Coal Inquiry. Drastic Measures Threatened Sydney
Mr. Watt was interviewed by the coal owners in Melbourne to-day. No information could be gathered from the delegates, but it is generally assumed if the…
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Mining & the mines, 1919
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The Coal Question. Federal Action. Melbourne
Mr. Watt had a further conference with the representatives of the colliery proprietors, and they intimated that they were instructed by their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nationalisation of the Coal Industry. London
Sydney Webb, giving evidence before the Coal Commission, supported nationalization. He estimated that it would involve the issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal to Be Commandeered. Mr. Watt's Announcement
A later message from Melbourne says that Mr. Watt said that he had had a further conference with the representatives of the colliery proprietors, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. Coal Inquiry. May be Dropped. SYDNEY
It is possible that some steps will bn taken to induce the N.S.W. Government to drop the Coal Inquiry, the contention.! being that the coal supply is a matter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Farce
The meek fashion in which we allow purselves to be over-governed by third-ate politicians, Federal and State, bids air to make us a world's laughing stock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commandeered Coal. Commonwealth Action. Counter Move to State Inquiry. Miners Now Sure of Increased Rates
The Federal Government has decided to commandeer all coal within the Commonwealth, and issued regulations yesterday morning taking the necessary power…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain's Coal Industry. Huge Cost of Nationalisation. LONDON
Mr. Webb, a witness before the Coal Commission, in supporting the nationalisation of the coal mines, estimated, that the proposal, would involve the issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Agreement. Mr. Holman Criticises Scheme "Exploiting the Public." Railways Heavily Hit. SYDNEY
Mr. Holman, referring to the commandeering of coal within the Common-wealth, says it Is perfectly true that Mr. Watt had arranged an agreement between the mine owners and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Agreement. Increased Wages Next Week. Extra Cost 3d. Per Ton. SYDNEY
Mr. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, received a telegram from Mr. Watt this morning definitely stating that the increased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increases in Price of Coal. Northern Collieries, 2/9 Ton. SYDNEY
A Commonwealth Government Gazette was issued yesterday authorising the acquisition of coal. It is expected that the cancellation of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Miners. Threaten Serious Trouble. MAITLAND
No fresh cases of influenza are reported locally. The patients in the isolation hospital are doing well. Two fresh cases were admitted to Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Coal Find in New Zealand Sydney
The results of a trial boring at Nine Mile, near Bulla, New Zealand, show a fine seam of coal. The outcrop and borings indicate that there are at least…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Scare in Melbourne. Economy in Gas Urged. MELBOURNE
The public in Melbourne has been advised to economise in the gas consumption. The manager of the Metropolitan Gas Company explains that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] a Day for Boys and Men[?] Only 30 Hours Work a Week. Claims of Barrier Miners. SYDNEY
The dispute on the Barrier is still unsettled. The A.M.A. and mine managers met to consider the claims of the A.M.A., which include a 30 hour week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Agreement. More Trouble Pending. (Miners New Demands. SYDNEY
Further trouble has cropped up about the new Industrial agreement with the coal miners. A mass meeting of hand laborers decided to ask that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Question
What is the meaning of the Federal Government mulcting the people to the sum of 3/- per ton by the coal advance. We have no doubt that Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortage of Coal in N.Z. SYDNEY, Monday, 6 p.m
The Acting Premier of New Zealand states that the coal shortage is so serious that the Government might have to cut off everything superfluous in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill Mines at Stand-still. Sydnky
A message from Broken Hill states that the whole of the mines are now at a standstill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Concessions to Coke-workers and Shale Miners. Sydney
The secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation states that the coal miners' agreement before being finalised will have to grant concessions not…
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