Wharfies Resume Unloading Coal
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Waterside workers resumed unloading Queensland Callide coal from the collier, Dumosa, today…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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New State Movement Justified By Inter-State Coal Arrangement
"If any justification were needed for the existence of the New England New State Movement, it could be found in the arrangement between N.S.W. and Victoria, whereby the latter State will mine coal in N.S.W. at Oaklands, near the border," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →U.s. Miners Refuse Return to Work
PITTSBURG, Tuesday (AAP). — Over 91,000 coal miners yesterday refused to return to work in the soft coal mines…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A further 160 coalworkers were suspended by the Stevedoring Industry Board for 24 hours this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Coal Loss in Stoppages
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Whether all or any of 27 mines idle yesterday would resume work tomorrow, could not be indicated tonight by the President of the Federation (Mr. Williams)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truman Calls for 70 Day Truce In Coal Dispute
WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP).—President Truman yesterday called for a 70-day truce in the coal mining deadlock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Truman Invokes Labour Law to End Soft Coal Strike; Miners Angered
WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP). — President Truman has invoked the Taft-Hartley labour law in an effort to end the crippling strike of at least 360,000 of the nation's 400,000 soft coal miners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Not to Co-operate with Menzies Government
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Central Council of the Miners' Federation today pledged itself by resolution not to "co-operate" with the Menzies Government. The resolution read:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£5m. Damage, Big Coal Loss by Rain
SYDNEY, Monday.—Widespread rain during the past few days caused at least £5,000,000 damage and a huge coal loss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Non-Co-operation By Miners Unjust
CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt) Said today the declaration by the Miners' Central Council this week that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Shortage May Cut Rail Services
SYDNEY, Friday.—Cuts in railway timetables are threatened by a serious coal shortage. The Minister for Transport (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unrest Threatened Coal Owners to Renew Claim on Holidays
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Serious trouble is threatened in the coal industry as a result of a move by owners for an alteration of miners' holiday conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Shot in U.s. Mine Clash
PITTSBURGH, Friday (AAP).— Five men, including four pickets, were shot and wounded yesterday, in a clash between 100 pickets and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Move to Postpone Application on Miners' Holidays
SYDNEY, Friday. — The Miners' Federation has applied to the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) for postponement of an application…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →2 Coal Board Scholarships to Lismore
SYDNEY, Monday.—The first year awards of the Joint Coal Board scholarships have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conference Called To Avert Strike Threat at Mines
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — To avert a threatened strike at 10 mines, known as the J. and A. Brown group, the Coal Industry Tribunal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Pickets Stone Firemen
PITTSBURG, Wednesday (AAP). —Firemen fought their way throusrh a band of pickets to put out a fire at a coalmine near Brookvale…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Temporary Truce In Dispute At One Mine
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A compulsory conference before the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) in Sydney today, failed to settle a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Emergency Steps To Conserve U.S. Coal Stocks
NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP).— Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois and New York State have adopted emer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Week's Coal Supply: No "Emergency"
SYDNEY, Monday.—A Joint Coal Board spokesman said today that it was "an over-statement" to say that a state of emergency had been…
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