Control of Coal Melbourne
The Commonwealth Government has decided to relinquish the control of coal. The responsibility will now devolve upon the State Governments for the future control…
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Mining & the mines, 1920
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Bellbird Miners
Mr. W. Morgan presided at a meeting of the Bellbird Miners' Lodge, when the question of "last to come, first to go" had attention. This had been awaited for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Colliery Dispute Still Unsettled
Cessnock No. 2 Colliery has been idle for five weeks. With a view to a solution of the matter in dispute, it was agreed between the Northern Collieries'…
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Mr. Lawson, the State Premier, will draw attention at the Premiers' Conference to the Commonwealth relinquishment of the control of coal. It is probable…
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A meeting of the miners' delegate board will be held at the Trades Hall on Tuesday. The principal business, Mr. Baddeley stated yesterday, was…
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Work will be resumed at Burwood Colliery on Monday. The mine has been idle for two days owing to a difficult with regard to the haulage in the shaft. With…
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Strong conflict of opinion must arise out of the proposed recommendation of the Premiers in conference in Melbourne that the Commonwealth should continue its control of the coal industry. It was announced early this week that the present policy of control would be abolished shortly,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Shortage Control of Trade Rationing Suggested
Speaking at the Premier's Conference in Melbourne yesterday, Mr. Storey, Premier of New South Wales, expressed the opinion that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Premiers' Conference. the Coal Shortage. Melbourne
The Premiers' Conference assembled to-day, all the States being represented, but owing to Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, being unable to attend, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Whitburn Miners
A special meeting of the Whitburn miners was held at Greta yesterday. Mr. T. Hoare presided. The meeting was called to deal with the position that had arisen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Explosions. Due to Lightning
The destruction of the headgear of the Blackhlll Colliery last week owing to being struck by lightning raises an interesting question (says a writer in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Federation
Mr. Willis, general secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, has received a telegram from Mr. Kerr, president of the A.M.A., Broken Hill, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floating Mine Dundula's Discovery SYDNEY
Captain Brownlow, district officer, has informed the Department of Navigation that a wireless message arrived from the Commonwealth steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Awaba Mine Rejected Sydney Purchase Illawarra Favored
Nearly a fortnight ago Sydney City Council electric I gating committee decided to recommend the council to purchase a coal mine at Awaba…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →African Mines
A message from Johannesburg states that a general meeting of the Federation of Trades passed a resolution demanding the nationalisation of the gold and coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supposed Floating Mine
The Navigation Department has been informed by the naval authorities that a wireless message, received from the steamer Dundula, en route from Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →O.B.U. or A.w.u.? Northern Miners' Threat SYDNEY
The coal miners of the Northern District last night carried a motion condemning the Minister for Works. Mr. Estell, for, it is alleged,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal for New Zealand Wharfies Refuse to Unload Shipping Held Up Wellington (N.z.)
Waterside workers at Wellington today refused to unload Newcastle coal from the steamer Port Nicholson, unless they were paid special rates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw-main Colliery
The trouble at Pelaw Main Colliery arising out of the dispute between the borers and the management in reference to rates of pay in compensation for coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Metalliferous Miners
An award for the metalliferous miners of the State was made yesterday by Judge Curlewis, in the Industrial Court. The judge found that the cost of living…
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