Coal Strike Starts SYDNEY
Last-minute negotiations on Saturday and Sunday railed to avert a general coal stoppage, and from mid-night on Sunday the threatened coal…
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Gold and Dollars Serious Fall in Reserves
LONDON, Tuesday — Finance Ministers of the Commonwealth have been invited to London to discuss the serious fall in gold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Communists and Coal Crisis (To the Editor, "The Daily Advertiser.")
SIR,—It is the same old story all over again. The Commonwealth an State Governments are powerless to intervene in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Move to Settle Coal Strike Long Drawn-out Struggle
SYDNEY — No moves to settle the coal strike are reported today as the State arid Federal Governments prepare for a long drawn-out struggle. Emergency legislation, giving the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Speaker at C.p. Meeting Says Reds Planned Coal Strike
COROWA, Monday: Speaking at a Country Party meeting in Corowa today, Mrs. Thelma Harvey said the Communists had shrewdly selected the coal industry many years ago as the keystone of Australia's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners Are on Strike Talks Fail To Avoid Stoppage Great Industrial Dislocation Will Result
A general strike began on the coalfields yesterday, which will lead to the greatest industrial dislocation in Australia's history…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Govt. Likely to "Freeze" All Petrol in Coal Crisis Drastic Legislation to Meet Emergency
SYDNEY, Monday: Extreme emergency measures which will be rushed through Parliament tomorrow afternoon will, among other things, enable the Government to freeze petrol supplies and stop a wave of panic-buying which set in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queen Mary Warned of Mine
LONDON, Tuesday: Homeward bound with 2000 passengers, the liner, Queen Mary, was warned by radio on Sunday night…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Coalowners' representatives will confer with the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) in Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Govt. to Take Over Mines?
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Emergency Powers Bill, which the State Parliament was hurriedly called to put through both houses today will give the Government power to take over any mine for the immediate purpose of mining coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Funds for Miners May Be Dispersed Secretly
SYDNEY, Wednesday—The Miners' federation is considering whether it should disperse its funds secretly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners May Challenge "Freeze" Bill Stormy Labor Caucus Meeting
CANBERRA, Wednesday—The Miners' Federation may challenge the Federal Government's power to "freeze" union funds. The general, president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Federation May Disperse Funds Secretly to Avoid Act
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Miners' Federation is considering whether it should disperse its funds secretly. This follows a decision by the Federal Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Miners Organise Credit System But Government Acts
The Miners’ Federation had organising a credit system for miners in coalfield towns throughout Australia as the first preparation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Will Not Wilt," Says Miners' President
The president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) said tonight that the Miners' Federation did not intend to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Officials Withdrawing Funds From Bank
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Miners' Federation has withdrawn most of its funds from the banks, following the decision…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some Queensland Miners Defy the Strikers
Miners working at the Mount Elliott mine, in the Amberley district (Q.), rebuffed an attempt by pickets to persuade them to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Bill Opposed by Mr. Ward
CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) and at least two other Labor members bitterly opposed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.l.p. Man Leaves Talks with Miners
One trade union representative walked out of a conference between the Combined Mining Unions' Council and officials of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal-Burning Vessels to be Held Up in Vic
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: All coal burning interstate vessels will be held at at Victorian ports next week as a…
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