Gold Production Decreasing
CANBERRA, Wed.: Production of gold in Australia is steadily decreasing, figures released by the Commonwealth Statistician (Dr…
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Coal Mines May Stop
SYDNEY, Mon.: A stoppage of all N.S.W. coal mines is threatened as a result of the Federal Government’s decision…
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CANBERRA. Mon: More than twice the number of people arrived in Australia in the first 9 months last year as arrived in the…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today called a conference of mining unions and mine company…
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PERTH, Tues.: Imposing a sentence of 10 months’ imprisonment and a fine of £300 on an Australian-born journalist on a…
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WASHINGTON, Tues.: America’s gold hoard shrank more in 1950 than in any previous year. Aid to nations abroad was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glen Davis Closedown Miners to Decide Action Today SYDNEY
The central executive of the Miners’ Federation will meet in Sydney tomorrow morning to decide an action aimed at preventing the closure of the Glen Davis shale oil plant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Holding Up 544 Mil. Dollars But Gaitskell Gloomy
LONDON, Thurs: Gold and dollar reserves of Britain and the sterling area increased by 544 million dollars in the three…
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ADELAIDE, Fri.: The Minister for Fuel and Shipping, Senator McLeay, announced today that Federal Cabinet would consider…
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LONDON, Fri.: The National Union of Mineworkers has accepted the Coal Board’s offer of immediate increases of 7/- a week…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: The central executive of the Miners’ Federation decided today to support any action taken by the…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Newcastle harbor authorities today ordered, the discharge of a cargo of coal from the steamer Corio which had heated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Why Spirit Is Late—poor Coal
Inferior quality coal was responsible for the late arrival at Albury over the past few weeks of the Spirit of Progress and the ordinary express from Spencer st. This explanation was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners to Discuss New Award Sydney
The central executive of The Miners’ Federation has called pit top meetings at all NSW mines tomorrow to discuss the award made by the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr Gallagher, on…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Disputes which have resulted in stoppages in more than 100 mines throughout NSW are being inquires into…
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Unless miners return to work at 84 coal mines in NSW tomorrow the Joint Coal Board may not be able to avoid rationing coal supplies. Stoppages at the 84 pits today caused a production loss of more than 40,000 tons. Yesterdays losses for the same reason weer about…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: The threat of coal and gas rationing was removed today when miners who struck at 84 mines as a protest…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Central Executive and NSW Districts of the Miners’ Federation today decided to recommend a one-day…
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LONDON, Sun.: For five days after the disaster at the Knockshinoch Castle colliery in Ayrshire last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government “Fooling with Burracorang Coal” Public Disgrace—Treatt SYDNEY, Sunday
THE way the Government had been “fooling around” with Burragorang coal was a public disgrace, Leader of the Opposition in the State Parliament, Mr Vernon Treatt,…
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