May Day Coal
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Northern, Southern and Victorian districts of the Miners' Federation have agreed to work on Monday, May Day,…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
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Enginemen's Dispute with Miners
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Following the refusal of the miners' leaders to withdraw certain classifications from their log of claims, officials of the…
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Millfield Greta miners to-day had their third stoppage this week. The hold-up to-day was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welsh Miners Strike Against Steel Props
LONDON, Thursday (AAP).— Fifteen hundred miners at Gresford colliery (North Wales) have gone on strike. They say…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Pensions £550,0 Paid Weekly
Each week £5500 is paid to the 2500 pensioners in New South Wales under the compulsory retirement of miners scheme…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The management of J. and A. Brown. Abermain Seaham mine is not going to be permitted to override the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board on May Day Miners Want Double Rates
Because miners' representatives want double rates for attendance on May Day, Maitland Coal Board of Reference may not meet on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Decisions
The Chairman (Mr. J. Connell) reserved his decision yesterday for a claim submitted to Maitland Coal Board by Stanford Main No. 1 miners' lodge…
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Sir,—Mr. Gregory Forster says that the Miners' Federation has not contradicted statements that he has made on any matter dealing with the…
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LONDON, May 1.—A special miners' international conference in London to-day decided to establish a provisional…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Chief Says May Day Must Be Day of Effort
SYDNEY, Friday.—"The Australian miners have abandoned the May Day holiday this year so as to strengthen the struggle for the liberation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May Day Work Means 50,000 Tons of Coal
SYDNEY: For the first time in many years, miners are to work on May Day next Monday. As a result. 50.000 tons of much-needed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Neath Colliery Miners Transferred
Twelve pairs of miners who lost their employment because of the closing down of the old Neath Colliery will to-morrow commence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burwood Stoppage Miners Did Not Leave Buses
Burwood miners who travel to work in buses came home to-day without leaving their seats. They are protecting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Durham Miners Strike
LONDON, May 4.—Fifteen hundred miners and boys struck work at a Durham colliery as a result of a disagreement over rates of pay for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines, Industries Worked
For the first time in the history of May Day mines, industries and factories worked to a full programme on the recognised holiday for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Millfield Colliery Machines
Sir,—In a letter in your issue of May 2 Mr. R. Evans states that some time ago at Millfield colliery machines were put in for pillar extraction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Inspectors' Claim
The hearing of the claim by mine inspectors, for a minimum salary of £750 a year, was continued before Mr. Justice Ferguson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Defend Mr. Ward
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant) said attacks being launched against the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Council Fears Anomaly in Security Act
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Miners' officials believe an anomaly exists in National Security Regulation 9, which would from prevent bomb victims in…
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