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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — If army working of open-cut mines in N.S.W. does not break the coal strike, the whole operation of open-cuts will be handed over to some union other than the Miners' Federation. This plan of the Federal Government was revealed by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Monday (AAP).—With the return to work today of the London dockers. Britain, which was severely hit by that crisis, now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Monday.—The first shipment of imported coal from South Africa—30,000 tons—is now on its way to coal starved N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Monday. — The Transport Workers' Union today began transporting coal from the Haligonian Duke to the gas works…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADDRESSING a strike meeting at Newcastle on Sunday, the Minister for Information (Mr. Calwell) revealed a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LITEGOW, Wednesday. —Coal trains, hauling 2000 tons of crushed coal from Ben Mullen and Renown Sidings to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—A delegation of six, representing the Scottish area of the National Union of Mineworkers, will leave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal production in Queensland is expected tn be more than half prestrike output by next Monday, when 32 of the State's 91 mines will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many new machines which will help in the further mechanisation and expansion of Britain's coal industry were recently placed on show…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said today that services personnel working open-cut mines would be paid at a rate not less than the usual payments to miners for this class of work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday. — A special conference of northern miners' lodge delegates will be field in Newcastle on Wednesday to discuss requests from many lodges for aggregate meetings to be held on the coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Monday.—Three of the largest Caledonian mines, west of Ipswich, commenced production this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday. — Preparations are complete for full-scale operation by troops of open-cut mines in N.S.W. shortly after midnight to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Tuesday. — New Whitwood miners, in the Ipswich district, decided today to return to work next Monday and not to strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IT IS REASONABLY probable that the coal strike will end shortly. There are indications of a growing demand among…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Army authorities have found evidence of attempts to sabotage machinery, being used in open-cut mining. At open-cut mines near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CESSNOCK, Wednesday. — A general strike by the Waterside Workers' Federation, if the coal strike breaks down, was planned by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Thursday. — In the Muswellbrook field, soldiers broke the production record of 2500 tons produced in one day. (16 hours) by regular miners, by crushing and loading 3379 tons in 20 hours. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CASINO, Friday —A train carrying about 90 tons of coal from the Junee and Enfield districts arrived at Casino station today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday. — The date for the working of eight mechanised underground mines by army labour is expected to be fixed in Canberra on Tuesday by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and the Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers)…
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