Miners' Union Moves Over Gaoled Leaders
SIDNEY, Thursday: The Miners' Federation today consulted its legal advisers with a view of obtaining the release of gaoled union leaders. The legal advisers have been…
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Coal Strike Ends Resumption on
Mine workers throughout Australia are to resume work on Monday next. Yesterday the Federal Executive of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Navy Men Work Tugs to Berth Coal Ship
SYDNEY, Thursday: Naval petty officers and ratings manned Melbourne's seven tugs today, following refusal by the Seamen's Union to berth the colliery Saint Gregory, loaded with 6000 tons of Indian coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strike Over Official Decision At Week-End
The coal strike will be called off at the week-end, 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 meetings on the Northern N.S.W. coalfields on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Troops May Soon be Taken From Open Cuts; Coal Position Watched
SYDNEY, Thursday: Federal and State Governments will seek further information froam coal authorities before they decide how long troops will remain in open-cut mines in New South Wales. This decision was made by a conference in Sydney today of Federal and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seamen Lift Ban on Coal Ships Move to Obviate Navy Manning Colliers
SYDNEY: The executive of the Seamens Union to-day lifted the ban on coal ships. It also lifted the ban on tugs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike to End To-day Work to Resume on Monday SYDNEY
It is expected that the coal strike will end - at 2 p.m. to-morrow (Friday), and that the coal miners will be ordered to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Ranks Split Denied Use of Troops After Coal Strike Ends A.L.P. Leaders Come Out in Support of Government
SYDNEY: A.L.P. leaders to-day gave an undertaking that they would support the Federal and State Governments in all…
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SYDNEY. Friday: Professor D. W. Phillips, who arrived on the Orontes today to take the Nation chair of mining engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.L.P. Dissension on Coal Denied Plans to Build Up Stocks Not Announced
CANBERRA, Friday: An official denial was given today to a report that "strong dissension" had developed in the A.L.P. about the future use of troops in building up a coal stockpile…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Comment On Coal Strike Collapse
LONDON, Monday—Describing the collapse of Australia's seven weeks coal strike as capitulation by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.l.p. Speakers Tell Miners of Leaders' "Flight"
SYDNEY, Sunday: The Labor Party "was right there to the end," Mr. E. Wetherell, M.L.A. (Labor, Cobar) told a large crowd at a meeting at Cessnock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“It’s An Ill Wind—”— the Coal Strike
The disastrous coal strike which completely disrupted Australia’s industrial life, robbed the workers of this country £35-million in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →P.M.'s Plans for Open-cut Coal
CANBERRA, Monday — The value of the plant available for open-cut mining production would eventually total about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Back at Nearly Full Strength Only Three Pits Idle
SYDNEY, Monday — N.S.W. miners returned to work in almost full strength today after the seven weeks' strike. All but three mines are working, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Ready To Reopen This Morning Troops Leaving Open Cuts
SYDNEY, Sunday: Preparations were completed at the weekend for the reopening of coal mines tomorrow after the seven weeks' strike. First coal trains from the Northern N.S.W. field…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Leaders Apologise to Arbitration Court in Move to Leave Gaol
NEW SOUTH WALES MINERS RETURNED TO WORK TO-DAY IN ALMOST FULL STRENGTH AFER THE DISASTROUS SEVEN WEEKS STRIKE. All but three mines are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners at 2 Pits on Strike Want First Coal Output for Themselves
SYDNEY, Tuesday—Miners at Bellbird and a Government-owned mine, both big producers, went on strike today—only two days after the nation-wide strike had ended…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Rail Loss Through Coal Stike
SYDNEY, Monday: The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivn) expressed tonight what he described…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Officials to Lodge Apologies Affidavits Seek to Purge Contempt
SYDNEY, Monday: Applications from all of the eight union officials now in gaol are expected to be lodged with the Arbitration Court by tomorrow,…
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