Foreign Stamps for U.S.A. Worth Many Times Their Weight in Gold
A unique collection of British Guiana stamps, conservatively valued at £5000, has been flown by Clipper to New York for dispersal…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
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Miners Killed; Many Entombed Following Explosion
LONDON, Thursday:-- Six men are known to have been killed and 44 others are entombed as a result of an explosion which occurred this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clippers Take Stamps for U.s.a. Worth Many Times Weight in Gold
A unique collection of British Guiana stamps, conservatively valued at £5000, has been flown by Clipper to New York for dispersal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fifteen Coal Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Monday. — Fifteen of the 54 mines on the northern field were idle to-day, because of a dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Closure of Coal Mines Curtin Calls for Report
CANBERRA, Monday: -- The Prime Minister (Mfr. Curtin) called to-day for a report from the Chairman of the Federal Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike Affects 2800 Employees
SYDNEY, Monday: The production of 10,000 tons of coal daily will be Iqs[?] has the result of a strike of 2800 employees of mines controlled by J. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Cruiser and Destroyer Sunk by Mines
LONDON, Sunday:-- The Admiralty has announced that the cruiser H.M.S. Neptune, of 7175 tens, and the destroyer H.M.S…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clipper's Foreign Stamps Worth Their Weight In Gold
A unique collection of British Guinea stamps, conservatively valued at £3000, has been flown by Clipper to New York for dispersal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →30 Coal Mines Idle "Govt. Will Take Action" CURTIN
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) made it clear to-day that any interruption in the production of coal will not be tolerated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Curtin's Final Warning to Coal Miners
CANBERRA, Wednesday: A final warning was telegraphed to the Coal and Shale Miners Federation by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Instructed To Resume Work Production Loss Of 90,000 Tons
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Some hope of a settlement of the coal dispute was indicated to-day when the Northern Miners' committee of management, governing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Indications Coal Strike May Collapse
CANBERRA, Thursday:-- In an effort to avert a serious situation which would develop in the Labor movement in New South Wales if…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Told to Return to Work
A direction to all members of the Mining Federation who had ceased work to return to their employment was given by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Must Resume Work To-Day Govt Ultimatum
SYDNEY, Thursday. — A direction to all members of the Mining Federation who had ceased work to return to their employment was given by the executive of the organisation to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Govt. Moves to End Coal Strike Miners Given Until Monday To Resume
CANBERRA, Friday:--Because there was no general resumption of work in N.S.W. coalfields this morning, the Federal Government promulgated at noon the new order making it an offence against the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nth. Coast Coal Post-war Development
CASINO, Friday.—At to-day's meeting of Tomki Shire Council Cr. G. L. Whitehead, delegate to the Clarence River…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Govt. Ultimatum Rejected by Miners Security Regulations Gazetted
CANBERRA, Friday.—Drastic action under the National Security Act was taken to-day by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to ensure a continuous production of coal in Australia. Acting immediately after he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dead Line in Mines Dispute To-day
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Miners' Federation officials believe there will be no necessity to apply the Commonwealth coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bulli Miners Defy Govt. Order
SYDNEY, Monday.—Because of the refusal of an over age miner to retire on pension, 360 miners at the Old Bulli colliery on the South Coast did not start work this morning, but, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Mines But One Resume
SYDNEY, Monday:--All mines on the northern coalfields and all except one on the southern field resumed work to-day…
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