New Coal Discovery in Great Britain
Valuable discoveries of economic importance have been obtained from deep bore by the Geological Survey of Great…
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Coal Ships on Dash to Sydney Attempt to Stop Gas Blackout
SYDNEY, Monday: In a desperate attempt to avert a gas blackout in Sydney, two colliers left Newcastle tonight with more than 2000 to[?] of gas coal in seas described as being among the [?] ever…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners to Consider Nationwide Stoppage
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Miners' Central Council will meet in Sydney next Monday to decide whether a nationwide stoppage of Australian miners will be held on June 16…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Warn P.m. of National Coal Crisis
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Coal Mining Unions' Council Executive today warned the Prime Minister that a crisis on the Australian coalfields was imminent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blue and Gold Ball Profit May be £230
The monthly meeting of the C.W.A. Younger Set was held on Tuesday night. The president, "Miss Joyce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Call-out to U.s. Miners
WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.): More than 450,000 soft and hard coal miners are involved in a week's coal-mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Rams Worth Their Weight in Gold
How much is a top merino ram worth?—His weight in gold to some breeders, in lead to others. It all depends on the quality and number of ewes with which he can be mated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria Wants Oaklands Coal
The N.S.W. Government has not replied to a request from the Victorian' Government to conduct tests at the Oaklands coal bed in N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gallagher Orders Miners to Work Coal Industry Tribunal Takes Drastic Action
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day issued an order directing miners to attend for work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Order to Miners to Work Tomorrow
SYDNEY, Wednesday — Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today issued an order directing miners to attend for work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Shares Slump in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday — Shares of two companies primarily concerned, in the "fabulously rich" Eridel gold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Producing Gas From Unmined Coal Extensive Experiments Made in U.S.A.
Every year, millions of tons of coal are laboriously mined (at costs averaging two and a half dollars a ton), dumped into ovens…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mechanisation of Mines "the Only Real Cure"
CANBERRA, Wednesday: Complete mechanisation of mines was the only real cure for all the ills of the coalmining…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Defy Tribunal and the P.m. No Government Action Likely
SYDNEY, Thursday—The miners are today holding a one-day nation-wide stoppage in defiance of an order of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) and an appeal by Prime Minister Chifley to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Will Vote Today on General Strike Tribunal Defied by One-day, Stoppage; Serious Effects
SYDNEY, Wednesday: More than 23,000 Australian mineworkers will decide at stopwork meetings tomorrow whether they will hold a general strike from June 27. Tomorrow's one-day stoppage on the Australian coalfields is being held in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blackouts at Gundagai To-day Electricity Will Be Restricted to Essential Services If Coal Strike Continues
Electricity blackouts bit Gundagai today. The first came between the hours of 1.45 p.m. and 2.45 p.m. The second will descend on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Miners Adamant General Secretary's Statement
SYDNEY, Friday—Coal miners have decided in a determined manner that their claims must be successfully…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Shortage
How to produce the much needed coal for Australia has become a tremendous problem. Yesterday's "stop-work" lost us…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ascot Gold Cup Alycidon Wins
LONDON, Friday—Lord Derby's Alycidon, ridden by D. Smith, won the 2½ miles Ascot Gold Cup yesterday by five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Zero-Hour Now Fixed For Australia-Wide Coal Strike June 27-Unless Claims Met
SYDNEY, Thursday: At aggregate stopwork meetings to-day, Australian mineworkers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a general strike from June 27 if, in the meantime, their claims are not granted…
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