Reds May Fail in "Black" Coal Agitation
SYDNEY, Friday: Communists are making strong moves to have coal produced by troops in open-cut mines declared "black,"…
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Victoria to Get Coal Supplies From India; Federal Govt. Aid
CANBERRA, Friday: The Commonwealth Government has sponsored a Victorian Government scheme for a regular supply of coal from India. It has also decided to sponsor the Victorian…
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BERLIN. Sunday: The British licensed Berlin "Telegraf" says that since the beginning of 1949, 530 persons died in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aggregate Meetings This Week Miners Expected to Vote Solidly for Resumption
SYDNEY, Sunday: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation today decided to call aggregate meetings of; N.S.W. miners on Tuesday in the Southern and Western fields and on Wednesday in the Northern area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers in Underground Mines Would Be "Casualties", Says Speaker in Domain
SYDNEY, Sunday: A miner of 30 years' standing told a Communist meeting in the Domain today that if soldiers went down to work underground mines, most' of them would be carried out as casualties. He was Mr. Bill Steers, a miner of John Darling Colliery who warned that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Can't Vote for Back to Work Motion Seeks Conference with Government
SYDNEY, Monday—A motion for a return to work will not be placed before aggregate meetings of miners to be held throughout Australia this week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Expected to Vote for Work Resumption Aggregate Meetings Will Be Held This Week
The Central Council of the Miners’ Federation yesterday decided to call aggregate meetings of NSW miners tomorrow (Tuesday) on the Southern and Western fields in the Northern area. The meetings will be asked to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strike Settlement Should Include Guarantee for Future End Wanted to Chronic Coal Shortage
In a statement on the coal Stride, Mr R. S. Vincent, MLA for Raleigh, and a former Minister for Mines, said that any settlement terms should include a provision that miners should play fairer by the people in future than they had since the war ended. If we were…
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SYDNEY, Monday: By an overwhelming majority, about 1000 gasworkers at Mortlake works. Sydney's biggest gas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Strike Arrangements For Aggregate Meetings
Arrangements are now complete for the holding of aggregate meetings of the coal miners of Australia. The coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Troops May be Permanently in Open-Cut Mines
SYDNEY, Monday: Senator Ashley told soldiers working open-cut mines in the Muswell-brook area today that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aggregate Meetings This Week Miners Expected To Vote Solidly For Resumption
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation on Sunday decided to call aggregate meetings of N.S.W. miners to-day (Tuesday)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Voting on Northern Fields Miners Gather Early
SYDNEY, Wednesday — Miners gathered at Kurri Kurri football ground nearly an hour before meeting to consider the Central Council recant recommendation was due to commence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. Miners' Vote Seen As Blow To Reds Recommendation to Continue Strike Lost
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Miner, on the Southern and Eastern N.S.W. coalfields today voted against a recommendation to continue their strike, but Victorian miners supported it. Northern N.S.W., Queensland and Tasmanian miners will vote tomorrow,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collapse of Coal Strike Within Few Days Likely As Aggregate Meetings Decisions Become Known
SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY: MINERS AT AGGREGATE MEETINGS TO-DAY VOTED AGAINST RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE CENTRAL COUNCIL WHICH IN EFFECT ASKED THEM TO CONTINUE THE STRIKE…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Costly Coal Strike Ends Miners Will Go Back to Work Next Week
The nation wide coal strike is virtually over. NORTHERN MINERS YESTERDAY DECISIVELY REJECTED THEIR CENTRAL COUNCIL'S ADVICE TO CONTINUE THE COAL STRIKE…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Official May Seek to Purge Contempt
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant), now in gaol, may shortly apply to the Federal Arbitration Court to purge his contempt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Executive Meeting Today Back to Work Order Expected
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Federal Executive of the Miners' Federation will meet in Sydney this afternoon to consider authorising the miners in all districts to return to work on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike Ends To be Officially Called off at Weekend
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The coal strike will be called off at the weekend, which will mean that mineworkers will be back at work early next week. The decision to end the strike was made by miners' leaders after aggregate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government’s Victory On Coal Strike Gives Chifley Even Money Chance Of Being Returned At Federal Elections
Political observers in Canberra believe that yesterday’s decisive votes rejecting the recommendations of the Miners’ Central Council vindicates the Government’s policy throughout the strike. They point out that the rejection…
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