Queensland Mine Owners' Warning
BRISBANE, Thursday:—Warnings that any action deemed necessary will be taken if the coal miners in Queensland decide to abandon arbitration as…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
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Coal Shortage in Germany
BERLIN, Wednesday:— The continued coal shortage has resulted in a decree forbidding the supply of coal to places of entertainment. Many…
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LONDON. Wednesday:— In a statement on the British coal position made in the House of Commons today, the Minister for Transport (Mr…
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Pressed by insistent questioners in the House of Commons this afternoon, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) admitted that the only way…
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MELBOURNE, Friday:—When discussions were resumed to-day on the Newmarket-Australian Cup double the most discussed horse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Owners Reply to Unions in Coal Dispute Sydney
The colliery proprietors to-night reiterated that they were not prepared to meet the combined mining unions to discuss any variation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Combined Mining Unions Could Stand Two Months' Strike Sydney
The immediate resources of the combined mining unions were sufficient to sustain all minor workers for two months in the event of a general strike,…
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LONDON, Sunday:—A Stockholm message says that Sweden is going off the gold standard. The Cabinet has decided to establish…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Leader Rejects Hughes's Suggestion
MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—No settlement of the coal dispute could be based on the suggestions made by the Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) said the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday:— The coalminers in New South Wales will be asked by their leaders to remain working pending the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Battleship Was Damaged by Mine Revealed by Churchill
LONDON, Tuesday:— The disclosure that the battleship H.M.S. Nelson (33,950 tons) had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Threat of Coal Strike A.c.t.u. Postpones Meeting
MELBOURNE, Wednesday:— As the Australasian Council of Trade Unions is concerned vitally by the threat of a coal mine strike, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newmarket Betting Pure Gold and Graceful Mover Lose Favour MELBOURNE
Pure Gold and Graceful Mover, two Newmarket Handicap candidates, lost favour for that race as a result of their display in the Newmarket Trial Stakes at Mentone…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →'Story Of Magnetic Mines Reads Like Detective Fiction' :— Churchill's Review of War at Sea:—british Navy "On Top" Damage To Flagship Revealed LONDON
The success of the British Navy in coping with German submarines and mines was emphasised in the House of Commons to-day by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Churehill) in introducing the Navy Estimates…
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ROME, Wednesday:—Forty-six miners were killed and 50 injured in a colliery disaster due to a gas explosion at Arsia, near, Pola…
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LONDON, Thursday:—Norway, Denmark and Sweden have decided to ask each of the belligerents to stop laying mines. The…
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SYDNEY, Thursday:—It was announced to-night that representatives of the Miners' Federation would recommend to the next…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday:—No last-minute intervention in the coal trouble was contemplated by the Commonwealth Government,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Dispute Unofficial Strike From Will North Reject Leaders' Advice Sydney
The coal mining strike throughout Australia commenced unofficially as from midnight to-night, although…
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SYDNEY, Friday:—It was learned to-day, that engineers and engine-drivers employed in coal mines are determined to…
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