Mechanisation of Coal Mines
J. W. Saywell, of Womberra, writes to the "Sydney Morning Herald": "I have worked in the mines…
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Huge Plant to Mechanise Coal Mines
SYDNEY, Friday—The Join Coal Board has placed orders overseas for £3 million worth of machinery to mechanise N.S.W…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: The Joint Coal Board has placed orders overseas for £3-million worth of machinery to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Large Consumers in S.a. Urging Defiance of Cut in Coal Quotas
ADELAIDE, Sunday: So far below barest needs is the latest coal cut imposed upon South Australia by the Joint Coal Board in Sydney that large consumers are openly urging the local coal committee to defy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria Forced to Copy N.S.W. Rationing South Australia Defies Coal Board
SYDNEY, Monday: Bitter protests are coming from Victoria and South Australia, following the announcement by the Joint Coal Board that if they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nationalisation of Coal Mines to Be Urged Plan To Go Before A.C.T.U. Meeting
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Miners' Federation will ask a full executive meeting of the A.C.T.U. in Melbourne to-morrow to support the nationalisation of the coal industry. A resolution to this effect will be placed before the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →12 Mines Idle Today Loss Exceeds Rationing Sayings
SYDNEY, Wednesday — The stoppage of 12 mines in N.S.W today lost 7945 tons of coal, increasing the loss so far this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Gold and Dollars Drain Less Than Expected
LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Britain's gold and dollars drain is lower than expected, though worse than the Government predicted last March. This was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Usage Up 8000 Tons Per Week in Aust
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. K. A. Cameron) said to-night that the consumption of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' President's Plan for Coal Industry
Melbourne, Thursday—The Federal president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) outlined to the A.C.T.U. a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plan for Aust. Coal Industry Miners' President Seeks Improvements
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The Federal president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) to-day outlined to the A.C.T.U. a six-point plan to stabilise the coal mining industry…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—Rationing of coal by the Joint Coal Board to New South Wales, Victorian and South Australian…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Joint Coal Board tonight assured the South Australian Premier (Mr. Playford) that it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cable Items in Brief 86,000 Miners Strike
PITTSBURGH, Wednesday: Nearly one-fourth of the nation's bituminous miners stopped work yesterday. Forty…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Rationing of coal by the Joint Coal Board to New South Wales, Victorian…
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The Albury Mail train, which previously left Central on Friday nights, has been temporarily discontinued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Colliery Joke
A prank by four or five boys caused a stoppage at Maitland Main colliery. Colliery owners' reports on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Challenge to Name Offending Mine Owners
SYDNEY, Thursday: Mr. H. Gregory Forster, secretary of Northern Collieries Ltd., today challenged the chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners to Meet in Sydney Town Hall
The Miners' Federation will hold a public meeting in the Sydney Town Hall next Wednesday night to ventilate the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Africa Has No Coal for Australia
JOHANNESBURG, Thursday (A.A.P.): A spokesman for the South African coal trade said…
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