Rhondda Stay-in Strike Miners Set for Night Underground
SUPPLIED with food, warm clothing and cigarettes, and located in the warmest spot in the mine, 30 stay-in strikers at…
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Mining & the mines, 1945
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"Use Modern Methods" Judge's Point at Coal Inquiry
Unless New South Wales miners adopted more modern methods, the ultimate result would be that Queensland and Western Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strikers Still in Pit at Rhondda 150 Miners Join in Sympathy March
Stay-in strikers at Rhondda Colliery, between Barnsley and Teralba, were still in the pit this afternoon. This morning, 150 men from three nearby collieries, who struck in sympathy with them, marched four abreast from Teralba, about three miles…
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SYDNEY.—"Coal owners had often offered to built homes for their employees, but the miners had always turned down the…
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With two more mines out today in sympathy with the stay-in strikers at Rhondda, five northern mines are now idle because of the strike, which…
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THIRTY-FOUR miners, who began a stay in strike at Rhondda colliery on Monday as a protest against bathhouse conditions, were still…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Association, which represents coal-owners, adopted the following…
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The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. N. Mighell) yesterday advised the Northern Executive of the Miners' Federation that…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Elimination of many customs in the coal industry with a view to progressive mechanisation was advocated by the Superintendent of J. and A. Brown, Abermain Seaham Collieries (Mr. J. Johnstone) at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →800 Miners From Five Pits Pledge Support for Rhondda Men
About 800 mine workers employed at five collieries on the northern field, who struck today in sympathy with the stay-in strikers, held a meeting at the little Rhondda settlement, and pledged their support for the men below the surface…
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Sir,—I think the Miners' Federation is irritating the mineworkers with the stump, Every pay day lately all one can hear is: "There is another…
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Coal production on the northern field slumped heavily today. With 14 mines idle, loss of output was about 15,500 tons…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A new coal cut may be opened up in the Western district at Ben Bullen. The Coal. Commissioner (Mr…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—Honesty of purpose was the main factor to increase production, said the Mayor of Lithgow (Ald. R. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Pension Scheme Criticised By Vic. Statistician
SYDNEY: "The N.S.W. Miners' Pensions Act contains very serious defects, which will inevitably cause serious trouble," said Mr. O. Gawler today…
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THIRTY-FIVE men, accompanied by the Vice-president of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Seanlon), last night came through…
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SYDNEY: The "Miners' Central Executive, discussing the present outbreak of mine stoppages with district presidents and secretaries from all States, today issued an appeal to all mine workers…
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Shortage of coal which made it necessary for the authorities to restrict supplies to the industry, combined with the shortage of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Oswald Gawler, Government actuary in Victoria, and consulting actuary to Western Australia, said at the Coal Inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of Former Mines Under Secretary
SYDNEY: Aged 73, Mr. Frederick Stapleton Mance, former Under Secretary of the Department of Mines, died today at his home at…
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