Examination of Mining Union Bank Accounts Coalfield Storekeepers Refused Credit
Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 June 1949 · page 1
CANBERRA, Thursday — The Registrar of the Arbitration Court will make an immediate examination of the bank accounts of the striking mining unions. The examination, according to reports, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lights Go Off In Gundagai Coal Strike Forces Town to Return to the “Dark Ages” Lanterns and Candles in Hotels and Cafes
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 June 1949 · page 1
RIGID LIGHTING RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED AT GUNDAGAI AS A RESULT OF THE NATION WIDE COAL STRIKE. THE TOWN BEARS A MOST SOMBRE APPEARANCE EACH NIGHT, AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STREET…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Moves Today To Seek End of Strike "Fund-Freezing" Law Shocks Coal Miners
Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thursday: Developments in Sydney tomorrow will give an in-dication how long the coal strike is likely to last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Cold Coal War
Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 2
Whatever the "cold war" may mean, with all its possible implications, most of us Australians are having a "cold" time just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pandemonium at Meeting on Coal Strike
Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 2
SYDNEY. Thursday: Panderomonum reigned today in the Assembly Hall, Margaret Street, when ex-Communist. Mr. C. C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Life of Miners' Chief Threatened in Letters
Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thursday: Police tonight patrolled the area at Beverley Hills where the general president of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Govt, May Import Coal From Britain
Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 1
CANBERRA, Thursday: The Federal Government is investigating the possibility of importing coal from Britain or…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vic.Covt.to Take Coal from "Black" Ship
Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Thursday: The Victorian Government decided today that Indian coal, held up in the Haligonian Duke at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strikers Bluff the Only N.s.w. Miners Working!
Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 2
Hartley No. 2 Colliery, the only N.S.W. mine that worked on Monday, was closed on Tuesday Officials of the Miners;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Indian Wharfmen May Not Load Coal for Victoria
Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Thursday: The Government's plans for coping with the coal shortage would be destroyed if Indian harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government's Move Against Strike Bill Prohibits Use of Miners Funds
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 2
On Wednesday a Bill known as the National Emergency Coal Strike Act, 1949, was passed in all stages by the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →P.M. to be Shown Alleged Words by Miners' Official
Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thursday: The Premier (Mr. McGirr) told Mr. Lazzarini (Lab., Marrickville) in the Legislative Assembly today that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →P.M. EMPHATIC Will Not Preside Over Coal C'ference
Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 1
CANBERRA, Friday—Prime Minister Chifley stated emphatically today that he would not preside over a conference…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal "At Grass" May Be Shifted Vital Talks in Sydney
Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 1
CANBERRA, Friday—The Commonwealth Government, in conjunction with the N.S.W. Government, is considering moving coal "at grass," it was stated officially today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Open-cut Mines Unsafe for Volunteers, Says Minister "Deeply Shocked" After Tour of Inspection
Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 2
SYDNEY, Thursday "Last weekend I made a thorough inspection of open-cnt workings in various parts of the State. I was struck by what I saw," said the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Watersiders Refuse to Unload Coal Ships in Vic
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Friday: Seven thousand tons of Indian coal remained unloaded from the Haligonian Duke today when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pit-head Drama at Flooded English Mine; in S Fight for Life
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 5
LONDON, Friday: While their wives stood anxiously by at the pit-head, watching a desperate battle between an improvised winch and riling waters, five Gloucestershire miners were hauled to safety, one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prolonged Strike Now Forecast "Black" Ban on Coal in Yards; Safety Men May Be Withdrawn
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Friday: The nationwide general coal strike, now five days old, is developing into a prolonged dispute which may take weeks to settle. A conference today between the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stormy Meeting Condemns Action of Mining Unions "Strikers Should Have Used Arbitration"
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Friday: The N.S.W. Trades and Labor Council today condemned the action of the Mining Unions in calling a general coal strike without…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Chifley Says Miners' Threats Will Not Influence Govt
Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 2
CANBERRA, Sunday: "The Federal Government will not be influenced by threats by the Miners' Federation, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →