Talk of Taking Over Coal Pits
CANBERRA, Friday. -- The Commonwealth Government is contemplating drastic action to amend the conditions in the coal industry. PLANS under consideration this…
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Talk of Taking Over Coal Pits
CANBERRA, Friday. -- The Commonwealth Government is contemplating drastic action to amend the conditions in the coal industry. PLANS under consideration this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Talk of Taking Over Coal Pits
CANBERRA, Friday. -- The Commonwealth Government is contemplating drastic action to amend the conditions in the coal industry. PLANS under consideration this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Pits Idle in North Miners Defy Union Executive
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.— Stoppages at eight mines on the northern field caused a further loss of about 9,000 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appeasing Coal Miners
JANUARY 8, two miners were fined £15 and £10 respectively with an additional sentence of seven days' imprisonment for absenteeism from work at Millfield Greta (NSW) colliery on December 15…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Control of Miners
Most persons share the concern expressed this week by the Northern Miners' Board of Management over the "serious…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mines Release "Malcontents"
The Deputy-Manpower Director (Mr. Bellemore) said yesterday many of the 130 miners released from the coal industry…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold Stealing
WAR has done little to curtail the activities of the gold stealers in WA. Illicit traffic in the magic metal still flourishes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Refuse to Repay Fines
CESSNOCK, Friday.--Ten Stanford Main miners have refused to reimburse the Miners' Federation for money paid in fines on their behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plan for Control of Mines
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation would consider next week a proposal that the Government take control of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plan for Control of Mines
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation would consider next week a proposal that the Government take control of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Extra Meat For Cool Miners
Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. Grant) said yesterday that he had been informed by the Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) that there…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners' Federal Council to Discuss Speed-up Methods
Means to speed up coal production will be discussed by Federal Council of the Miners' Federation next week. Enforcement of discipline will also be considered…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Losses in North 150,000 Tons for January
NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Strikes at nine mines on the northern coalfields to-day resulted in a loss of 10,000 tons of coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Canteen Meals for Miners Britain's Problem of Extra Meat Our Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Jan. 28.—Latest figures from the Ministry of Food show that 98 per cent, of British miners are making use…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Warning to work mine
Central Coal Authority Board Chairman Willis yesterday told Coalcliff miners and owners that if they would not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1000 striking miners to miss double payment for holiday CESSNOCK
A THOUSAND miners on the South Maitland coalfields have denied themselves the opportunity of earning double wages for holiday work on Monday because strikes are still unsettled. Five hundred of the men work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Gold Output
Grid production in New South wales for 11 months ended November 30 was 59,525oz line. valued at £591.877, c[?]ared with 6[?],343oz fine, valued at £714.480 for 11…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seven Mines to Resume Two Still Idle
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—Negotiations at the week-end settled strikes at seven of the nine northern mines which were idle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Coal Produced
NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Six of the nine northern collieries which were idle on Friday resumed work to-day—a public…
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