Big Reduction in Miners
CANBERRA, Monday: Two thousand five hundred miners have left the coal industry in the past few months apart from…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Duke Meets Miners Underground
The Superintendent of Broken Hill Pty. collieries (Mr. J. Fallins), explained to the Duke the operation of a mechanical unit,…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—A coal conference today between the Commonwealth Government and the colliery proprietors brought the coal crisis no nearer to solution…
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CANBERRA, Monday: The coal owners, in their conference today with the Commonwealth Government, are believed to have supported, in principle, continued Commonwealth control of the distribution and marketing of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BOWLS Don McIntosh Presents Gold Thistles For Rink Competitions
At the green on Saturday the club secretary, Mr. D. J. McIntosh, who is also president of the Far North Coast Association, presented four gold thistles to the club as trophies for a challenge rink competition. He outlined the conditions of play for the trophies and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Crisis Rises in United States Unionssay They Will Defeat Truman
WASHINGTON, Monday (AAP).—A last minute third attempt by President Truman to end the coal dispute at the White House conference with the Miners' President (Mr. Lewis) failed. One hundred and fifty troops, including an armoured detachment…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The removal of the threatened coal strike is believed to have been achieved at to-day's conference between the Commonwealth Government and representatives for miners…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday: Respite from the threat of a coal strike, if not it's immediate removal, is believed to have been achieved at today's conference between the Government and representatives of the miners. The general impression gained after the conference…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday: A settlement of the 43-day old coal strike within 48 hours is forecast…
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP).—A settlement of the 43-day coal strike within 48 hours is forecasted as the Secretary for the Interior (Mr. Krug) announced some progress was made at the all-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Move To Pep Up Mining In Aust
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—An Australian Mining Council, comprising Commonwealth and State Ministers, has been established to consider plans for the stimulation of mining, export and import problems,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' General Strike Deferred
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A meeting of the Miners' Central Council in Sydney to-morrow would be asked to defer a recommendation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mid-Richmond Coal Tests Finished
CORAKI, Wednesday.—Boring operations in the Bungawalbyn and Moonem nreas to test coal seams and ascertain the extent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Progress at U.S. Coal Talks
WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP).—Further negotiations between the Secretary for the Interior (Mr. Krug) and the miners' leader (Mr. J. R. Lewis) failed to produce a settlement of the coal strike, but…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday: A long-range plan for Commonwealth participation in control of the coal industry, to ensure production in keeping with the extended Australian Industry economy,…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Foremost in future industrial developments in Australia is the rehabilitation of the coalmining industry. The Commonwealth Government believes it should be behind this…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — The threat of an immediate general strike in the New South Wales coalfields was averted today by…
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WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP).—The Secretary of the Interior (Mr. Krug) announced the bituminous coal strike had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Todays Short Story House of Hidden Gold
When Jack Smythe heard the wonderful stories of quickly won wealth which drifted back from the Victorian goldfields, he forsook his carpenter's tools and made his way to Ballarat. For the next two years, he drifted from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' Withdrawal of Strike Threat Sequel to Promise by Chifley
SYDNEY, Thursday: The threatened general coal strike throughout Australia has been abandoned by the Miners' Federation because of assurances given by the Federal Government at the conference with the miners' leaders on Tuesday…
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