Coal Mining Dispute
In the Legisative Assembly last week Capt. F. A. Chaffey asked the Premier, Mr. Mair, whether it is a fact that, under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1940
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"Return to Work" Queensland Govt's Advise To Miners BRISBANE
The Queensland Government has advised miners to return to work as a body. This was the outstanding point in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister's Warning Coal Strike Development SYDNEY
Declaring the coal strike had developed into "Practically a state of civil war for a section of the community in Australia," the Postmaster…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Miners May Call Strike Off BRISBANE
There is a general belief in Union circles that the Queensland miners will shortly call off the strike, irrespective of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike P.M. Meets Deputation CANBERRA
The conference between representatives of the combined Mining Unions and the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, lasted for an hour and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Strike
There are excellent prospects for a settlement of the coal strike. On Sunday and Monday Union delegates met Mr. Menzies at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Feeling at Coal Fields SYDNEY
According to reports from the Northern coal fields, the feeling for and against a continuation of the strike appears to be about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike Leaders' Statements SYDNEY
It is understood the craft unionists in the mining industry will consider themselves bound by the decision of the aggregate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike Sydney
There were no fresh developments this morning in connection with the coal strike. Excluding the Queensland vote, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Strike. How It Started
During his addi[?] MOree Rotari[?] yesterday, M[?] J. Taylor vice-president of the [?] South Waters Country Press A [?] and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Vote Against Strike
North coal miners have decided by 240 majority to go back to work. In some places secret ballots were taken. In others…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Strike Hopes For Settlement SYDNEY
The Minister for Works and Local Govt., Mr. Martin, announced that the restrictions on the use of gas and electricity by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike Over Work to Resume Next Week Financial Loss to Workers SYDNEY
A settlement of the coal strike was announced by the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzles, at Canberra, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Resume After 10 Weeks' Strike SYDNEY
The majority of the big colleries in N.S.W. resumed work to-day after tea weeks idleness. Others are expected to start…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Submarine Mines
Submarine mines are of three types—first, ground mines, which are usually of great size and laid directly on the bottom of shallow seas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Step-up in War Production Ford-Australia, Now Making Mines
As announced by Mr. Menzies, the Prime Minister, and important stepping up of Australia's wartime production has been made possible by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mechanical Miners How Britain Has Mobilised Her Coal Industry for War
The full power of production in the British coalfields is now mobilised for the first time for a generation. Within the past 20 years the mining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jungle Generator. Dredges Gold From West African River
The Gold Coast has been given an "electric interior" by British engineers. They have successfully "conquered" a portion of equatorial jungle territory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Railway Revenue Coal Strike Causes Deficit
Tabled in Parliament during this session, the annual report of the Commissoner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gold Standard. Exchange System
In view of recent agitation that donations made in Australia for the relief of British war victims should be paid in England free of exchange, an…
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