Troops Alerted for Mine Work
BRISBANE, Sunday. Troops said here tonight that they had been alerted and told they would go into the mines if the…
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Troops Ready for Mine Work
BRISBANE, Monday — Troops said here lost night that they had been alerted and told they would go into the mines if the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drastic Power Cuts Can Be Expected If Coal Strikes Double
SYDNEY, Sunday: If miners decide to strike two days a week following action against their leaders over the decided one-day strike, drastic rationing is inevitable. This was accepted in Sydney tonight as a natural outcome of any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Full Interstate A.c.t.u. to Discuss Miners' and Watersiders Disputes
SYDNEY, Sunday: The president of the A.C.T.U (Mr. Monk) said late tonight that the Full Interstate A.C.T.U. would meet in Sydney at 2.30 on Wednesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Army Units Ready to Move Into Coalfields Miners' Leaders Will Be Summonsed Today
SYDNEY, Monday — Special Army units have been ordered to bo ready to move into the coalfields at short notice. Machinery to work open cuts has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Army Ready to Work Open Cut Mines. Prospects of Serious Industrial Hold-up
SYDNEY: Special army units have been ordered to be ready to move into the coalfields at short notice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Cannot Win
The Federal Government's drastic plan to combat lawlessness on the coalfields, the waterfront and in other sections of industry is one that will appeal to the mass of the people as a realistic approach to a very grave…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Leaders of Miners Summonsed
SYDNEY, Monday: Summonses were issued out of the Federal Arbitration Court today charging three leaders of the Miners' Federation with contempt of Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Use of Coal Cut by 20 per Cent
SYDNEY, Monday: For the second time within a fortnight the Joint Coal Board tonight ordered a 20 per cent reduction…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Rush Days Surpassed by the Merino Sheep
The opulent gold-rush days on Ophir, Bendigo Ballarat and Coalgardie have paled into insignificance beside the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Action Widened Against Miners' Leaders by Government Special Committee to Watch Situation Daily
CANBERRA, Monday: A special emergency meeting [?] Federal Cabinet in Sydney today decided to widen the [?]ppe of legal action against miners' officials for their par[?]ipation in one-day stoppages…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Crisis Summonses Likely Against All Central Council Members
SYDNEY, Wednesday — Summonses are expected to be served on nine members of the Miners' Federation Central…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Rush Days Passed by the Merino Sheep
The opulent gold rush days o Qphir, Bendigo, Ballarat and Coolgardie have paled into in significance beside the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dr. Evatt Appears for Three Miners' Leaders Claims Summons Defective and Act Repealed
SYDNEY, Thursday — The deputy leader of the Federal Labor Party, Dr. H. V. Evatt, appeared for three members of the executive of the Miners' Federation when they appeared before the Full…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Offer to Co-operate with A.C.T.U. Labor Leaders Unwilling to "Pull Chestnuts From Fire"
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Leaders of the Miners' Federation today told the Interstate Executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions that they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Situation in Britain
Britain's miners have been presented with a new scheme for increasing coal output. It shows seven ways in which both…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.c.t.u. Move to End Coal Crisis Coal
SYDNEY, Thursday: Executives of the Australian Council of Trade Unions will confer with Miners' leaders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Will Assist In Coal Crisis
CANBERRA, Thursday: Leaders of the Federal Labor Opposition have advised the Government they will take all steps possible to assist in the settlement of the present coalmining and waterfront disputes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Leaders in Court Evatt Says Court Cannot Prove Contempt
SYDNEY, Thursday: Dr. Evatt K.C., said today that the leaders of the [?]ners' Federation could not be guilty of contempt of the Federal Arbitration [?] because the Court had made no order in connection with the present coal dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Judge and Dr. Evatt in Exchanges on Coal Industry Award Hearing of Summons Against Miners' President Continues
SYDNEY, Friday: Mr. Justice Dunphy said in the Full Arbitration Court today that the recent award made by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) "provided a reward for the man who turned up for work and did his job."…
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