Collinsville Miners Resume January 8
BRISBANE.—At a miners' meeting in Collinsville. Queensland, last night it was decided that the miners would not return to work until…
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Mining & the mines, 1945
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Coal Output in North Improves
FULL resumption at four mines and partial resumption at another considerably improved, coal output in the North yesterday. There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Council Accepts Strike Settlement Terms
SYDNEY.—The Miners' Central Council today accepted the settlement terms of the dispute which threatened a general stoppage late last year. This decision by the governing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grand United Oddfellows Miners Refuge Branch (Waratah)
Bro. O'Brien presided and welcomed visitors from the City of Newcastle branch, Sister Gustard responding. Bro. T. Scott reported having visited sick members. Bro…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Council in Session Knotty Problems on Policy Discussed
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation to-day considered a report on conversations between the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nationalised Mines Is Issue For Coal Inquiry
SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation will press for nationalisation of coal mines at the forthcoming Commission of Inquiry into the industry. Earlier, the Miners' Central Council had been inclined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Return to Lake
Large numbers of mineworkers from Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, and other Coalfield towns yesterday afternoon and last night caught…
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Millfield Greta and a section of John Darling mines which were idle yesterday are expected to resume work on Monday. This will allow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Coal Output Back to Normal
COAL OUTPUT on the Northern field is almost back to normal. Loss yesterday was 1000 ton, the lowest daily loss this week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inquiry Into Coalmining Representative of Miners Named
SYDNEY, Friday.—Settlement terms of the dispute which threatened a general coal stoppage towards the end of 1944, were accepted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Miners Back Home Again
Reports from Coalfield centers last night indicated that all miners had returned from their Christmas holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only One Mine Idle Today
New South Wales coal miners today presented the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) with almost a clean coal sheet for his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pelton May Be Only Mine Idle
Pelton is expected to be the only mine idle on the Northern field today. Daily output is 800 tons. A safety dispure has developed over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Miners Resume Work
BRISBANE.—Queensland miners resumed work yesterday after the holidays with what the union claimed was the normal Monday roll-up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Employee Died While on Job
Jack Shaw, 45, of High-street. Wallsend, a shiftman at Waratah colliery, collapsed while at work yesterday and was apparently dead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colossal Job by Western Miners Manpower Praise
LITHGOW, Monday.—The Manpower Directorate has congratulated the Western miners on their record-breaking year, and expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Inquiry Next Week Wide Terms of Reference
CANBERRA, Monday.—Within the next few days the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) expects to announce the complete personnel of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rhondda Issue and Miners
The custom of holding a conference on the day the mine resumes was upheld by the northern miners' vice-president (Mr. Henry Scanlon)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Rod's First
Gold Rod had his first winning representative at Orange on Saturday—Marigold. Gold Rod has had a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Inspect Muswellbrook Open Cut Mine
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) and the Northern President (Mr. Crook) on…
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