35-Hour Week Case Miners Claim No Loss of Pay
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Miners' Federation wanted a 35-hour week for miners without loss of pay, union officials told the Coal Industry Tribunal to-day…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Excelsior Miners Defy Coal Tribunal Order
SYDNEY: Miners at Excelsior Colliery (South Coast), who have been on strike more than two weeks, disregarded an order yesterday by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) to return…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal "Still the King"
ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Despite recent developments in fuel and power generation, coal was still the king in the iron and steel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steel Works Again Loses Coal
With production down at John Darling colliery and no output from Burwood, the B.H.P. Steel Works suffered another bad coal day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Derailed Coal Train Blocks Maitland Road
A derailment on the Bloomfield Colliery private line to the Thornton Railway Station about noon today caused traffic to be held up on the line this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Brief Minister's Plea To British Miners
Saying there had been a drop of 100,000 tons a week in coal production, the British Fuel Minister (Mr. Gaitskell) warned: "We are at a critical moment of our affairs. If miners fail to reach the target, Britain will have to reduce her export…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Host Favored for Big Randwick Sprint
SYDNEY: Tomorrow's June Stakes at Randwick is an interesting race with Mine Host selected to win from Brazier and Earl Pentheus. 1.0—Nursery Six furlongs…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →All Mines Working, But Long Week-end Will Cut Supply
All pits on the northern coalfields were working when today's shift began. Despite the day's good output the coal position affecting essential consumers will remain critical throughout the long…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Train Derailed
DERAILED COAL WAGGONS. About 30 yards of the private railway line from Bloomfield Colliery to the main line near Thornton Railway Station was damaged when a coal waggon became derailed yesterday and other laden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chifley Talks on Coal
SYDNEY.—The Prime Minister (Mr. chifley) said today that the special Premiers' Conference on controls would be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship Hits Mine 150 Lose Lives
COPENHAGEN, June 11. A.A.P.—It is believed 150 people were killed or drowned when the Danish ship Kjobenhavn (1668 tons) sank in the Kattegat after striking a mine a few miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Drop in British Coal Production
LONDON, June 11. A.A.P.—Saying that there had been a drop of 100,000 tons a week in coal production, which was necessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Limited Stocks of Coal Held by Big Consumers
SYDNEY: Most large consumers of coal in N.S.W. have only small stocks, a Joint Coal Board spokesman said today. He was commenting on a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters To the Editor. Coal Output
The cry of capitalists of Australia for more coal does not suit the miners. When the Miners' Federation asked the Government to set…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Consumers Hope For Good Output Tomorrow
All essential coal consumers in Newcastle are anxiously awaiting replenishment of fuel supplies from to morrow's coal output. Some of them may have difficulty in carrying on if there is any serious interruption of work at the mines after today's holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Hold-up Averted
A serious hold-up of coal shipments from Newcastle Harbor has been averted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Host Not For Doomben
SYDNEY.—Mine Host and Parraniatoo will not go to Brisbane for the Doomben Cup meeting. They are to be sent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Survey Of All States
MELBOURNE, Monday.—All States are to be surveyed on the chemical and physical properties of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Full Output by Mines: But Open Cuts Could Not Work
All northern pits, with the exception of two open cut mines idle because of the rain, worked to-day, thus averting any immediate intensification of the already critical coal position…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Free From Disputes
The Northern coalmining district was free of industrial disputes yesterday—a qualifying day for payment for the King's Birthday…
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