£200 Each for of Mining Disaster
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Twenty orphans of the Creswick mining disaster in 1883 received £200 each this week under…
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S. A. Imports Coal
ADELAIDE, Wed: The Premier (Mr Playford) announced today that the S.A. Government will import immediately 50,000 tons of…
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SYDNEY, Wed: The Railways Commissioner (Mr Garside) said today that train services are likely to be dislocated in the next…
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A certain person phoned a certain hotel on a certain night to book certain accommodation (we're certain, too). The person was informed that…
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THE Joint Coal Board has issued instructions for coal produced from northern N.S.W. mines tomorrow to be rushed to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide for urgent use…
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PITTSBURG, Monday: About 10,000 coal miners went on strike today in Pennsylvania arid West Virginia…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Work in coal mines on the northern fields of NSW resumed today when nearly 12,000 miners returned after their…
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WASHINGTON, Tues.: A group of mid-Western Republicans announced yesterday they would introduce resolutions in…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Wheelers at Maitland Main mine went on strike today because they objected to the friskiness of their…
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ACCRA, Thursday : Gold Coast Governor, Sir Charles Clarke, proclaimed a state of emergency at midnight last…
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IMPORTANT talks to try to boost Australia’s coal production-began in Sydney today. The Minister for Fuel (Senator McLeay) conferred with members…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Entombed in Mine for 36 Hours, Rescued
MAHANOY CITY (Pennsylvania), Sunday : Entombed in a coal mine for 36 hours, a miner, Joseph Burds, 30, was…
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NEW YORK, Sunday : Siamese Government gold bullion, worth about 43 million dollars has been flown to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Walk-out by Miners’ Leaders
SYDNEY, Mon.: Miners Federation leaders today withdrew from a hearing before the coal Industry Tribunal (Mr F. H…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →25,000 Miners Vote to Continue Strike
PITTSBURGH, Mon: Twenty-five thousand striking coalminers yesterday voted to disregard the suggestion of their leader, Mr John…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) said today that he would ignore a protest by Bulli miners against…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners Ignore Leader’s Suggestion
PITTSBURG, Tues.: About 60,000 soft-coal miners in six States refused to obey a suggestion by Mr. John L. Lewis,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Talk to Miners Interrupted
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Former research physicist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buried Miner’s Body Located
MAHONY CITY (Penns.), Thurs.: Rescue workers have located the body of 25 year-old miner, Edward Bruda, who…
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NEWCASTLE, Thurs.: Northern miners’ leaders have accepted an invitation to attend talks with the Prime Minister…
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