Threat of Coal Strike in U.s
WASHINGTON, Wednesday. Mr. John L. Lewis has threatened a strike throughout the country of 400,000 soft coalminers for…
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Big Fleet of Planes For Mining Firms
MELBOURNE, Friday: Major mining interests in Australia have worked out plans to use the biggest fleet of privately owned passenger…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: With eight mines idle in the north today, coal production loss will be about 10,000 tons, the greatest for some weeks…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday: Causing interference to electrical equipment, a sparrow was responsible for a 300-ton production loss at Tyldesley colliery…
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WASHINGTON, Tues. (A.A.P.): The Government has agreed to discuss a new contract for coalminers with Mr. John L. Lewis, president…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Soldiers Killed Palestine Land Mine
JERUSALEM, Friday: It is officially announced that two British soldiers were killed and two seriously injured when an Army truck, near an airport…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike If Enginemen Withdrawn
SYDNEY, Friday: If any winding-engine drivers are withdrawn from engine houses while men are below ground, coal production will…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Announcement of a new State Colliery at Awaha, near Lake Macquarie is expected shortly. It is planned to…
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SYDNEY, Sunday:. "If present coal losses continue, consideration will have to be given to abandoning the back Saturday shifts on…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Back Saturday work on the northern N.S.W. coalfields has increased absenteeism among mine workers during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Craze Strikes Gundagai . Prospectors Hunt For Hidden Treasure
Fortunes have been won and lost in the Gundagai district by men who have sought that highly precious metal—gold. Among the towns in Australia famed for its gold mines, Gundagai is to the forefront, and although all big workings, such as the Long Tunnel have…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: The miners' general president (Mr Wells) and the general secretary (Mr. Grant) have accepted invitations to be…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday: Working of the back Saturday shift on the northern New South Wales coal mines is jeopardised by the action…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Note to Albania On Mining of Two Destroyers
LONDON Sunday: Britain has sent a note to Albania, through Belgrade, on the subject of mines in the Corfu channel. Two British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Craze Strikes Gundagai
Fortunes have been won and lost in the Gundagai district by men who have sought that highly precious metal — gold. Among the towns in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Kills Nine of Trawler Crew
LONDON, Friday: Nine members of the crew of a trawler were killed when a mine became entangled in their nets and exploded…
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KALGOORLIE, Monday: Estimated to be worth about £245,000, a gold discovery by a syndicate of 11 men, mostly Italians, is hailed as the most…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet Coal Output Misses Target
MOSCOW, Sunday (A.A.P.): The newspaper "Pravda" has demanded an investigation into the unsatisfactory work in Russian coal mines,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Richmond Miners Want Presidency Ballot to Proceed
NEWCASTLE, Sunday: The first move against the decision of the Miners' Central Council last week to reopen nominations for the…
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