Mr. Menzies and the Miners
Sir,—Most people closely associated with miners are aware of the futility of making threats. There have bees periodical condemnations of miners in…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Mining Pensioner's Plea
Sir,—Will you please allow me to say a few words in favour of the mining pensioner. In the first place we get less than the old age and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Losses Below Last Week's
With no work at five Northern and one Southern district mines yesterday, the State's coal production loss for the week was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Communist Wins Miners' Election "Herald" Service
LONDON, Aug. 23.—The leading Communist, Mr. Arthur Horner, was elected General Secretary of the Nation Union of Mineworkers, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open Cut Mining Hopes in Orchard
LITHGOW, Friday.—An applicant in the Metropolitan Mining Warden's Court to-day indicated that if a search for coal at Lidsdale succeeded,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Guinea Gold Has Bright Prospects At Cessnock Dog Races
A double winner at Tamworth a fortnight ago, New Guinea Gold is favored for the Paxton Stake (525 yds.) at the Cessnock dog meeting tonight. New Guinea Gold impressed when third to Rocchoe and Gaulitier at Cessnock in July…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →B.H.P. Collieries Praised
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The modern, healthy conditions in the B.H.P. Co. Ltd. mines near Newcastle contrasted sharply with conditions prevailing in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Surface Hands
Sir.—It seems surface-hands and second-class shiftmen employed in and around the mines are not of the chosen people in the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mines Drifting in Pacific
TOKIO, Aug. 25. A.A.P.—Pacific shipping was warned that 30,000 mines had broken loose from Japanese minefields…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seek Coal Distribution Committee
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Eight union leaders will ask the Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) in Sydney to-morrow to set up coal distribution committee to replace the Coal Commission until the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Industries Still Without Coal
MELBOURNE: Now in its tenth week without coal. Victorian industry generally will have lost by Saturday a total of 62,500 tons which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to Editor Coal Production
Sir.—The Federal Coal Bill does not give one guarantee that more coal will be produced. it appears that the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Only Two Mines in North Not Working Today
With only two mines idle, the northern coalfields had their best working day for some time today. Production loss as a result of the stoppages was about 2500 tons. The mines which did not work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Govt. to Include Penal Clause in New Coal Bill
SYDNEY: The penal clauses of the Coal Bill will not be dropped when this measure comes before State Parliament to-morrow. The bill will not depart in essentials from the Commonwealth Legislation, but will contain a clause giving the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain Will Subsidise Fuel Oil To Conserve Coal; Big Switch-overs
LONDON, Monday: The Treasury intends to subsidise the purchase of fuel oil by £1 a ton, pending the elimination of import duty. Thus it is aiding industry to switch from coal to oil burners in advance of the threatened winter coal shortage…
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The only two mines idle on the Northern coalfields yesterday—John Darling and Stockrington No. 1—are expected to resume this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Bill For Victoria
MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Miners; Executive will see the Premier (Mar. Cain) and Minister for Transport (Mr. Stoneham) on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Troops Search Jewish Village for Mines
JERUSALEM, Aug. 26. A.A.P.—Four thousand British infantrymen to-day cordoned off the Jewish settlement of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Coal Stocks Show Big Increase
SYDNEY.—Though overall coal production in the past three weeks has dropped, Railway coal stocks have increased by 14,000…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Meet To-day On Coal Bill
SYDNEY, Monday. — The State Parliament will meet to-morrow to discuss the Coal Bill. The bill contains a clause giving the…
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