6355 Tons of Coal Lost Yesterday
SYDNEY, Thursday: The coal loss to-day was 6355 tons. Ten mines were idle, all due to disputes…
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Return of Japanese Miners Sought
TOKYO, Sunday (A.A.P.): General MacArthur has asked American commanders in China, Korea and the Pacific islands to give…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Interest in Hogan Gold Cup Competition Back Creek and Gundagai Lead In Points Table
The third series of matches in the first round of the Hogan Gold Cup competition was played yesterday The defeat of Nangus left Back Station…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria Cuts Rail Concessions Because of Coal Shortage
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Because of the coal shortage, no additional country trains will be run during the midsummer school…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →H.M.A.S. Ballarat Damages By Mine
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: V was reported to-day that H.M.A.S Ballarat, a corvette with tie 21st Minesweeping flotilla, was dam…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Industry Threatened by Miners Holiday Decision
Coalminers will take their customary 10 days' holiday at Christmas—threatening further disruption of essential services…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →B.h.p. Buys Coal Mine
SYDNEY, Monday: Australian Iron and Stec! Ltd., a subsidiary organisation of the Broken Hill Pty., is acquiring Mt. Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Grant Proposed
A Federal Government grant of £300,000 to rehabilitate the mining industry is believed to be one of the recommendations forwarded to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Railways Near Breaking Point Coal Transport
SYDNEY. Wednesday "The N.S.W railways are near breaking point coping with the demands for the interstate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Leaving the Industry Said to Be Sick of It
SYDNEY, Thursday: A tremendous shortage of miners, because "many men are sick of the mining industry and are leaving it,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Huge Coal Loss
LONDON, Sunday. (A.A.P.): [?]enteetsm last year cost Britain 14,000,000 tons of coal, and official strikes 2,000,000 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Atom Threat to Coal “Development Will Be Opposed”
Vested interests would inevitably oppose the development of atomic energy because of its challenge to coal, said Professors Sir James…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →B.h.p. Coal Supplies
SYDNEY, Monday: The announcement by B.H.P. that it had sufficient coal now to resume production at its Newcastle steelworks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →History of the Adelong Goldfields (Article No. 63)
Browsing amongst a heap of old records the other day I came across a very interesting document describing the township of Adelong in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goldfields Found in Siberia
MOSCOW, Mon. (A.A.P.); So[?] geographers who have re[?]ned after four years exploration of Yakutsk (Central Siberia)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Industry Problems Conference in London
MELBOURNE, Monday: The A.C.T.U. has informed the Commonwealth Government that Mr. H. Wells, president of the N. S…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nationalisation in Britain Coal, Transport, Gas and Electricity
LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): The British Government intends at a later the nationalisation of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lifting of Ban on Use of Electricity Criticised By Coal Controller
SYDNEY, Thursday: The Coal Controller (Mr. Mighell) to-night strongly criticised the official decision to remove the ban on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest (Second Edition) Australia-wide Coal Stoppage Threatened Newcastle Steel Dispute
SYDNEY, Monday: An ultimatum to the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) that unless be intervened in the next 48 hours to settle the steel dispute at Newcastle and Fort Kembla with the Miners' Federation and unions involved, steps would be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Resolution
SYDNEY, Thursday: The probability of a general strike on the western coalfield was increased still further by a resolution carried at a meeting…
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