Protest Coal Strike In U.S.A.
PITTSBURGH, Mondays Australian-born Dr James Boyd, whose appointment as Director of the Federal…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
432 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 22
16 Mines Idle in Maitland Area
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Sixteen mines were stopped on the Maitland coalfield today for a production loss of 18,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Coal Loss Threat to Sydney's Gas
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The coal production loss in New South Wales today was 25,000 tons--the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crash in Placer Gold Shares on Exchange
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Placer gold shares plunged down to £5 10s on the Sydney Stock Evchange to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COMMERCIAL Gold Shares Firmer On Stock Exchange
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Placer gold shares revived considerably on Sydney Stock Exchange, and although not selling at their recent high level, showed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Workers Against Strike
LONDON, Sunday: The National Union of Mineworkers, in a statement regarding a threatened strike next week of members of the Colliery Winders…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Kid on Wool
A FROCK to set hearts in a whirl is this, in fine beige…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mackay Petition for Coal Line
MACKAY, Sunday: A campaign for signatures to the petition asking the Premier for a railway to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →500,000 Off Jobs Through U.s. Mine Stoppage
NEW YORK, Monday: Unemployment in Pittsburg as a result of the fortnight's mine stoppage ordered on Monday last by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Menzies Addresses Kurri Kurri Miners
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Crowds of miners who nine years ago booed and heckled him today rolled up in hundreds to bear the Leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr R. G. Menzies, speak at Kurri Kuril in the heart of the Newcastle coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Miners Increase Output
LONDON, Wednesday: Britain miners equalled the highest pr[?] war overall output per mansh[?] during, the week ended March…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Warning" by Miners on Sharkey Case
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation decided today to urge the Federal Government to withdraw legal action against the General Secretary of the Communist Party, Mr L. L. Sharkey…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Split in Miners Federation on Sharkey Issue
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A split has developed among Miners' Federation leaders over the prosecution of Mr. L.L. Sharkey, general secretary of the Australian Communist Party. The central executive of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →18 Miners Believed Killed
ROME, Thursday : A roof-fall is reported to have trapped and killed 18 miners m a coalpit near Albona, in Yugoslav territory,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quality of Nimbin Coal Discussed
Reporting on analysis of coal supplied from Nimbin, the Chairman, Cr C. E. Cox, said at the meeting of Tweed Shite Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Money For Miners
SYDNEY, Friday: Miners will benefit by interim award provisions affecting overtime and shift work approved by the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Coal Output Improves
The steady rise in Britain's coal output was maintained last month with production increasing from 4,301,000 tons in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Hits Mine; 40 People Killed
HONGKONG, Friday: Forty persons were killed and an unknown number injured when the Britisth registered Hongkong-Canton luxury…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Casualty List When Ship Strikes Mine
HONGKONG, Friday (AAP-Reuter).—Forty people were killed and many injured when the Britishregistered luxury liner, Miss Orient,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Maroon Miners on Mountainside
ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — Miners at East Mount Painter—Australia's only uranium fields—are marooned in their mountainside tents…
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