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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
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CANBERRA, Thursday. — In the House of Representatives to-day the Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Fadden) urged the freezing of all funds of the Miners' Federation and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CANBERRA, Friday.—The Coal Production (Wartime) Act passed all stages in the House of Representatives at 7.20 a.m. after a 13 hour debate. Indicative of the fight put up by the Opposition to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Sunday: The South Coast miners today decided not to return to work tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—South Coast miners today decided not to return to work tomorrow morning. The men, who have been on strike since February 15, have already rejected directions by the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Monday: Today was the 16th day of the South Coast coal strike. The loss in coal production now totals 176,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Monday.—"The law in relation to coal strikes will take its course inexorably," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) today, repeating his warning of 12 months ago that in the national set up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CANBERRA, Monday: "The law in relation to the coal strikes will take its course inexorably," stated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It has always been hard to find gold in New Guinea, the worst country in the world for a prospector. Since the first discovery of payable gold in Sud-Est, (Misima) Island nearly sixty years ago, man after man, expedition after expedition has gone gold-hunting, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Tuesday (AAP). — Twelve thousand miners at 13 collieries in Monmouthshire went on strike on March 6 as a protest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—As a result of the coal strike on the South Coast heavy industries at Port Kembla have had to close down and other works engaged on urgent defence works will also close shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).— The Welsh miners' strike over the Porter wage award has spread rapidly and it is estimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Wednesday: In a tense and unexpected scene in the House of Representatives this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) told the House of Representatives to-day that he would be willing to stand aside as head of the Government if this would result in more coal being produced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Thursday.—Acting under powers conferred by the Coal Production (Wartime) Act, the Commonwealth Coal Cotnmissiosr (Mr. Mighell) has taken steps to exercise control of Coalcliff mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Thursday: The strike of the Welsh coalminers extended today, when the number of pits closed down increased to 156, with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Thursday: Acting under powers conferred by the Coal Production Wartime Act, the Coal Commissioner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Thursday (AAP).— Wales is now in the grip of the most calamitous coal strike since 1926. The spokesman for the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Thursday: Using powers conferred by the Coal Production Act, which has just been passed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest developments yesterday in the coal strike on the South Coast, which has resulted in a production loss of 280,000 tons, were: In the House of Representatives the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) strongly denied a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Fri.: An instruction by the Miners Central Council to the NSW Southern District miners to return to…
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