Queensland Needs More Coal
BRISBANE, Sunday: The Queensland coal position is becoming desperate, despite a production rise of over 500,000 tons…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
564 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 29
Light Fines for Absentee Miners
CESSNOCK, Sunday.—Sixty-one miners were fined £3 each with 8s costs for absenteeism yesterday. The S.M. said light, sentenced would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Loss 4610 Tons Yesterday
SYDNEY, Monday: Due to the idleness of five mines, employing 1457 men, on the NSW coalfields today the production loss was 4610…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—A new plan to secure peace in the coal Industry is being considered by the Federal Government, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →''Curtin Should Address Miners"
CANBERRA, Tuesday: Mr. W. M. Hughes, MHR, said today that the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) should, visit the coalfields and address the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Controller Of Coal Production"
CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Coal Commissioner (Mr Mighell) will probably be appointed Controller of Coal Production if…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hughes' Solution to Coal Disputes
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The only solution to the coal industry disputes was for rhe majority of the ners to stand firm and so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Losses
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Seven mines were idle in the New South Wales coalfields today, resulting in a loss of 6800 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italy Sends Gold to Germany
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP) —The British United Press correspondent on the Italian frontier says…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Concern Over Gas Companies' Coal Stocks
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The small quantities of coal held by the gas companies in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Mines Idle Gas May Be Rationed in Melbourne
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The small quantities of coal held by the gas companies in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are causing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →King, Queen Have "Ffast" in Colliery Canteen
LONDON. Thursday (AAP). — The King and Queen sat, down to lunch with 70 miners in a colliery canteen during an all-day tour of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Council Approve Communist Affiliation
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Approval of the Communist Party affiliation with Australian Labour Party was urged by the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"More Gold in Australia Than Was Ever Taken Out of It"
"There is far more gold in Australia today than was ever taken out of it: the authorities know only too well it can be found, but, for reasons of their own, they are doing nothing about it." An old prospector who tried his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Ofiicial Escapes to British Gov't May Take Over Certain Mines Abc Pmg Clash
LONDON, Thursday: The Exchange Company's correspondent at Ankara says: it is now learned that the name of the German CANBERRA, Thursday: The Commonwealth Government, it is reported, is considering the possibility of taking over completely CANBERRA, Thursday: A clash between the Australian Broadcasting Commission and its Minister, the Postmaster-General (Senator…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →House Debates Coal Strikes
CANBERRA, Friday.—Allegations that me Chairman of the Central Coal Authority (Mr. Willis) had told coal owners that if they gave the miners more money the Federal Government would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Allegations About Pay for Miners
CANBERRA, Friday: Allegations that the chairman of the Central Coal Authority (Mr Willis) had told the coal owners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal and Oil Plans for Middle East
NEW YORK, Friday: The New York Times correspondent at Washington learns that the British-American-Russian conference…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Position
THE coal position in Australia is becoming so desperate that the Government can ba justified in considering as a realistic war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trenchant Attack On Miners
CANBERRA, Sunday. — A bitter attack on members of the Miners' Federation was made to-night by Mr. E. J. Harrison, M.H.R. It was…
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