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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The outcome of the sitting of the Coal Industry Tribunal in Sydney tomorrow will decide whether nation-wide action will be taken by the Miners' Federation on t he holiday dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Your evasive correspondent "A.S's." interpretation is something to be wondered at, for the Coal Barons have not destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Tuesday: The proposal by the Miners' Federation for a one-day Australia-wide stoppage on the coalfields, as a protest against the Coal Board's application for tightening up of holiday provisions, has been postponed until after the hearing before the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PRINCETON (Indiana), Wednesday (AAP).—At least 14 miners were killed in an explosion in the King's mine yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Wednesday: At Princetown (Indiana) today at least 12 miners were killed by an explosion in a mine. The blast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Communists were now concentrating on getting control of Mt. Isa where lead mines form an important…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LITHGOW, Wednesday.—One of the most closely guarded Government secrets, exposed after three months' private investigation, was confirmed today by a premature advertisement issued to the Press by the Commonwealth Employment Service in Lithgow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Australian standard of living would decline unless the coal shortage was overcome, the Joint Coal Board Secretary, Mr N. Stuart, told the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr Gallagher, today. The Miners' Federation President, Mr I. Williams,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Federal Government and Joint Coal Board are to spend £6 million on the development of western New South Wales coalfields in an attempt to overtake the lag in production. This "secret" plan was prematurely disclosed today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir.—I would have been surprised had Mr. "A. Brown", by the tone of his letters had either sympathy, support or shame for any system…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Thursday. — Miners' leaders will confer tomorrow before they decide on what day stopwork meetings will be held on the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY. Thursday. Direct action today by the coal miners, meat workers and electricians has placed NSW on a verge of an industrial upheaval which will dislocate industry and home life. Developments today were:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Miners' leaders will meet in Sydney tomorrow morning to fix a day during next week on which a one-day stoppage of all N.S.W. miners will be held…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Friday: The most drastic order ever directed to the Miners' Federation was issued by the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr F. Gallagher, late today, when he ordered the abandonment of next week's one-day aggregate stoppage on the NSW coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday—All coal mines in N.S.W. will be idle next Thursday. Stopwork meetings will be held on all coalfields in accordance with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday: There are grave fears that a general coal strike will develop from the decision of the miners' leaders, at the weekend, to defy the order of the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr Gallagher. Such a strike would immediately paralyse all Australian industry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday: There was a serious turn in the New South Wales coal crisis today when miners in 25 mines ceased work. All but seven of the stoppages were as a form of protest against the action of the Coal Industry Tribunal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday: The Miners' Federation was not represented on a deputation of union officials which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Monday: Victoria seems to be faced with more drastic train, gas and electricity cuts if Thursday's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Prime Minister, Mr Chifley, may visit the NSW coal fields soon to urge…
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