Freight on Coal to Wagga Efforts to Obtain Reduction
Unsuccessful efforts to secure a reduction in the railway freight on gas-making coal for Wagga were reviewed in a report presented to last…
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Coal Shortage Primary Producers Hard Hit Truck Needs Not Met
STONEY, Friday: During the week ended November 20, applications were made to 'the Railway Department for 35.216 trucks, but it was possible to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Loss Far Exceeds Savings
SYDNEY, Sunday: Though 30,000 tons of coal had been saved through fuel economies this month, 70,000 tons have been lost through mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Only One Mine Idle. SYDNEY
Wongawilla colliery on the south coast, was the only mine idle to-day in New South Wales. A production loss of about one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Mine Idle
SYDNEY, Monday: Only one coal mine in all NSW was idle to-day—Wongawi[?]la to the south, where about 400 are employed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Price of Gold
SYDNEY, Monday: The Commonwealth Bank will announce tomorrow the price of gold per ounce, fine, lodged in the mint to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mt. Kembia Miners Fined for Absenteeism
WOLLONGONG, Monday: There were means of settling disputes Without resorting to stoppages, said Mr. Pickup, SM, at a special…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All N.s.w. Mines Working!
SYDNEY, Tuesday: All N.S.W. coal mines are working today. This is a record equalled on only one other day this year. The last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Fatality
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday: Richard Thompson, aged 52 years. West Maitland deputy, was killed instantly when a fall occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Mines Working
SYDNEY, Tuesday: All NSW coal mines worked to-day, and as a result the production loss this week has so been restricted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five For Trial Coal Conspiracy Charges
BRISBANE, Tuesday: At the conclusion of evidence for the prosecution in the coal ca[?] to-day the magistrate committed for trial five men,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Although there were no industrial disputes on the New South Wales coalfields to-day, two mines were idle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price of Gold
SYDNEY, Thursday: The Commonwealth Bank has fixed the price of gold lodged at the mint to-day at £10/9/ per ounce fine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Idle Mines Wheeler and Timber Disputes
SYDNEY, Thursday: The industrial peace which had lasted on the New South Wales coalfields for some days ended to-day when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Consumption Big Increase Since War Began
SYDNEY, Thursday: The consumption of coal by Government controlled railways had jumped from a little over 2,000,000 tons since the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Idle Mines
SYDNEY, Friday: Despite the fact that three mines were idle on NSW coalfields to-day the total loss in coal production this week amounts to only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Federation President and Secretary Re-elected
SYDNEY, Friday: Mr. H. Wells has been reflected general president and Mr. G. W. S. Grant general secretary of the Miners' Federation. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Wages Garnisheed for Non-payment of Finis for Absenteeism
SYDNEY, Friday: Wages of 58 northern miners were garnisheed to-day for non-payment of fines imposed for absenteeism. The mines and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Send Strike Leaders to New Guinea" Suggested Remedy For Coal Stoppages
Discussing the coal position in he Legislative Assemble, Mr S. [?] Dickson (C.P. Temora) point. [?]d out that we were rationing coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Christmas Holidays for Miners
CANBERRA. Monday: The Minister for Supply (Air Beasley) has determined that miners may be granted leave over the Christmas period from…
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