Coal Output High
SYDNEY, Wed.: Coal output for the first four months of the year was the highest for the same…
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Miners Defer Strike Action Sydney
CENTRAL Council of the Miners' Federation to-day deferred strike action on the mining unions' log of claims pending further consideration of the Joint [?] Board proposals…
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VICTORIA is threatened with harsher electricity and early gas rationing because the Queensland Government had decided not to send any coal to Victoria until its own State supplies were built up…
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BRISBANE, Wed: A coal strike in Queensland may be averted following commencement today of inspections of mines by State Coal Board to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Hid Gold in Saddle Pockets Sydney
A CUSTOMS officer said in the Special Federal Court to-day that a barman had admitted having hidden gold in saddles with specially constructed pockets, which he despatched to India,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners 'Reply
The miners' sub-committee its recommendation to the Miners' Central Council today said it .was unable, to recommend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Revive Their Threat Of Stoppage SYDNEY
THE Miners Federation Central Council today decided to call nation-wide stop work meetings next Thursday if a settlement not Reached on the mining unions' log of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wore Grandmother's Gold Chain
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Armidale, NSW, was decorated befriends of the bride on Saturday,! may 14, when Doreen, twin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →27,000 Miners May Stop Work Thursday SYDNEY
THE Coal Mining Unions’ Council to-day supported a decision for nation-wide strike action unless there is agreement on the Mining Unions’ log of claims on Monday…
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THE general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr Grant) said tonight that he did not think the present threatened coal crisis without a basis for some solution satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Make Vital Decision Today SYDNEY
THE Miners’ Central Council will meet tomorrow to decide on whether strike action is to be taken following the breakdown of a conference to-day on the mining unions…
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VIENNA. Tues.: Walking into a building formerly used by the German Air Force, and now used as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Miners Will Stop Work on Thursday SYDNEY
THE Miners’ Central Council to-day moved for a general strike on the Australian coalfields. The decision will be placed before rank…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Troops Seize Bolivian Mine
LAPAZ (Bolivia), Wed.: Federal troops seized control of the Muanuni tin mines after a sharp clash with strikers, who hurled…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners Decide Not To Stop Work SYDNEY
MINERS’ Central Council today, by the narrow majority of eight votes to seven, decided to postpone for two weeks nation-wide stopwork meetings set down for tomorrow…
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SIDNEY, Thurs.: The miners’ general president (Mr I. Williams) said tonight that the action of the Joint Coal…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Minster for Immigration (Mr Calwell) said today that as a first stop towards the absorption of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mine Investors "Burn Fingers"
SYDNEY, Friday : Centre of spectacular financial operations last year, Mt Eba Gold Mines Ltd. will suspend operations as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners Reaffirm Attitude to D.P.'s
SYDNEY, Fri.: There had been no change in the Miners' Federation policy towards the admission of displaced persons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Fever Grips Crowds
JOHANNESBURG, Sunday: Crowds, gripped by gold fever following a report on Friday on the world's richest gold…
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