Wharfmen Not To Take Coal From Ship
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Victorian members of the Waterside Workers' Federation will not unload the 6700 tons of Indian…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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C.M.U.C. Silent On A.C.T.U. Coal Talks
SYDNEY: The secretary of the A.C.T.U. (Mr. A. Monk) said today that he had wired the Secretary of the C.M.U.C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Host Doubt
SYDNEY, Thursday.—After galloping at Moorefield this morning, Mine Host pulled up lame and may not start in the Winter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Troops to Shift Stacked Coal in West Preliminary To Work At Open-Cut Mines
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Army labour is expected to be used next week to lift 16,000 tons of coal stacked in the Lighgow district. This will be the first use of the Army…
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Top left: Wickham school children enjoying their soup at the City Mission at lunch time yesterday. Mr. Lamb, M.L.A. (centre) and Mr. Edgar Ross (right) addressing the Miners' Meeting at Swansea. Below left: John Fordham and Douglas Nye look on while Sister E. Durbin stirs the soup at the City Mission, Wickham. Bottom right: Scene at Swansea Miners' Meeting when the vote Was taken to continue the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Communist Defines Miners' Stand
PRAGUE, July 21. A.A.P.—The Australian miners were "prompted by the approaching crisis to take the offensive against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Save The Miners' Federation
The time has come for the miners to face the fact that they have lost the strike. It was light-heartedly undertaken, al[?]gh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Miners Meet
BRISBANE, Thursday.—The Board of Management of the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union decided to-day to call mass…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Members of the R.A.N. and Army to-day began unloading and transporting the coal cargo from the collier Haligonian Duke, which has been idle in port for five months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Coal Lift Finished
The coal lift of about 22,450 tons from Cessnock area finished last night when seven trains carried the last 2450 tons to Port Waratah…
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The Royal Australian Navy destroyer Warramunga approaches the Haligonian Duke, which, loaded with 6700 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letter Box Blair Athol Coal
It would be a good thing if a Federal Government would build a railway from Blair Athol to the coast and develop…
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SYDNEY: The Land Transport Group of Unions (70,000 members) decided to-day it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Police Arrest 18 Miners In Bed
TOKYO, July 21. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Two hundred armed police early yesterday arrested 18 miners in bed for having allegedly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cardiff Workmen Call on Miners to Resume
By a three to one majority, 1000 workmen at Cardiff Workshops today pledged loyalty to the State and Federal Governments and asked the miners to call aggregate meetings as a prelude to resuming work. Mr. J. J. Maloney M.L.C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Reaction To Govt.'s Army Move
Miners on the south Maitland field—largest in Australia—regard the Government's move to use troops to operate open-cut workings as the most serious development yet in the four-week-old coal…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—The Coal Board to-day granted Mt. Isa lead mine 50 tons of coal a day to keep it open on a maintenance basis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some Queensland Miners Working
Military Convoys are moving into the Northern and Western coalfields to prepare to work open-cut mines from August 1. Engineering equipment,…
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Redhead miners have again assisted the Lord Mayor (Aid. Quinlan) with his appeal for wood and coal for pensioners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labour Politicians Heckled By Miners
Labour politicians were heckled by miners at a meeting at West Wallsend yesterday. Two meetings had been arranged—one by the A.L.P. and…
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