Rowdy Qld. Meeting Miners Reject Strike Action Motion
BRISBANE, Tuesday: Amid. uproar, Ipswich coal miners overwhelmingly rejected a resolution calling for more aggressive strike action…
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Q'land Miners Refuse to Take More Aggressive Action Railway Men Criticised at Rowe Meetings
BRISBANE, Monday: Amid uproar, Ipswich coal miners today overwhelmingly rejected a resolution calling for more aggressive strike action. Similar motions were also rejected at Booval and…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: Queensland miners, who had ceased work in sympathy with striking railwaymen, yesterday voted to return to work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Qld. Miners Will Go Back Today Serious Rebuff Seen to Communists
BRISBANE, Tuesday: Queensland miners, who had ceased work in sympathy with striking railwaymen, today voted to return to work tomorrow. This decision by the rank and file of the Queensland Colliery Employees'…
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As the producer of most of Australia's gas coal and of a major part of the coal used as a basic fuel throughout the Commonwealth, the coal-producing areas of New South Wales exercise a profound…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.s. Miners' Leader Defies Govt
WASHINGTON, Tuesday: The United Mineworkers' Union chief, John L. Lewis, yesterday defied the Government by refusing not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Gold Cup Soon on Display
The Wagga Gold Cup trophy for the big race on April 21 is being prepared in Melbourne and will be on display…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lewis Denies He Inspired U.s. Coal Strike
WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Forced by a Federal Court order to testify, the United Mineworkers' president…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melb. Jeweller Forfeits Gold
MELBOURNE, Thursday: Charged with having in his possession more than £700 worth of gold suspected of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Urges Use of Riverina's Huge Coal Resources Oaklands Deposits Estimated at 200-M. Tons
MELBOURNE, Thursday: "While Victorian and South Australian industries have been starved for years for want of black coal, a field estimated to contain 200 million tons of high-quality coal, suitable for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Civic Matters Cost of Sewering Akarana Area; Freight Rates on Coal; New Librarian
The Wagga City Council, at a meeting last night, considered a petition from 45 residents of the Akarana-Foxborough West area asking that sewerage be connected to homes in the area…
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Nominations for Wagga Gold Cup meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, April 21 and 22, will close with the secretary, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.S. Soft Coal Miners Defy Court Order
PITTSBURGH, Tuesday: The Nation's 400,000 soft coal miners yesterday defied the Federal Court injunction to end their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide Faces New Coal Crisis
ADELAIDE, Monday There will be unemployment, no electricity, no gas and total dislocation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Leader Gives Views on Vic. Threat
SYDNEY. Monday: The general president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Williams said tonight that if there was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →36 Horses in Wagga Gold Cup
The Murrumbidgee Turf Club has received 36 nominations for the Wagga Cup to be run on Wednesday, April 21, and 40…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Blain, M.H.R. Exonerated in Gold Pass Case
CANBERRA, Thursday: The Parliamentary Standing Comnittee on Privileges, in a report aided is the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Mine Stoppages Threatened
SYDNEY, Sunday: The general president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) said tonight that if the Joint Coal Board…
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SYDNEY, Monday: The general president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) said last night that if the Joint Coal…
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SYDNEY, Monday: The Miners' Federation today advised all Federal unions that serious trouble threatened in the coal…
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