Northern Coal Output Best For Week
Coal production in the North yesterday, was at a higher level than for any day this week, but 4850 tons was lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
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Absentee Miners In Britain To Be Disciplined
LONDON, Oct. 29. A.A.P.—Disciplinary committees are to be set up at all pits, with power to deal with absentee miners under a plan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal For South Coast Now Board Problem
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Coal Board next week will have to consider getting coal to the South Coast to keep electricity and gas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MINERS, A.W.U. Meet To-day Strike Settlement May Follow
SYDNEY, Friday.—Union leaders hoped to-night that a meeting between rank and file members of the Miners' Federation and the Australian Workers' Union in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thick Coal Seam Found
BRISBANE: The thickest seam of coal yet reported on the Blair Athol field has been drilled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.L.P. Appeal To Miners
Coalfield branches of the A.L.P. are giving active support to Labour men contesting the positions in the Miners' Federation. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moderates Are Opposed to General Coal Stoppage
A survey of opinion on the northern coalfields today suggested that there would be opposition from moderate elements if it were proposed at aggregate meetings on Wednesday that northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North's Coal Output Up
Coal production in the North yesterday was the best for more than a week, but there was a loss of 3810 tons. Five mines and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Remanded On Assault Charge
WOLLONGONG.—Two miners were charged at Wollongong Court today with having unlawfully assaulted Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Times, Places For Miners' Mass Meetings
A representative from the South Coast District of the Miners' Federation will attend each of the aggregate meetings to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eleventh-hour Effort To Avert All-out Miners' Strike
SYDNEY: Intervention by the Minister for Fuel (Senator Ashley) may avert a general coal stoppage. The Minister today is conferring with the Superintendent of Australian Iron and Steel Collieries (Mr. G. Hindmarsh)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State "Must Act" To Check Coal Strike Spread
SYDNEY, Monday.—The State Government must act before the real strike on the South Coast spread to the North and West, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Coal Strike Begins: 2 To 1 Vote By Miners Today
A general coal strike has begun in N.S.W. Aggregate meetings of the men in the North and the West decided on a walk-out today. The men at ten of 16 meetings to be held decided by an almost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Address To Miners' Meeting
Mr. W. Smart (South Coast miners' representative) addressing the miners' aggregate meeting at Charlestown today. Seated at the table is the miners' general secretary (Mr. G. W. S. Grant). The meeting voted for a stoppage by 216…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Southern Miners Urged to Resume
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Acting Premier (Mr. Baddeley) to-day appealed to coalminers to exercise commonsense and return to work on the southern field…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Issue For The Miners
Coalminers on the Northern and Western fields will meet to-day to consider a recommendation by the Central Executive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →17,600-ton Coal Loss
The coal production loss throughout the State yesterday was 17,600 tons. In the north the loss was 4600 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Buys Sydney Building
SYDNEY: The Joint Coal Board has acquired Frazer House, a five storey building in Bridge-st., City…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Strike Threat: Negotiations Reviewed
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cameron), and the President of the Australian Council of Trade-unions (Mr. Clarey, M.L.C.) and the Secretary (Mr. Monk) to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Miners In Clash With Troops
PARIS. Wed. (A.A.P.)—Strikers delivered the first blow after a two-day truce on the French coalfields by hurling…
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