Open-cut Mines Could Lessen Effects of Strike, Menzies Claims
Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 1
CANBERRA, Sunday: Intensified open-cut mining could give Australia hundreds of thousands of tons of coal within a few weeks, the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike May Collapse in a Week Is Belief in Govt. Circles
Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 1
CANBERRA, Monday—Belief is growing in Government circles that the coal strike may collapse within a week. ANTAGONISM towards…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unions Prevented From Assisting Miners During Coal Strike Swift Action Under New Federal Law
The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3
The Chief Judge of the Arbitration Court, Mr. Justice Kelly, made orders on Saturday to stop four Federal Unions spending…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Defy Power Ban
Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1
Continued appeals to house-holders in the Cessnock mining district to observe electricity regulations have not with little…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Queensland Mines Work
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 2
BRISBANE, Monday: Protected by 12 members of the police force, six Queensland coalmines in the Ipswich area were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Statewide Check on Coal
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday: Officers of the Joint Coal Board are making a Statewide check on coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Stocks Discussions in Sydney
Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In Sydney today members of the Joint Coal Board are conferring with Cabinet Emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Chifley Says Miners' Threats Will Not Influence Government
The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3
"The Federal Government will not be influenced by threats by the Miners' Federation, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike jungle Law tactics Position Grows Worse
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 2
THE coal miners strike entered upon its second week yesterday, the Prime Minister reiterating his determination…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Treatt Submits Four-point Plan to End Coal Strike
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday: The leader of the State Opposition (Mr. Treatt) will submit a four-point plan to settle the coal strike to State Parliament next Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Misters Believe Coal at Grass Would Be of Little Use
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3
CANBERRA. Monday: The Federal Government will not initiate any immediate move to transport to industry the 36,000 tons of coal lying at Grass on New South Wales coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unions Ordered to Produce £40,000 Judge Gives Instructions to Ironworkers and Miners
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday: Mr. Justice Kelly, in the Federal Arbitration Court today, ordered officials of the Miners' Federation and the Ironworkers' Association to produce £40,000 to the registrar of the court by 11 a.m. tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Editorial— Cancer of Communism Must Be Exterminated Coal Strike Reveals Peril of Australia’s Preset Position
The Gundagai Independent · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1
Unless the cancer of Communism is exterminated Australia will never be free of industrial upheavals, which bring with them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Benefits to Unionists Aiding Miners
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 4
CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Minister for Social Services 'Sen. McKenna) is Investigating the scope and value of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three More Mines Resume in Qld
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1
BRISBANE, Wednesday — The total number of mints in production in Queensland since the strike was increased to 10…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Central Council May Meet at Weekend
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 2
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Miners' leaders are considering calling a meeting of their Central Council to review developments in the coal strike. Western Australian miners have asked for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Questions on Coal Strike Asked in Parliament
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1
CANBERRA, Tuesday: "If reason and understanding do not prevail on the coalfields, the Federal Government will have to reconsider the position in all its i aspects," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) in the House of Representatives today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World Waits on Vital Speech the Gold-dollar Drain
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1
LONDON, Wednesday — In an 80-minute meeting at Downing street, a committee of Ministers last night approved the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Judge's Verdict Upheld Stern Measures in Strike Dispute Miners Deny that Members are Weakening
Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY: The High Court of Australia held to-day that the Commonwealth Government's Strike Fund Freezing Act was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Funds Freezing Act Declared Valid Mining Official Sentenced to Month's Gaol
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Wednesday—The High Court of Australia held today that the Commonwealth Government' Strike Fund Freezing Act was valid, and refused to grand a writ of prohibition against Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →