21 Gold Medals to N.s.w.: Sydney Swimmers Scoop Pool
BRISBANE: New South Woles swimmers gained 21 of the 25 gold medals at the 26th Interstate Sports Carnival championships held…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining & the mines, 1959
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Record coal output-- and record number lose their jobs
SYDNEY: Coal production in N.S.W. was a record 15f million tons in 1958. At the same time 2250 miners lost their jobs, the highest number in any year since the depression. A total of 410 miners lost their jobs on the last working day before their…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →537 mine dismissals as 1959 begins
SYDNEY: With less than half off the first month off 1959 gone, announcements off further mass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Coasl Struggle For Synagogue
SURFERS’ PARADISE: Only two replies have been received by the Gold Coast Jewish community from an Australia-wide appeal for financial help to build a synagogue here…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners in action to fight coal crisis
SYDNEY: Mineworkers are beginning 1919 with militant action in answer to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From Factory, Mine, Ship Mine stay-in
BRISBANE: Determined to win back a savage wage cut, 20 miners from the Sugarloaf colliery began a stay-in strike in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Canadian mine workers "tremendous victory"
Canadian mineworkers' 78-day strike against the International Nickel Company of the U.S.A. ended on December 22 in what trade union leaders described as a "tremendous victory."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' leader says firm action urgent need
NEWCASTLE: The state of collapse of the coal industry, and the worsening economic situation, make firm trade union action an urgent need, Mr. J. Comerford told last Thursday's rally in the Newcastle City Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Factory, Mine, Ship Strike over seniority
SYDNEY: Determined unity in defence of seniority has characterised the strike of calf- skinners and laborers at the Homebush Meat Market. (The Homebush strike started last week over the sacking of a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Capitalism Failed Again" Mine crisis as bad as last depression
NEWCASTLE: "Capitalism provide security for workers, security, and we must do more MR. W. PARKINSON, general…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From Factory, Mine, Ship "Should amend 'equal pay' law"
SYDNEY: "The State Government should amend the 'equal pay' legislation to. prevent its benefits being…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Govt. 'Tie-up' with Oil Groups Hits Coal Industry
SYDNEY: The Menzies Government has had it "all tied up" with the oil companies to establish a petrochemical industry, Mr. W. Parkinson…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australian Mine "Stay-ins"
THE recent 14-day stay-in of Sugarloaf (Qld) miners was an Australian record for the coal industry, but the record mining…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Demand Higher Mine Pensions
SYDNEY: The annual meeting of the N.S.W. State Council of the Retired Mineworkers' Association declared recently that an immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gold Medal for Soviet Designer
PARIS: The designer of the Soviet TU-104 jet airliner, Andre Tupolev, has been awarded the gold medal the Federation Aeronautique…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Factory, Mine, Ship A.c.t.u. Backs Maritime Struggle
MELBOURNE: The A.C.T.U. Interstate Executive Has given full support to the five maritime unions in their fight against the shipowners. THIS has been announced by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →From Factory, Mine, Ship Delegate Sacked: Men Stop
SYDNEY: About 20 boiler- makers are on strike at the works of R. S. Morris over the dismissal of the union…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners condemn A.W.U. plan as disruptive
SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation Central Council last week declared that the trade union centre proposed by the. A.W.U…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' leader at autom ation-mechanisation inquiry Emphatic for Union Program
NEWCASTLE: "This is the program to provide an answer for the mining industry."…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Calls to miners to play active part in N.S.W. elections
SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation Central Council last week unanimously decided to urge all members to play an active part in the forthcoming N.S.W. elections and to do everything possible to defeat the Liberal - Country…
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