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The Federal Arbitration Court, it is believed, is likely to make a move in the next few days to summon a conference of the parties to the coal dispute in the hope of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining & the mines, 1940
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Sailors, Coal Lumpers Darwin
Thirty bluejackets to-day began unloading coal which railway workers had refused to handle until they were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rise in Coal Price May Continue
Some increases in coal prices had been obtained and this position was further improving, said the chairman of Caledonian Collieries, Ltd. (Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Coal Strike Must Be Settled. Peace Wanted
THE Daily Telegraph knows that it is speaking for the Australian public when it says that the coal strike must…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.z. Has No Coal to Spare
WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Thursday. No relief from the Australian coal shortage may be expected from New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →B.H.P.'s Lease of Qld. Mines
BRISBANE, Wed.--The Broken Hill Pty, has extended its influence to Central Queensland by virtue of an announcement made to-day in Gladstone…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A.L.P. Branches Support for Miners, Railway Men
THE Lismore branch of the A.L.P. has expressed itself as sympathetic to the coal stoppage and to the Broken Hill railway strike. The secretary was'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aust. Steamships' Fleet Laid Up by Coal Strike
The coal strike had already resulted in the laying-up of the major portion of the fleet of, Australian Steamships Pty., Ltd., said the chairman of Howard Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →No Haulage of Wheat Adverse Result of Coal Strike
WHEAT is one of the commodities carriage of which will be refused by the railways as a result of the coal strike. While this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Strike Causes Curtailment of Rail Services Tax Remissions Unlikely
CURTAILMENT of railway services as a result of the coal strike was announced this week by the Commissioner for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sharp Rise in B.h.p. Despite Coal Strike Mt. Lyell Recovers
DESPITE the growing seriousness of the coal strike, Broken Hill Proprietary were a centre of active buying interest on the Stock Exchange yesterday. News of restriction of production at the steelworks has not depressed the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Court May Move. Ending Coal Strike. 35,000 Men Idle. Industry Hampered
The Federal Arbitration Court, it is believed, is likely to make a move in the next few days to summon a conference of the parties to the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Discuss Coal Strike Effects Loan Council May Meet More Finance Will Be Required
An early meeting of the Loan Council at which deficit finance will be discussed is expected to result from the coal strike. New South Wales is vitally interested in such a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →B.H.P. Works Close Through Coal Strike Jobs Of 35,000 End; Armaments Production Stops
The B.H.P. steelworks and Stewarts and Lloyds' steel pipe works ceased production yesterday until the coal strike is settled. Four thousand men have lost their jobs at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yodda Goldfields
Yodda Goldfields Ltd leporti that the gold yield for March was 75oz 3dwt. A new area, compiising 54 acres of mer bed at McLaughlin's Creek, has been taken up. This…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Gold Price
GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/13/3, unch.; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/5[?], unch. (Commonwealth Bank). SOVEREIGNS: £2/[?]/, unch…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Dispute at Darwin
DARWIN, Thurs.--Although 30 blue Jackets to-day commenced unloading coal, which the railway workers had refused to handle, no train crews could…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. Barriers Rise
Barriers were given increased attention yesterday, and rates improved. Copper shares continued to harden. Puces of gold concerns were also in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Gas As Motor Fuel
"E.E.B.": During the last war many pictures were shown of vehicles carrying gas bags on the roof, filled with coal, gas as a source of power…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Move To Settle Coal Strike
HOPES are now entertained that a move will be made through the Federal Arbitration Court in an effort to settle the…
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