Mines Sink Entire Jap Task Force
WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Destruction of an entire Japanese task force by mines, laid by an old U.S. destroyer somewhere in the Pacific, was revealed when the warship entered port…
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Mining & the mines, 1943
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Three Idle Mines Resumed To-day
Three collieries in the north which were Idle yesterday resumed operations today, but a new dispute caused a stoppage at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nine Days' Holidays for Miners Cabinet Sub-committee to Report on Output
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Cabinet sub-committee has been appointed to consider all aspects of the coalmining industry in the hope of stepping up production. The appointment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →School Coal Won't Burn
Coal supplied to schools was of such poor quality that it was a waste of money to buy it, the headmaster of Tighe's Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dunstan Gets Hot About Nsw Miners
MELBOURNE—Coal supplies reaching Victoria are just sufficient to meet the needs of the State on a rationed basis, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warning on Ventilation in in Mines
The Miners' Check Inspector (Mr. W. H. May) said at Cessnock yesterday that he would like to sound a word at warning to those who were asking that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Depend on Coal Stocks Daylight Saving
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Government's decision to introduce daylight saving this year was dictated purely by economic reasons, said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners in the Army Manpower Director is Inquiring
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The War Commitments Committee, under the chairmanship of the Director-General of Manpower, will investigate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Sneaky Tricks to Prevent Coal Peace" Mr. Curtin Defends Holiday Decision
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—"I am quite sure that if it were not for sneaky tricks being practised by those trying to prevent peace…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Birthday of Miners' Auxiliary
The work of women in wartime and their part in postwar reconstruction will be the theme of a conference to be held at Federation House to-morrow to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eight Mines Idle To-day
Four of the five collieries in the Kurri-Weston district were idle to-day because of disputes. Coal production in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Mines Idle in the North
Five mines were idle in the North yesterday. They were Millfield Greta, Northern Extended, and North Wallarah (continuing disputes), and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Be Firmer With Miners and Increase Output—Mr. Spender
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Attacking the Government's handling of the coal problem during the Budget debate in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"I Will Lead It for You" Judge on Miners' Deputation
SYDNEY, Thursday.—At a sitting of the Central Coal Reference Board to-day, the Chairman (Judge Drake-Brockman) said that a section of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Miners' Job Equal to That Overseas, Says Dr. Ross
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Australian miners are doing a job in every way equal to that being done by miners overseas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bloomfield Mine Manager Prosecuted
Another mine manager was charged at a special sitting of Cessnock Police Court to-day for having caused men to fail…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Control of Mines
LONDON, Oct. 8.—The War Cabinet is considering proposals for taking over the coalmines and putting them under State control, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Curtin Disappointed With Miners
CANBERRA, Friday.—Despite assurances of miners' officials given at the coal conference in Sydney three days ago, a report was received in Canberra to-day that several mines were idle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tail Not to Wag Dog Judge Tells Miners
SYDNEY, Friday.—Refusing to hear two applications submitted to the Central Coal Reference Board to-day by the Miners' Federation, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Miners' 11 Points
An 11-point plan for industrial peace and higher production on the coalfields was drawn up to-day at the…
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