16 Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Tuesday: More than 11,000 tons of coal were lost to-day by stoppages at 16 mines, swelling the loss for the first two days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining & the mines, 1946
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Railways and Coal
SYDNEY, Wednesday: While he declined to comment on the threat by the A.R.U. that railwaymen might refuse to handle coal trucks for other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Mine Fire Under Control
CESSNOCK, Tuesday: A fire which broke out again in the abandoned workings of Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, on the outskirts of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Decide to Go Home
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The miners, at Invincible Colliery, Western New South Wales, went home to-day saying they would not resume until…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May Be Record Coal Loss for Week
SYDNEY, Wednesday: With 12 mines idle on the N.S.W. coalfields today, and a production less of 11.500 tons, there is every prospect that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Premier's Frank Talk to Miners Greater Output Urged
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Premier (Mr. McKell) to-day engaged in [?]ome plain speaking to coal miners' officials from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Pass Lost! Mr. Chifley's
"Missing—pass, gold, life—in favor of Right Hon. J. B. Chiefly: available all lines." This entry was among the list of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Chifley's Gold Pass Reported Lost
MELBOURNE, Thursday: "Missing—pass, gold, life—in favor of Right Hon. J. B. Chifley; available all line."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disciplining of Striking Coal Miners Urged By Federal Minister
SYDNEY, Friday: The Minister for Supply (Sen. Ashley) will ask the Federal Cabinet in Canberra on Tuesday to consider taking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Efforts to Increase Coal Output
CANBERRA, Friday: The Minister for Post-War Reconstruction (Mr. Deman) said to-day that the Federal Government, on conjunction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eugowra Gold Escort Hold-up Over 80 Years Ago
Eighty-four years ago, on June 10, the most spectacular bushranging exploit in the history of New South Wales took place on the Gates Road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Loss of Coal Production Conference to Be Held To-day
SYDNEY, Sunday: Since disciplinary action was last taken against coal miners—March 23, 1945— 3,000,000 tons of coal production had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disciplinary Measures for Coal Miners Conference Held in Sydney
CANBERRA, Monday: Plans for disciplining coal miners in New South Wales were discussed at a conference to-day between the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mines Idle
Six mines were idle on the New South Wales coalfields to-dey for a production loss of more that 5000 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Chifley's Gold Pass Reported Lost
"Missing—pass, gold, life—in favour of Right Hon. J. B. Chifley, available all lines." This entry was among the list of names of school children…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Restricted Railway Services Coal Stocks Still Very Low
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Railway train services in New South Wales would be maintained on the present restricted seale, while coal stocks could be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eugowra Gold Escort Hold-up Over 80 Years Ago (Continued from Yesterday's Issue.)
The domes of the resort were perforated in several places—in the arms, in the legs, and in the side; but this gang of murderous thieves escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Threat to Close All Coal Mines Engine Drivers May Be Withdrawn
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A recommendation tar a general hold-up of all coal mines to New South Wales by the withdrawal of 1000 men will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wide Powers for Coal Authority Production, Distribution and Mine Discipline
CANBERRA, Wednesday: Besides wide powers over production and distribution, the Federal Government proposes to vest the projected new coal authority with powers to discipline both miners and…
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