Miners, Wharfies to Meet Dairy Farmers
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Officials of the Miners’ Federation and the Waterside Workers’ Federation will confer tomorrow with…
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“Secret ballots will not get more coal”
CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Secret Ballots Bill would not get the Commonwealth Government more cool; it would set it less, declared Mr. James (Lab., N.S.W) in the House of Representatives today…
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LONDON, Fri.: Seven miners were killed and two seriously burned in a colliery explosion in County Durham nearly today…
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SYDNEY, Frid.: Production loss on NSW coalfields today was the lowest this year. Only 750 tons of coal were lost…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: The Miners’ Federation has called for one-day stoppages next week of all unionists in coalfield areas to protest against the proposal closure of the Glen Davis shale oil plant…
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RANGOON, Mon.: Eight passengers died and 10 were injured today when the Communists mined a train near…
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A new coalfield capable of producing a million tons a year for at least 50 years has been found in South Wales. It is at Sylen, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NSW miners may win record coal tonnage
SYDNEY, Thurs.: N.S.W. miners will establish, a new record this year if the present production rate is…
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NEWCASTLE; Fri.: A man was murdered, and his body dragged 400 yards through the bush and dumped into a disused mine shaft at Jesmond…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: The general secretary of the Ministers’ Federation (Mr. Grant) said today that he had discussed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threat to Callide Coal
BRISBANE, Tues: Unless more coal ships are sent immediately Callide coal mines might close, mine officials said today…
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At a meeting of the Mulwala and District Progress Association recently, Mr J. A. Lawson, M.L.A., spoke on the possibility of Oaklands coal…
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A group of young British migrants who arrived at the Bonegilla Immigration Centre on Tuesday, photographed in one of the recreation huts yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: Members of the Minirs’ Federation are likely to refuse to fill vacancies caused by the call-up of miners for military…
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Councils in the Central Murray Electricity Supply Authority may be approached on the question of utilisation of Oaklands coal at a power station situated at Mulwala…
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MELBOURNE, Mon: Coal from India and bigger consignments from NSW have raised Victoria’s coal stocks from 50,000 tons to…
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A number of coal-miners will be included in the 270 British migrants who will arrive at Bonegilla next Friday. The migrants…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Three unions with, members employed in coal mines today made plans to organise the “No” campaign for the…
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SYDNEY,. Wed.: By consent damages of £3000 were award-today in the Supreme Court against three men, for the death…
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SYDNEY. Wed: So far this week strikes at Broken Hill Pty, Newcastle. have cost 5200 tons of coal, sufficient to make about 3000 tons…
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