Mr. Baddeley As Mines Minister Federation Advice to Mr. McKell
No other member of the State Parliament had the same qualifications as Mr. Baddeley to administer the Department of Mines in the difficult…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
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Coal Shortage Overseas
MELBOURNE.—Australia was not the only country mining less coal than it needed, said the Acting-Prime Minister (Mr. Forde)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Extra Butter for Miners
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Government has decided to reject the miners' demand that their butter ration should be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appeal for Maximum Coal Output
MELBOURNE.—An appeal to miners throughout Australia to work to maximum output in view of the opening of the Second…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stand by Youth Lays Mine Idle Six Resume, Output Loss 6300 Tons
Refusal of a 17-year-old clipper at Stockrington No. 2 colliery to work on the flat allotted to him led to the idleness of the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Plans to Step-up Production Adopt, If Adequate, Says Mr. Forde
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Miners' Federation proposals to increase production would, if they proved adequate to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rothbury Miners
Sir.—Although the unfortunate incident which took place at Rothbury is a sore point with many miners, the question of admitting Rothbury…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →143 Coal Stoppages, 18 on Industrial Issues
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Only 18 of the 143 coal stoppages in the past six weeks were due to industrial disputes, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Shift in Mines Leaders in Conflict at Conference
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Strong disagreement has developed between the President of the Miners' Federation (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Told to Go on Dole No Work for Mine Enginemen
When a number of idle engines drivers displaced by the abolition of the afternoon shift at Aberdare colliery applied to Cessnock manpower…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Second Front Spur to Greater Mining Production
Although four collieries were idle today in the North, the miners' officials believed that the Second Front developments would stir the industry to step up production. Coal was the basin essential for the successful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Leaders Talk with Forde on Coal Production
MELBOURNE.—Miners' leaders are meeting the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) in Melbourne today to discuss a proposal for a parley in Sydney on Sunday between Federal Ministers and miners' representatives on ways of…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday—The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) and the Acting Minister for Supply (Dr. Evatt) have…
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British soldiers work at night behind "Moascar Stocks" learning how to dismantle enemy mines without seeing them as a preparation for night operations in the new battle for France. Instructors watch closley to see there is no clumsiness—for clumsiness means death…
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The Assistant Secretary of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. J. Appleton) said advice was received yesterday from the Coal…
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Mr. F. Collinridge, M.P., a Labour member of the British Parliamentary delegation visiting Australia, will address meetings of mineworkers and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Industry After the War
The risk that employment on the New South Wales coalfields after the war will be prejudiced by loss of markets was pointedly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aberdare Miners Are Not Put On The Dole
Mine employees who are now out of work as a result of the elimination of afternoon shift production at Aberdare Colliery…
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Sir,—I think the time is about due to stop this slobber to the Miners' Federation. Ninety per cent. of the miners are genuine and dinkum, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Discuss Mine Canteens
MELBOURINE, Friday.—It is believed the proposal for pit-head canteen services on the coalfields will be discussed shortly by the…
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