U.S. Mine Industry May Have "Czar"
WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—The Senate Banking Committee voted unanimously today to investigate the…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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New Spokesman For U.S. Coal Industry
PITTSBURGH, June 15. A.A.P. Mr. George Love, a director of the National Coal Association, said that a large segment of the northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Voted For Strike To Enforce Claims: Big Majorities
By overwhelming majorities, mineworkers throughout Australia today voted for a general strike to begin on June 27 unless their log of claims is settled to their satisfaction…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Chifley To See Dr. Evatt On Coal Crisis
CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Mr. Chifley said in the House of Representatives to-day that when he had received a transcript of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Stoppage to Proceed To-day Unions Told To Ignore No-Strike Order
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The nationwide stop-work meeting of mineworkers on the log of claims is to be held to-morrow. The Miners' Central Executive has sent the following…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Absenteeism At Mines Due To Rain; Big Coal Loss
The heavy rain played havoc with coal production on the northern field to-day. The serious losses of output will accentuate the coal shortage problem precipitated by yesterday's general mining stoppage. Total loss of production on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Prepared To Meet Owners
The Miners' Federation was prepared to meet the Joint Coal Board and mineowners, the General President of the federation (Mr. Williams) said at the aggregate meeting of miners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Vote At Adamstown Meeting
Miners vote at the aggregate meeting at Adamstown yesterday. Left: The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) addresses the meeting. The result of the vote at this meeting was 882 for a strike and seven against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Aid In The Mines
An example of the unspectacular, but valuable, work the Joint Coal Board is doing for the mining industry is the recommendation made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alycidon's Ascot Gold Cup Victory
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Alycidon, one of Lord Derby's three runners in the field of seven, won yesterday's Ascot…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Many Miners Did Not Go To Meetings
Fewer than half the members of the Miners' Federation in the North voted at the aggregate meetings yesterday. The membership of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Leaders Say Only Govt. Action Can Halt Strike
SYDNEY: Only intervention by the authorities could now avert a general coal strike on June 27, said the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G.W.S. Grant) today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Next Steps In The Mining Dispute
The miners' meetings yesterday were much better attended than those which authorised a strike on the Kemira issue last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour M.L.A. Urges Action On Coal Crisis
SYDNEY, Thursday.—In the last 15 minutes before the Legislative Assembly adjourned to-day a full House listened to the Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drastic Coal Rationing Scheme Likely Board Warns Of "Grave Inconvenience"
Rationing of coal was inevitable, the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cameron) said in Sydney last night. The board is believed to be preparing a drastic rationing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Halts Coal Output
Heavy rain caused a loss of 7600 tons of coal on the Northern Coalfield yesterday. Stoppages over safety issues and industrial disputes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →62 Ponies Trapped In Flooded Mine
Sixty-two pit ponies are trapped in flooded working of Aberdare Extended colliery, near Cessnock. Miners' officials believe that 22 horses in one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alycidon Wins Ascot Gold Cup
LONDON, June 17. A.A.P.—Alycidon, ridden by D. Smith, won the Ascot Gold Cup yesterday by five lengths from Black Tarquin,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Use Halved in Heaviest Rationing
Coal rationing announced by the Joint Coal Board last night is the most drastic New South Wales has known. In New South Wales it will mean—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →England Finds New Wealth Of Open Cut Coal
LONDON, Sat. (O.S.R.): Millions of tons of open cut coal, hitherto impossible to mine profitably, are to be dug in Yorkshire and other coalfields. In the past the deepest excavations have been 90 feet…
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