Miners Not to Give Up Holidays
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mineworkers would not be asked to forge their 10-day holiday break at Christmas to boost coal production, the…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Mines Expected to Resume To-day
All Northern mines idle yesterday are expected to resume to-day. They are Aberdare Extended (wheelers' dispute). Hebburn No 9…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Government circles believe that the Coal Bill will be passed by the Legislative Council without substantial alteration. Thirty-three amendments to the bill have been prepared, but the Opposition is expected…
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So far as the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation was concerned, no arrangement or agreement had been made to work open-cut mines…
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SYDNEY: The State Government must decide before next Tuesday's meeting of the Legislative Council whether it will, compromise with the Opposition on amendments to the Coal Bill, or attempt to pass the measure in its present form…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine's Year of Freedom From Disputes
LITHGOW, Friday.—Stating that to-day marked the first anniversary of the complete mechanisation of the Wallerawang colliery plant, the…
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IN THE wild scrub near Minmi one is apt to stumble across an arch of brickwork in which is set a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Talks by Coal Unions "Biggest Ever"
SYDNEY, Friday.—Proposals to be considered at an emergency conference of all mining unions in Sydney on Sunday were aimed at increasing coal production between now and Christmas, the General President of the Miners'…
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The issue in the Federal elections was: "Did we want money or coal" said Mr. F. J. Wilson. Independent candidate for Newcastle, in his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Week One of Year's Best
With a coal loss yesterday of only 2200 tons, the State had one of its best working weeks for the year. A continuation of such production…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal, Labour Shortages Hold Up Golf Balls
SYDNEY, Friday.—Shortages of coal and labour were the two main factors in the hold-up of adequate supplies of golf balls, the manager of…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—If any authority where electricity restrictions are imposed considered that coal stocks were adequate they could…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' Leader Warns Upper House Not To Emasculate Coal Bill
SYDNEY: "If the Legislative Council in N.S.W. is irresponsible enough to emasculate the Coal Bill, it will undoubtedly lead to a sharp deterioration in the coal position and the public will be the sufferer," the General President…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners to Vote on Back Saturday Work Plan To Build Up Coal For Christmas
Mineworkers in New South Wales are to be asked to vote on a proposal to work on back Saturdays—the Saturdays opposite pay Saturdays. A six-hour shift would be worked from 6 a.m. to…
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Only two mines on the northern coalfields were completely idle today. One of them was out of production as a rsult of a mechanical breakdown. Neither was a big pro-producer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines to Resume To-day
Stanford Main No. 1 colliery, idle two days last week, will resume to-day. The lodge Secretary (Mr. Richards)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour Confident Coal Bill Will Pass
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Labour Party members of the Legislative Council were confident to-night that they would be successful in passsing the Coal Bill without any major amendment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Friendly Discipline In British Mines"
LONDON, Monday: "Friendly discipline" will be the new slogan in Britain's nationalised coal mines. This will be one of the highlights in the major effort to change the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Bill May Be Amended
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Coal Bill may be amended to-morrow in the Legislative Council. The Opposition, it is believed, will be able to muster its full voting strength of 30 members. This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Ballot May Be Next Week
The ballot to decide whether members of the mining unions favour working on the mornings of back Saturdays probably will be conducted next week. After the conference in Sydney…
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