Floods Still Reduce North's Coal Output
Not one Northern mine was idle by industrial dispute yesterday, but the coal production loss was 5475 tons…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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No Action On Coal Dispute; Liberal Charge
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Labour Party had, as usual, taken no action on the trouble on the coalfields, because it was not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Still Hope In Talks On Mining Crisis
SYDNEY: Hopes are still held that the resumed talks today between mining unions and the A.C.T.U. Emergency Committee will find some way of averting a general coal strike on Monday. The conference adjourned at 10.35 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Talks Continue, But Hopes Not High "Drastic" State Bill To Meet Crisis
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The conference called by the Australian Council of Trade-unions with the mining unions adjourned last to-day till 9 a.m. tomorrow without settling the dispute which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Miners' Board
The miners' Northern Management Board will begin its normal meeting in Newcastle on Monday and to continue…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners' Donations To Flood Relief
Miners' lodges on the Northern Coalfield are making donations to flood relief. Each lodge which has met since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Coal Sent to Sydney
Twenty motor-trucks moved 1200 tons of Cessnock coal to Awaba on Thursday and yesterday. The coal was taken to Sydney by train. Coal authorities said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Condensed Air In Mine False Alarm
What appeared to be a volume of smoke in No. 5 section of Aberdare Extended colliery alarmed men on underground…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Miners Ask For Bath Towels
A new demand by miners in the Cessnock district has the backing of their womenfolk The Aberdare Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lack Of Coal Ties Up Newcastle Shipping
When the freighter Cedarpool sailed for Melbourne last night with 9000 tons of coal, the last shipment of coal till Monday—and probably the last interstate shipment for a longer period—left Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike to Go on Grim Decision By Leaders
SYDNEY: A general coal strike throughout Australia appears certain on Monday unless some last-minute move is made by a responsible authority…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Coal Mine Working Today
SYDNEY: Believed to be the only mine working in Australia, Bartley Main, near Lithgow, produced 37 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nationalisation Of Mines Sought
Immediate steps for the nationalisation of the coalmining industry were advocated yesterday by the Newcastle Federal Electoral Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Proposals "Working Basis"
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Proposals put to the Joint Coal Board to avert the coal strike were not a hard and fast proposition but were meant as a basis for negotiation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipping Dislocated By Coal Crisis
With only oil burning vessels able to continue running during the present coal crisis, dislocation of overseas and interstate shipping services is certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Qld. Miners Report For Work
BRISBANE: Rosewood was the only South Queensland coalmining area where men reported for work this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Work in Mines to Continue
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mineworkers engaged on flood work in a number of northern N.S.W. mines, including Aberdare Extended, will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Mines Picketed; Denial By Officials
Reports that picketing of some northern mines by strikers had begun were today discounted by miners and Coal Board officials. Miners' officials at Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Lift Halts As Strike Starts
The appearance of pickets at some pit heads and along roads, brought to end just before midnight, the dramatic coal lift from Cessnock field collieries to the rail siding at Awaba…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Union Rules On Safety Work In Mines
In the name of the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams), the Northern District last night issued the following…
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