Shipping Man Backs Firemen; Coal Complaint
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Five ships were held up in Melbourne to-day because their firemen would not use the bunker coal available…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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U.S. Agents On Track Of Gold Smuggling Ring
ROTTERDAM, Oct. 7. A.A.P.—United States Customs agents in London have been ordered to Rostterdam to investigate what is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Northern Mine Idle
Northern coal production was high again yesterday. John Darling was the only mine idle, for a production loss of 1500 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meeting Isolates Coal Dispute
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Kemira tunnel dispute will be confined, for the present, to South Coast coalfields. Miners' leaders decided this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Mines Worked Saturday Shift
All mines on the northern coalfields were at work far the back-Saturday shift today. The day's working on the field will add an estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners To Vote On Convention Decisions
Northern miners will vote on National Convention decisions at meetings to-morrow. The convention decisions set down the lines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Bashings Denied
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) to-day challenged a spokesman for 60 men involved in a South Coast demarcation dispute to debate the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Meetings Poorly Attended
Aggregate meetings of Northern miners called yesterday to vote on National Convention decisions were poorly attended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Miners' Holidays
By 30 votes to 25 dele[?] of northern miners ledi[?] today rejected a proposal for splitting annual helldays to take two weeks at Christ[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Moves to Settle Strike of Miners on South Coast
SYDNEY: Hopes are held that a solution to the South Coast coal strike will be found before the expiry of the deadline set by the miners, when they propose to consider extending the stoppage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2300-Ton Coal Loss
Coal production loss on the Northern coalfields yesterday was 2300 tons. The North tunnel of Neath…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →20 Mines Work Full Time
At least 20 mines worked full time of 11 days, including the back Saturday, on Northern fields in the past fortnight. Details furnished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Could Still End Coal Dispute"
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Miners' Federation was still prepared to negotiate on the Kemira tunnel dispute, which has thrown all South Coast mines idle, the Miners' General President (Mr. Williams)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners To Vote On Holiday Issue
MINERS WILL vote at pit-top meetings to-day and to-morrow on whether to take three weeks' annual holiday at Christmas, or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legion Misses On Coal Board Grant
A request for a donation from the Joint Coal Board towards establishment of Newcastle Ex-servicemen's Legion clubrooms could…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press South Coast Coal Parley
There will be a conference at Wellongong tomorrow, attended by representatives of Australian Iron and Steel the contractors, Combined…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Get More Coal In Queensland With Borers"
BRISBANE, Monday.—If power borers were installed in Queensland mines, the Miners' Federation guaranteed an increase in coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Holiday at Christmas
Northern District liners are to take three weeks' holiday at Christmas. Votes recorded at pittop meetings yesterday were overwhelmingly against splitting holidays to a fortnight at Christmas and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Doubts About Coal Supply For Rest Of Year
The surprise decision of northern miners to demand their full three weeks' annual leave at Christ" mas, coupled with the possibility of general trouble developing from the South Coast miners' dispute,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Open Cuts Will Close When Coal Need Exceeded"
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Miners' Federation had decided that if production exceeded demand, open-cut mines in Australia would…
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