Control of the Coal Industry
Sir,—Your correspondent "A.S." insists on ignoring facts regarding the coal shortage. Here is what Judge Drake-Brockman said in…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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"Coal Shortage Jeopardising Steel Industry"
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Prime Minister wanted increased production and the industry was anxious to help, but the shortage of coal…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Secretary of John Lysaght (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. (Mr. J. Gould) said to-day that the coal shortage would cause…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The secretary of John Lysaght (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Mr. J. Gould, said today that the coal shortage…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Joint Coal Board will take action to outlaw all unauthorised stoppages on New South Wales coalfields. The Board will apply to the Coal Industry…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday. — A New Zealand Government representative visited South Africa recently to negotiate for the supply…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday:-- The Joint Coal Board will take action to outlaw all un-authorised stoppages on the N.S.W. coalfields. The board will apply to the Coal Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Grafton Cup To Gold Valley: Plunge on Repshot
GRAFTON, Wednesday. — Gold Valley, Newcastle four-year-old, won the South Grafton Cup to-day after being backed from 5/1 to 5/2 favouritism. Brown Cavallo was second and Parallel third…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Control of the Coal Mines
Sir.—Your correspondent "Victim" has certainly put.himself in a spot) of bother in his last letter. He quotes some unspecified summing-up of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners President Accuses Coal Board of "Low Trick"
SYDNEY, Thursday: The Miners Federation president Mr. I. Williams, told the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr F. Gallagher today, that the Joint Coal Board's application for penalties on miners holiday pay was one of "the lowest tricks to be played on any organisation." Sharp exchanges took place between Mr Gallagher…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—-Miners' leaders today decided to call a special meeting of their Central Council in Sydney next Tuesday to consider nation-wide action against the Coal Board's decision…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Showdown in View Between Miners And the Goal Board
SYDNEY, Friday: The Miners' Federation leaders today decided not to co-operate with the Joint Coal Board in stepping up production until the board withdrew its application to the Coal Industry Tribunal to make the holiday provision of the miners' award more stringent. This development in the coal crisis is regarded as…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: The General President of the Miners' Federation, Mr. I. Williams. said tonight that there was no…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Aggregate meetings of coalminers may be called as a protest against the decision of the Joint Goal Board…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: The action taken by the Joint Coal Board to speed up production and prevent unauthorised…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Use of Mine Detectors In Will Hunt
LONDON, Sunday: Mine detectors are being used to search for the missing will of the fabulously wealthy Mrs…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—All mining unions, covering 23,000 mineworkers on the Australian coalfields, have agreed on a common policy against…
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SYDNEY, Monday: A meeting of the Combined Mining Unions' Council today decided to support the Miners' Federation in any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saturday Demurrage on Council Coal "Working Day," But No Staff
Following unsuccessful appeals to the Railway Department to have Saturday demurrage charges on coal waived, the Health Committee of Lismore City Council last night recommended that Mr. W Frith, M.L.A., be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reasons for Coal Shortage
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The productive capacity of the New South Wales coal industry under private ownership had fallen…
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