Plenty of Bosses for Coal Mines
Appointment of Mr. Baddeley at £50 a week as Director of the State Coal Mines Control Board increases to eight the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining & the mines, 1949
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Gold Boom Expected in Queensland
BRISBANE, Monday.—The biggest gold mining boom since the 1890's is expected in Queensland. Immediate revival of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russia Demands Labor for Uranium Mines Following the Atom Bomb Announcement
LONDON, Monday.—Immediately after the revelation that they have the atomic secret, the Russians have begun demanding the recruitment of many thousands more Germans to work in uranium…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Increased Pensions for Miners Further Increase in Price of Coal Predicted
When a bill to increase the pensions of coal miners, and to extend the scheme to include certain other classes of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. Sells Imported Coal To Victoria
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The New South Wales Government has sold to Victoria 30,000 tons of coal imported from South Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's Coal Mines Transatlantic Premiere for a British Film
A film made in Britain has has been accorded the distinction of being shown for the first time in the stronghold of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →35-Hour Mining Week Opposed
SYDNEY. Tuesday: Any reduction in the working hours in the coal Industry would reduce production and involve a danger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wants B.m.a. Classed with Miners' Fedn
CANBERRA, Wednesday: Senator Katz (Lab.), in the Senate today, asked the Government to proclaim the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain’s Coal Makes £2,500,000 Profit
The National Coal Board has announced a surplus for the second quarter of 1949 of £2,409,000 sterling. The gross profit for the second…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fate of Czech Purge Victims Thousands for Coal and Uranium Mines
LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.): Czecho-slavakia is stocking her coal and uranium mines and forced-labor camps with the thousands seized in the week-long police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Slop Work Protest Against the High Court Ruling
WOLLONGONG: Miners at the South Bulla mine stopped work to-day as a protest against the decision of the High Court in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Bulli Miners Stop Work As a Protest Alleged Anti-working Class Legislation
WOLLONGONG, Monday — Miners at South Bulli stopped work today as a protest against the decision of the High Court in invalidating Sec. 7 of the Phermaceutical benefits Act…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long-service Leave for Miners
CANBERRA, Wednesday — The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) announced that cabinet had recommended the introduction…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tea Could Be 6/lb., Says Chifley Long-service Leave for Miners
CANBERRA, Tuesday: Consumers would be paying 6/- a 1b. for tea only for the Commonwealth subsidy and operation of CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) announced that Cabinet today had recommended the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Says Miners Are Selling Their Free Coal
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Black-marketing in coal supplied free to Burwood mine employees for household use was alleged at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Decision Reserved in Miners' Claim
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today reserved his decision on the claim by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Right to Sell Domestic Coal
CANBERRA, Thursday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said, today that the practice of miners' selling the coal given them for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike Has Effect on Hospital Finances Drop When Work Was Scarce
The after-effects of the coal strike was the reason attributed by the secretary (Mr. H. Rogers) for a rise in the amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eight Mines Strike Over Sharkey's Sentence
SYDNEY, Tuesday—As a protest against the gaoling of Laurence Louis' Sharkey, general secretary on the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Coal Makes £2,500.000 Profit
The National Coal Board have announced a surplus for the second quarter of 1949 of £2,490,000 sterling. The gross profit for the…
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