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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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Miners lodges in the Cessnock district will be asked to picket the 25,000 cons of coal at grass and in waggons at pitheads in the area. This was decided at a public meeting called by the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →There is no indication that any early attempt will be made to remove approximately 30,000 tons of coal in waggons and at grass on the South Maitland Coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →CANBERRA: A hint that the Federal Government' was considering some action in the coal crisis was contained in the reply to a question directed to the Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) today in the House off Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY: A threat by country order men at the City Markets to boycott the transport to perishables to the coalfields may interfere with supplies of fruit and vegetables to miners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Newcastle chicken hatcheries decided today to cease operations for the duration of the coal strike. If the strike lasts more than a few weeks, eggs and poultry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY: Vital talks going on today between A.C.T.U. officials and leaders of the Miners' Federation are not considered likely to settle the coal strike, now in its fifth day, but may provide some basis for further negotiations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY: A statement issued by Federal Executive of the Miners' Federation today said that the men were clamoring for counter measures against the Government, including the withdrawal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The last coal shipments to Sydney for the week left Newcastle yesterday when the Caldare, Birchgrove Park and Hetton Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Prime Minister of Australia (Mr. Chifley) will talk on the present coal crisis tomorrow night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sponsored by a number of Newcastle trade unions, committees are being formed in various suburbs in support of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unable to buy coal through the normal channels, many people have been digging coal from "open cuts" in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBEERA, Friday. — Normal wages due to miners for work done to the time they went on strike on Monday will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The railways are not overlooking any coal in an effort to keep Zara-street powerhouse going. These railway employess at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PERTH, Friday.—Collie miners will resume an aggregate meeting on the coal strike at 10 a.m. on Monday, when Mr. J. Comerford,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Friday. — Mr. Hughes, M.H.R., said to-day he did not believe any threat had been made on the life of the President…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, July 1. A.A.P.—A wall of water 7ft. high swept through a pit in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of mineworkers at Cessnock decided to recommend to all lodges that they call meetings and arrange to picket coal at pit tops. The attendance was small…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday. —The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation to-day described reports of opening up open-cut mines and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Friday. — The Victorian Government will ask the Commonwealth to intervene in the deadlock on the unloading of 7000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS (West Virgina), July 1. A.A.P.—Mr. John L. Lewis, United Mineworkers' President, has ordered all…
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