Hundreds Did Not Vote at Miners' Meeting Today
At the largest of the miners' aggregate meetings this morning—at Cessnock and Kuril—hundreds of men who attended failed to vote on the strike proposal…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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Coal Output Ruling 'Stop Production Till Dispute Ends'
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Central Executive has decided that no more coal should be produced in New South Wales till a satisfactory agreement is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Miners' Vote
The decision of the miners' aggregate meetings to go on strike must be accepted as an endorsement of Federation leadership in the Kemira…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Finance Problem For Miners
THE Miners' Federation goes into its strike with its back to the wall financially. The federation could not expect…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Coal Steamer
LONDON, Nov. 3. A.A.P.—The steamer Fort Vercheres (7128 tons), travelling from Hull to Melbourne, with a cargo of coal, has cabled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Coal Ship Afire
MELBOURNE: The Fort Vercheres, carrying; the first shipment of coal from England to Victoria, is on fire 750…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners "Still Anxious For Solution"
The Miners' Federation was still anxious to find a solution of the dispute and would do everything possible towards that end, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Miners Did Not Vote
The potential voting strength for the aggregate meetings of miners in the North yesterday was 10,000. Final figures revealed that only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Little Coal For Rail Services
The Railways Department had only 60,000 tons of coal at grass throughout the whole State, said the Newcastle superintendent (Mr. Juchau) today…
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NEW YORK, Wed. (O.S.R.): The Sunnyhill Coal Co. of New Lexington (Ohio) has demonstrated a giant mechanical mole which the company said may put half the world's coal miners out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →May Double Coal Line to Branxton
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Negotiations were taking place between the Joint Coal Board and New South Wales Railways to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Aggregate Meetings "Tried To Avoid Stoppage"
The Miners' Federation had explored every avenue to settle the Kemira tunnel dispute, the General President of the federation (Mr. I. Williams) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Action To-day in Coal Crisis Appeal To Public: Aid Government
The Government would take strong action in the general coal strike, the Acting Premier (Mr. Baddeley) said last night. The northern and western miners decided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Ballot Postponed
The miners' annual ballots were to have been concluded on Wednesday, the day on which miners held their aggregate meetings. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Call On Cabinet
SYDNEY: Miners' leaders today made a surprise visit to State Cabinet room…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Joint Coal Board Order No. 11. Coal Industry (Restrictions on Use of Coal) Order
The Joint Coal Board, in pursuance of powers conferred by the Coal Industry Act, 1946, of the Parliament of the State of New South Wales, hereby orders as follows— 1. This order may be cited as the "Coal Industry (restrictions on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strike Barricade at French Mine
The scene at the approach to a pithead in St. Ethienne, France, where striking miners erected rough barricades and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Secretary of Western Miners Unopposed
LITHGOW, Thursday.—The District Secretary of Western branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. H. King) has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Accused Of Capitulation
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The General President of the Miners’ Federation (Mr. Williams) to-night described the Joint Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chifley Backs Baddeley On Coal Stand
CANBERRA: An assurance that he would give the Acting-Premier of N.S.W. (Mr. Baddeley) his full support in any action the State Government took to settle the coal strike was given today in the House of…
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