102,000 Coal Miners Resume
NEW YORK, Tuesday (AAP). -- About 102,000 coal miners returned to work yesterday, but nearly 1,000,000 coal and steel workers…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
432 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 19 of 22
Joint Coal Board Opposes 35 Hours
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Any reduction in the working hours in the coal industry would reduce production and involve a danger to the community, Mr. W. S. Winning (for the Joint Coal Board) told the…
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The Governor's Escort of the Gold Coast Moustal Police, who have been attending functions in London, recently paraded in their full dress at Horse Guards Parade, London. During their parade the police were filmed by the Colonial Film Unit and copies of the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Official figures released by the Joint Coal Board tonight show that N.S.W. mines so far this year, up to last…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.--Coal Mines Insurance Pty. Ltd., a registered company in which the Joint Coal Beard he'd shares, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stopwork Meeting of Q'land Miners
BRISBANE, Friday. -- Stopwork meetings of Queensland miners will be held next week, as a protest against a decision of a Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Move to Finance Miners' Leave
CANBERRA, Tuesday.-- The Prime Minister (Mr. Chi[?]) announced that Cabinet today recommended the introduction of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blackmarket in Free Coal Alleged
SYDNEY, Wednesday.-- Blac[?]marketing in coal supplied free to Burwood mine employees for household use, was alleged at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sale of "Free" Coal Old Practice
SYDNEY, Thursday. -- About 50,000 tons of coal is given free each year to N.S.W. miners for household purposes. This is a little…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Excise on Coal to Pay for Leave
CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Legislation to impose an excise of 4d. a ton on coal was approved by the Federal Parliamentary Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Xmas Coal Stocks, Low If Open-Cuts Held Up
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The petrol shortage will probably hold up production from western N.S.W. open-cut mines before the end of this week. Unless production can be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Christmas Coal Shortage May be Averted
SYDNEY, Thursday.--A coal shortage at Christmas is unlikely, providing N.S.W. mineworkers continue the present rate of production. It was revealed today that all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.s.w. Miners Asked to Reduce Christmas Leave to Avert Coal Rationing
SYDNEY, Friday. -- The Joint Coal Board today asked New South Wales mineworkers to reduce their holidays at Christmas from three to two, weeks. The board warned that if the three weeks were taken, coal rationing would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland's Coal Future Bright
BRISBANE, Friday. -- Two German scientists, who inspected Callide and Blair Athol fields, believe Queensland's coal future is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threat to Run Out Group of Miners
MONTO. Friday --Fifty angry farmers and miners at Mulgeldie today threatened to run a group of selene coal miners out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Firm on 3 Weeks' Leave
SYDNEY, Sunday.--"Members of the Central Executive of the Miners' Federation have made it quite clear that they will not support any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Stoppage In Mines Tomorrow
SYDNEY, Tuesdays.--The threatened stoppage on Thursday of ail northern N.S.W. mines, which would have caused a loss of about 35,000 tons of coal, will not now take place…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Q 'land Owners Reject Coal Board's Direction Strike Prospect
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Queensland faces the prospect of another coal strike because of the coal owners' refusal to accept the Coal Reference Boards decision. This was revealed by the General…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long Service Leave for all Coal Miners
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Central Coal Conference Board Chairman (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) today, [?]n granting long service leave to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Day's Stoppage in Q'ld. Mines Warned
BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- Unless the selene mine dispute is settled earlier, all Queensland coal miners will stop work for 24 hours…
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