Baddeley Coal Bill Soon Before Caucus
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 2
SYDNEY: The Baddeley Coal Bill, immediate enactment of which miners' leaders are demanding to prevent the threat of widespread trouble on the coalfields, may shortly be discussed by Caucus…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 1
ATHENS, May 12. A.A.P.—The Bank of Greece has bought from the United States gold valued at 500,000 gold sovereigns, says the Exchange…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 3
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Following a conference between Federal and State Minister and officials of the Miners' Federation, the Minister for…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 2
WITH coal hold-ups at Bellbird and South Coast mines, the interstate coal pooand transport facilities are…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 2
The warning of possible reduction in the output of iron and steel through shortage of coal cannot be disregarded. Mr. Butler…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Monday.—The State Government is to take immediate steps to increase production in Victoria on all…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday.—A mass meeting of Federal and State Labour Parliamentarians will probably be held in Sydney on May 21, at…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 3
WASHINGTON, May 13. A.A.P. —The deadlock in the settlement of the six weeks' old soft coal strike continues with only three days left…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday.—Owing to the need for conserving coal, the Department of Railways had cancelled special trains, the Secretary for…
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The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 9
Lack of ventilation in mines was becoming a very grave problem on the northern coalfields, the Northern District Vice-president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Scanlon) said today. THE miners' Northern Board of…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 3
LISMORE, Monday.—Replying to representations by Mr. J. T. Reid, M.L.A., on behalf of Nimbin Primary Producers' Union, the Minister…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 1
Unless the flow of coal to the B.H.P. Steel Works at Newcastle was accelerated and maintained, production of iron and steel would again be seriously retarded, the Manager (Mr. A. K. Butler) said last night…
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The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 3
MELBOURNE: The President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) today asked the Victorian Premier (Mr. Cain) to confer with the N.S.W. Government about legislation to get a commission established to control the coal mining…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 4
The fortnight-old strike at Bellbird Colliery was endorsed yesterday by the Northern Miners' Board of Management. The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) will be asked to arrange…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 3
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Government action to modernise the coal industry to provide increased output must begin at the surface of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Safety Dispute May Lead To Mining Stoppage
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 4
Indications are that ventilation and safety disputes at three leading northern collieries may lead to a wider stoppage. Ventilation and safety are questions uppermost In mining circles…
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The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 2
Pour mines on the northern coalfields were idle today, resulting in a loss of output of a little under 4500 tons…
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The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 2
SYDNEY: The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) is in Queensland seeking to organise a conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owners Reject Demands of American Miners
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 3
WASHINGTON, May 13. A.A.P. —The coalmine operators have reaffirmed their opposition to the principle of a seven per cent…
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The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 2
WASHINGTON. Wed.—American soft coal mine-owners have rejected a demand by the miners' leader, Mr. John L. Lewis, for a 7 per cent, pay…
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