Railway Coal May Last a Fortnight
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A survey had been made of the coal supplies for the railways, and the possibility of maintaining services, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheaban) said tonight…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
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No Strike Plan Change; Miners Will Negotiate
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The general president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) said to-night that there had been no immediate developments to prevent a nation-wide coal strike on Monday. He said rumours circulating today that the miners would call off the strike…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—Five of the crew were killed and eight passengers and five of the crew were injured when the 2950 ton Belgian cross-Channel steamer, Princess Astrid, struck a mine and sank off the Dunkirk beaches yesterday while en route from Ostend to Dover…
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CESSNOCK, Thursday.—After 65 [?]ntinuous hours struggle to save 1,502,000 tons of coal from fire at the Bel[?]bird Colliery, Cessnock,…
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CESSNOCK, Friday. — Miners at Bellbird Colliery this' morning [?] moved the last of the hot [?] which early this morning threatened…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Joint Coal Board is considering proposals aimed at averting the general coal strike on Monday. The proposals, which have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Canderra Today Coal Spells Doom for Chifley
Coal may be the death knell of the Chifley Government. Defiance of the Coal Industry Tribunal by the miners has been a sharp reminder to all Labour members that all the attempts since…
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SYDNEY. Tuesday. — The Emergency. Powers Bill, which the State Parliament was hurriedly called to put through both Houses to-day, will give the Government power to take…
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Mr. Williams said tonight that the Miners' Federation did not intend to "wilt in the face of any action by the Federal…
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Police tonight patrolled the area at Beverley Hills where the general president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) lives…
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The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies) today invited the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) to go to the coalfields with himself and…
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NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP).—After failing yesterday to make progress, the United Mine Worker' chief (Mr. John L. Lewis) and the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Developments in Sydney to-morrow will give an indication how long the coal strike is likely to last. A.C.T.U. leaders will confer with miners' officials in another attempt to find a formula of settlement for the strike…
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LONDON, Friday (AAP).—While their wives stood anxiously by at the pit-head, watching a desperate battle between an improvised w[?]ch and rising waters, five Gloucestershire miners were hauled to…
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NEW YORK, Friday (AAP).—All American American soft-coal miners have been directed by their unioto return to work on Tuesday, at the…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — New South Wales Trades and Labour Couneil to-day condemned the action of the mining unions in calling a general coal strike, without having made full use of arbitration and conciliation. The council's decision was made after an amendment, calling for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Saturday, July 2, 1949. The Government Must Get Coal
AS FAR AS it has gone, the ft Federal Government has handled the strike situation creditably. Mr. Chifley's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Pendant For Bride
A gold pendant, a gift from the bridegroom, was worn by Sylvia Enzabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs R. J. Hill, of Ruley's Hill, for her…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.—If miners in the Cessnock district thought they could go on defying the regulations, the town would have to…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Protected by 12 members of the police force, six Queensland coal mines in the Ipswich area were producing today…
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