Leaders Meet on Coal Board
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The appointment of the two additional members of the Joint Coal Board was discussed to-day by the Prime…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
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Cost £350,000 More for Miners' [?]
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—[?] companies would have [?] 600 in. [?] wages in [?] by [?] employees for [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No More Strikes Say British Miners
LONDON. Wednesday. — Britain's miners have given an undertaking that there will be no more strikes, in return for an arrangement under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oboes "Worth Weight In Gold"
SYDNEY.—Mr. Horace Green, oboe player, who arrived at Sydney today from London by the Otranto, brought with him two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Coal Board Will Step Production
LONDON, Wednesday.—Nationalisation of mines will not mean any miraculous change in the critical coal situation, which will continue and may again be acute next winter, Lord' Hyndley, President of the Coal Board, said today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Reserves Will Last Out, But No Surplus
With mines due to resume work next Monday after a fortnight's closure, indications are that coal stocks held by industry and gap, electricity and transport undertakings, will be sufficient to tide them over. Hut spokesmen today…
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WITH the embarkation on an experiment of the greatest importance—the complete…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Shortage May Delay Building
LONDON, Thursday: The coal shortage has compelled East Anglia's biggest cement plant, the Mason Portland Cement Works at Claydon,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →'No Meat, No Work,' Miners Say
Unless the threatened closure of butchers' shops on Monday is averted there are likely to be serious repercussions throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Says Oboes Worth Weight in Gold
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Horace Green, from the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, who arrived in Sydney to play with Sydney Symphony…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peace Plan for U.K. Mining; "End Strikes"
LONDON, Jan. 2. A.A.P.—Britain's miners have given an undertaking that there will be no more strikes in return for an arrangement…
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LORD HYNDLEY, Britain's Chairman of the Coal Board, who on New Year's Day was ceremoniously appointed Chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Holiday Near End
Miners are due back at work on Monday. At least one mine will be idle. The Secretary of Elrington Lodge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Will Start Work for 1947 on Monday Shift
New South Wales coal miners on Monday will work their first shift for 1947. The pits then will resume operations after their annual fortnight's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Reserves Drop During Miners' Break
SYDNEY: The Coal Commissioner (Mr. H. L. Williams) today emphasised the necessity for maximum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1000 Coal Looters Arrested
HAMBURG, Jan. 5. A.A.P.—Police in the past week have arrested 1000 coal looters, says Reuters. Police swooped on railway points…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Ships Sunk by Mines
LONDON, Jan. 5. A.A.P.—A Russian warship brought to Helsinki 28 survivors of the Great Northern Telegraph Company's cableship Karla…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners to Resume Work To-day
After a fortnight's annual holiday, spent by many at holiday resorts in the vicinity of Newcastle, miners will return to work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Back At Work: Only Three Pits Idle
Mine workers throughout New South Wales generally responded well today for the resumption of work after their annual holidays. Only three mines in the State were idle, and absenteeism was reported to be not excessive…
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With the exception of miners employed at two Northern district mines and one in the Southern district, colliery employees returned to…
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