Shortages
CANBERRA, Thurs.: Twin shortages of coal and steel had to be overcome before Australia could enter a phase of stability…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Communists Blamed Coal Strike Cost £132 Million
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Recalling that the recent general strike of coal miners had cost the community £102 million in lost…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Miners Entombed
LONDON, Frit Forty rescue men last night came out of a Lancashire colliery after a successful eleventh hour bid to save two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stock Pile of Coal for Defence
CANBERRA, Fri. Mr Chifley said today that the Government would not build up a coal stockpile for defence in the same way…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Killed by Fall Into Mine Shaft at Walwa
WALWA, Fri.: When the roof of the Pine Mount mine near Walwa collapsed about 5 pm. today, Mr Ted Murphy, aged…
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