Talks On Coal Crisis Sought
SYDNEY, Mon. — The Premier, Mr Cahill, will seek talks with file Prime Minister, Mr Menzies, on the crisis threatening the coal industry. The NSW Minister for Mines( Mr Arthur)…
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Mining town wants “two-up” legalised
PERTH, Tues.: A move to legalise “two up” in Kalgoorlie has been made by a number of local citizens…
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NEWCASTLE, Wed.: Triplets—two of them Siamese twins—were born to a 37-year-old Belmont woman today. The twins, completely…
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NEWCASTLE, Thurs.: The coal pile-up at. the railway marshalling yards is expected to reach a new record of more than 70,000 tons…
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It seems to be generally overlooked that the-hundreds of thousands of tons of coal now at grass constitutes an…
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CANBERRA, Tues.: The report from the Joint Coal Board recommending the closing of certain open-cut coal…
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SYDNEY, Fri.:- New Occidental mine at Cobar, Australia’s third largest v copper producer, will stop work this month because…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Victoria has built up its biggest coal reserve since 1943. The present reserve 250,000 tons—represents seven…
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CANBERRA, Sun.: The Minister for National Development (Senator Spooner) said today that the end of 10 years shortage of…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Lightly-weighted 5-year-old High Sense, who has been working brilliantly on the track, should win the City Tattersall’s gold Cup (1¼ miles) at Randwick on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →“Would Save N.S.W. Industries Nearly £1¾ Million a Year” Cut of £1 a week in the wages of miners
SYDNEY, Thurs.: A redaction of £1 a week in the coal industry’s basic wage would save N.S.W. economy £1,730,000 a year, Mr. R. W. Davie told the Full Arbitration Court today…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: The secretary of the Joint Coal Board (Mr Neville Stuart) said today that coal mines in the Newcastle district were…
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TOKIO, San.: Approximately 258,000 Japanese coal miners went on strike yesterday demanding a 90 per cent…
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SYDNEY, Mow.: The N.S.W. Government will seek a top-level conference with the Federal Government to discuss plans for Mobilising the. coal industry. The Premier (Mr. Cahill) announced this tonight after State Cabinet…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: There was no logical reason why sufferers from miners’ phthisis and other diseases contracted underground…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: An increase in price of local coal would result from the proposed levy on coal which the NSW Cabinet…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: It is predicted that the election for Miners’ Federation officers on the northern coalfields will be the bitterest for years. From now until, polling on November 5 and 6,…
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CANBERRA. Wed.: The Minister for National Development, Senator Spooner, told the Senate today that he had not been “forced…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Drilling had already located 18,000 million tons of brown coal in the Latrobe Valley, of which almost…
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LEFT : A novel hat of stocking-pink taffeta formed this saucy style shown at a display of new millinery by…
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