Ultimatum on Coal Strike? Reported Decision by Governments
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Federal and State Ministers, at a conference in Sydney today, are believed to have set a deadline for the miners to end their…
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Strike Likely to Increase Production, From Open Cut Mines
One of the developments of the coal crisis could be the development of open cut mining to a degree and at a speed which otherwise would not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Decide to Stay on Strike Division Refused at Meeting
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A strong move by rank-and-file miners to end the coal strike was rejected at a Cessnock meeting today. The meeting ended in darknes, with many miners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Army to Operate Open Cut Mines August 1 As Tentative Date
SYDNEY, Thursday—The Commonwealth and State Governments have tentatively set August I as the date on which open cut mining in N.S.W. will be operated by the Army, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Baths, No Pictures, No Beer, No Brains— The “Office Boy” Strikes Coal
Strike me lucky, I’m lucky, I’ve struck coal! Found a piece under the railway bridge. Must have fallen from an engine which passed this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cootamundra Business Man Wins State Lottery Coal Strike Had Forced Him to Close Dry Cleaning Works
Cootamundra businessman, Mr Len Strudwick, who won first prize in Tuesday’s State Lottery said the only thing he regretted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nationalisation of Coal Mines Farrer Liberal Candidate’s Views
Commenting on this recent suggestion, Mr. David Fairbairn, Liberal Party candidate for Farrer, said that the record of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Troops to Operate Open-Cut Mines Ready to Start in 10 Days If Miners Not Back
CANBERRA, Thursday: The Commonwealth and N.S.W. Governments propose working open-cut coal mines in New South Wales with Army labor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Host Lame After Gallop
SYDNEY, Thursday: After galloping at Moorefield this morning. Mine Host pulled up same and may not start in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plans for Working Open-cut Mines Equipment Being Assembled
SYDNEY, Friday.—Preparations for the working of open-cut mines are being pressed ahead the Federal and State Governments. Engineering equipment is being assembled at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fordson Major Tractors Orders Being Fulfilled Despite Coal Strike
Motor Tractors Pty. Limited, of 369-385 Wattle Street, Ultimo, Sydney, the N.S.W. Distributors of Fordson Major Tractors, advice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pressing Ahead with Open Cut Mine Plans. Reported On the Move. Police and Army
SYDNEY, Friday: Preparations for the working of open cut mines are geing pressed ahead by the Federal and State Governments…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Servicemen Begin Unloading Coal From Collier in Melbourne Swift Action by Federal Government
MELBOURNE, Thursday: Army and R.A.N. servicemen today began unloading the coal cargo from the collier Haligonian Duke, which has been idle in port for five months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike Navy to Unload Ship Railway Guard Refuses to Work Train
The High Court yesterday re-jected an application against the authority of Mr. Justice Foster in the Contempt of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Army to Move Coal Stacked at Cullen Bullen; Brown Told to Mind Own Business
SYDNEY, Thursday: Army labor will be used early next week to lift 16,000 tons of coal stacked at Cullen Bullen, near Lithgow. This win be the first use of the Army on the N.S.W. coalfields since the coal strike started nearly four weeks ago…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unloading of "Duke's" Coal Continues
MELBOURNE, Friday: The unloading of Indian coal from the Haligonian Duke by Army and Navy personnel continued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Warnings to Miners Govt Open-Cut Mines May be Handed to Other Unions
SYDNEY, Sunday: If Army working of open-cut mines in New South Wales does not break the coal strike, the whole operation of open cuts will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Gathering at Coal Fields. Co-operate In Liiting of Coal at Grass
SYDNEY: More than 100 police left Sydney for Lithgow to-day. They will co-operate in the coal lift from the western fields to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warning Given To Miners Another Union May Take Over Open Cuts
If Army working of open-cut mines in NSW does not break the coal strike, the whole operation of open cut mines will be handed over to some unions other than the Miners Federation. This plan of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →COOTAMUNDRA A.R.U. Supports Executive Meeting Considers Coal-lift Action
At a special meeting, held last night, to consider its attitude to the action taken by the union's State executive during the…
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