Action to Ease Coal Shortage at Christmas
CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said today that the Minister for Fuel (Senator Ashley) and the Joint…
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Oil Crisis Threatens Coal Output
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The petrol shortage will probably hold up production from Western New South Wales open-cut mines…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Two mines were partly idle today as a protest against the gaoling of the general secretary of the…
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NEW YORK, Thursday—Government and financial interests are reported to be exerting heavy pressure to settle the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: A coal shortage at Christmas is unlikely providing N.S.W. mineworkers continue the present rate of production. It was revealed today that all N.S.W. mines would…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday: Twelve horses today accepted for next Saturday's Moonee Valley Gold Cup, run over thirteen furlongs. The field is the smallest since Yours Truly won…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The Joint Coal Board today asked New South Wales mineworkers to reduce their holidays at Christmas from three to two weeks. The board warned that if the three weeks were…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: "Members of the Central Executive of the Miners' Federation have made it quite clear that they will not…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Members of the Central Executive of the Miners' Federation have made it quite clear that they will not…
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NEW YORK, Monday.—Disclaimers by Government officials of any imminent plans for increasing the price of gold are being received with scepticism in the New York financial district…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The threatened stoppage on Thursday of all northern N.S.W. mines, which would have…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—The threatened stoppage tomorrow, of all northern, N.S.W. mines, which would have caused a loss…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: Unless the Selene Coal Mine dispute is settled earlier, all Queensland coal mines will stop work…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A windfall of about £200,000 has been gained by Mt. Morgan Ltd. because the coal strike had…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Central Coal Reference Board chairman (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) today, in granting long service…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Firm's Interest in Wyalong Tin Mine
A millionaire English firm has been given an eight weeks' option over a tin mining lease at Kikoira, Mr. Finlay, S.M., was…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: Average earnings of employees of Broken Hill South Ltd. was now £1170…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—The Joint coal Board is expected to decide shortly whether it will issue an order to N.S.W. miners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dilemma Over Miners' Annual Holidays Coal Rationing or Major Dispute?
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Joint Coal Board is expected to decide shortly whether it will issue an order to New South Wales miners to cut their holidays…
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Averae earnings of employees at Broken Hill South Ltd. was now £1170 a year (£22/10/ a week) said the Chairman (Sir…
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