Mine in Ship's Path Entering Queensland Port
BRISBANE, Tuesday: Shipping off the North Queensland coast is threatened by six British type electric mines which are adrift…
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"Only 24 Hours' Coal Supply at Bunnerong"
SYDNEY, Tuesday: "Bunnerong powerhouse has only 24 hours' supply of coal and the fuel position was never worse," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Mines in Two States Idle To-day
SYDNEY, Tuesday: All mines in New South Wales and Victoria will be idle to-morrow, when South Coast miners will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Is There to Be a General Coal Strike?
The rank and file proposals for a general coal strike are being debated in Sydney by the central executive of the Miner's Federation, which also…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Coal Strike Now Likely Men Demonstrate in Sydney
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A general coal strike in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland is now considered likely. More than 1500 South Coast coal miners, after a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nation-wide Coal Strike Miners Want Aggregate Vote
SYDNEY, Friday: Miners lenders decided to call aggregate stop-work meetings throughout Australia as from next Wednesday to discuss proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia-wide Coal Strike Looming Miners to Call for Aggregate Vote
SYDNEY, Thursday: Miners' leaders decided to-day to call aggregate stop-work meetings throughout Australia' as from next Wednesday to discuss proposals for a general coal strike. The aggregate vote of the men will decide whether there will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Coal Production Move for Stimulation
LONDON, Friday: More food and more houses will be provided for mining areas: In order to stimulate coal production, as the result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Coal Bill "Most Beneficial in World"
SYDNEY, Thursday: "The new Coal Bill is designed to give men working in the mining industries the most modern working…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Efforts to Avoid Coal Crisis Assurances given to Miners' Leaders
SYDNEY, Friday: A move may be made at the special meeting of the Miners' Federal Council in Sydney next week to defer the threatened nation-wide coal strike. The council will meet on Monday and Tuesday to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wonthaggi Mine Dispute
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Upon his return from Wonthaggi to-day after conferring with the local branch of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia to Aid Inquiry into Albanian Mines
LAKE SUCCESS (N.Y.), Friday: On Australia motion, the Security Council appointed Australia, Colombia and Poland to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loss As Miners' Leaders Meet
SYDNEY, Monday: As the central executive of the Miners' Federation assembly today for the meeting at which the recommendation on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chifley, Ashley Confer To-day On Miners' Claims
SYDNEY, Sunday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and the Minister for Shipping (Senator Ashley) will confer in Sydney to-morrow on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kimovale Takes Hogan Gold Cup Centuries to Jim Smith and G. SCHOFIELD Muttama Defeated By An Innings and 67 Runs
The final of the Hogan Gold Cup competition concluded yesterday, Kimovale defeating Muttama by an innings and 67 runs. When play commenced yesterday the Kimovale team had a firm grip on the game, having lost only 3 wickees for 285 in reply…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Is It Strike? Miners' Leaders Think Not
SYDNEY, Tuesday Before the central council of the Miners' Federation resumed its conference today to decide whether or not a general…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Only One Mine Working
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Only one coal mine is working in N.S.W. today. This is Ayrfield No, 3, which has nor linked to the Miners' Federation, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Strike Advice to Miners
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Miners Central Council decided to-day to recommend a no-strike policy to the aggregate meetings of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →7000 Trucks Haul Coal for Freezing France
Since the freeze hit France intensive work to boost coal supplies and the transport of coal has been carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Working Gold Mine Near Temora
A woman is working a gold mine at Sebastopol, near Temora. She is Mrs. James Haggart, wife of one of the four…
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