Mine Stoppages May End
LONDON, Friday: The "Dally Express" says that the report that the National Union of Mineworkers, in return for the establishment of more…
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Britain's Coal Position Still Acute
LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P. Special Correspondent): Nationalisation of British coalmines would not mean any miraculous change in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Settlement Basic in Industry's Future
On settlement of the coal problem depended the industrial future of Australia, sold the chariman of the Sydney County Council, Councillor J. O…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.z. to Nationalise Coal Mines, Deposits
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday: All mines and coal deposits in New Zealand would be nationalised, said the Minister for Mines (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"No Need for New Coal Mines" "Wastage of Valuable Commodity Likely"
The opinion that there was no necessity whatever for the State or Commonwealth to develop further coalfields, was expressed by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Communist Party Suspends Mine Leader
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Mr. Harold Wells was to-day suspended from all positions in the Communist Party because he refused to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Pound of Uranium Equals 1500 Tons of Coal
One pound of uranium burnt completely in an atomic boiler would generate as much power as 1500 tons of coal, said Professor Marcus Oliphant, the famous Australian physcist. Spending a few days with his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Willing to Load Coal
MELBOURNE, Friday: Many people are anxious to volunteer to load and drive coal to gasworks to allow the salaried staff to make gas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peace Talks Proposed to End Coal Troubles
SYDNEY, Friday: The miners general secretary (Mr. Grant) today proposed a peace conference to end discontent in the coal Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Former Russian Ship Strikes Mine
HONGKONG. Monday: Forty-nine of 150 passengers and crew of the former Russian gunboat, Toishan, 700 tons, are missing as the result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hope Abandoned For Men Trapped in Mine
LONDON. Sunday: Rescue squads last night were working desperately to reach 14 miners trapped behind a wall of fire and rock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Coal Machine
A new British machine which should help materially to increase coal production in the United Kingdom is now going into some North of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's Coal Position New Scheme
LONDON, Tuesday: Owing to increased consumption of coal, especially for electricity, the Government has decided to cut allocations to "less…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fourteen Men Die In Mine Disaster
LONDON, Tuesday: After three days work, during which 14 miners were trapped behind a wall of fire in Buragrange shale mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bitter Attack in U.s. Court; Coal Strike Fines Appeal
WASHINGTON, Wednesday Union attorneys present it and peal by John L. Lewis and the United Mineworkers' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Idle at Lithgow
LITHGOW, Thursday: The vincible Colliery was idle again day as a result of a dispute about the payment for shifts lost due to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Tanker Hits Mine
COPENHAGEN, Monday.: Built only last year, the 8000-ton tanker British Earl, had to be beached after striking a mine off Denmark, while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strikes Threat Unless Act Amended
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Stoppages of all New South Wales coalfields will take place unless the State Government amends the Coal Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tore Coal Board Flag Down; Former Owner Dismissed
LONDON, Tuesday: A former colliery owner, who was suspended from his job as unit controller of the Orange Ash Colliery, near…
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