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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Unless coal production in New South Wales increased very considerably over that of last year, the whole war capacity of Australia this year would be less, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Because a variation of the annual leave clause of the award was involved. Maitland Coal Reference Board yesterday referred two miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal production amounting to approximately 13,000 tons was lost in the North to-day when stoppages occurred at 14 collieries. The hold-up was the most seri…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Government control of the coal industry, the appointment of a Federal Minister for Mines, and wider powers of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, January 26.—The strike on the Lancashire coalfield spread yesterday with over 4000 men out at six pits. There are hopes that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Government control to overcome unrest in the coalmining industry is advocated by the Northern Miners' Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advice of the Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation to call off strikes declared by miners on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. R. W. Davie) said last night that it was misleading to suggest that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA. — Australia has lost its coal trade with New Zealand for the duration of the war owing to strikes,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hunter Valley District Committee of the Australian Communist Party met at Cessnock lust night anti expressed its views on the unrest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A number of men had been weeded out of the coalmining industry, and other would follow in due course as they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY.—A large number of the 130 coal miners "released" from the industry had been malcontents and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—"Apparently the investigations by the Secretary of the Northern Collieries Association (Mr. Davie) did not go very far,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Idleness of eight Northern collieries yesterday brought total coal production loss since January 3 to about 140,000 tons, including about 20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After inquiring into the death of Thomas Alfred Sault, 40, borer, at North Wallarah colliery, on January 10, the District Coroner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CANBERRA, Friday.—A further move by a section of Caucus to force the policy of nationalisation of the coal industry of the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On November 27, at the special sitting of the Cessnock Police Court, 22 employees of Stanford Main No. 2 colliery were fined £5, with 8/…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Refusal of ten Stanford Main miners to have money deducted from their wages equal to that paid in fines by the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Friday.—"There will be no Star Chamber methods about the dismissal of incorrigibles from the mines," said the Chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of about 150,000 tons of coal production from Northern mines in January made it the worst month for output in more than…
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