Motion for Miners "Not Solution"
At meetings on the coalfields yesterday the Senior Vice-president of the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council (Mr. J. Shortell)…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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Army Gets First Newdell Coal
Troops lifted their first coal from Newdell open-cut mine yesterday. About 30 trucks, containing 275 tons of coal, were hauled to…
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LITHGOW.—Gas workers, employed at the Lithgow City Gas Works decided this morning to handle and carbonist…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South African Coal Cargo Reaches Adelaide
ADELAIDE, Monday.—The Culross, with 8800 tons of South African coal, berthed at Port Adelaide this afternoon…
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SYDNEY: Troops working on the Muswellbrook open-cut coal mine told the Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers) yesterday that they could practically double production if more motor trucks were available. Production at Muswellbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Reject Motion At Meetings In South, West
Aggregate meetings at Lithgow, Portland and Wollongong today rejected the recommendation by the Central Council of the Miners' Federation that the strike be continued while the Central…
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SYDNEY: When the miners returned to work it would be necessary to continue working the soldiers in the open-cut mines side by side with civilian employees, the Minister for Shipping and Fuel (Senator Ashley) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Resignations on Ship to Load Coal for Hobart
Three Newcastle home port members of the crew of the Dalby, which reached Newcastle from Sydney last night to load coal for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some Miners to Discuss Return to Work Muswellbrook, Singleton Men Call Conference
Representatives of miners from Greta to Gunnedah will meet at Muswellbrook on Thursday to discuss a move for an immediate return to work. A meeting of Muswellbrook and Singleton miners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal For Tasmania
Battening down the 2350-ton collier Dalby in Newcastle yesterday. The ship loaded 1000 tons of coal for Tasmania, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Addressed South Coast Miners
Speakers at the miners' aggregate meeting at Wollongong yesterday. Left: Mr. J. McGoldrick, of South Bulli lodge, who answered criticism of members of the Northern Executive. Right: The Acting Vice-president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Woods)…
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MELBOURNE.—The overwhelming decision of Wonthaggi miners to remain on strike raised the question…
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MARYBOROUGH—All mines on the Burrum field will work tomorrow as a result of today's decision by miners on the three…
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By a considerable majority several hundred Newcastle seamen today defeated a resolution which proposed the lifting of the coal ban that has prevented the movement of coal by sea since July 13. This means that the interstate freighter Dalby, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adamstown Miners' Division at Aggregate Meeting
Division at Adamstowu miners' aggregate meeting today which voted against the Central Council's motion by, 489 to 113. To enable the count to be taken miners stood on either side of the half-way line on Adamstown Football Oval while secretaries of local miners' lodges were stationed at a gateway to scrutinise and count the men as they passed through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nothing to Offer, Miners' Leaders Tell Southern Meeting
Two officials of the Miners' Federation told an aggregate meeting in Wollongong yesterday that they had nothing to offer the men. One of them said mineworkers in the north-west of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Four-To-One Vote To End Strike
Northern N.S.W. coal miners registered a four-to-one vote today against their Central Council's recommendation for continuance of the coal strike. The voting was a complete landslide against the left-wing Federal leadership, of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Talks On Use Of Army In Mines After Strike Ends
SYDNEY: The question of building up coal reserves in N.S.W. by use of Army labor after the coal strike ends will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vital Vote To-day on Coal Strike South, West Against, Victoria For Council
Miners on the southern and western New South Wales coalfields yesterday voted 1298—1022 against the Central Council recommendation, but Victorian miners supported it by 322 votes to 4…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Muswellbrook Miners Vote Against
Muswellbrook miners yesterday voted 160 to 6 against the Central Council's recommendation. Top: A section of the meeting…
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