Coal going cheap
National and Queensland leaders of the Miners' Federation have applauded the action of the Whitlam Government to apply some control over the reckless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining & the mines, 1973
19 stories in Sydney's papers
MUSIC Gold Medals from the S.A.C.E.M
The Society of Authors, Composers and publishers of Musi (SACEAA in French) annually award gold medals and grand prizes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unions oppose coal dump
WOLLONGONG: An organised campaign to have the NSW South Coast Trades and Labor Council approve the plans of Coalcliff colliery to dump coal wash waste at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →As Good As Gold
The world monetary crisis has slipped once again from the headlines of most newspapers over the past week. Nevertheless most people remain jittery…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Why Isn't She Dead? Why Isn't She Dead! by Peggy Berman with Kevin Childs. Gold Star paperback, 221 pp, [?]1.95
MELBOURNE: A series of scandals rocked Victoria late in 1969 and early in 1970. The biggest emerged at the abortion graft inquiry which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Qld. miners on nationalisation
BRISBANE: Queensland miners have called on the Federal Government to take over all overseas interests in the coalmining industry. They also decided to step up…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bjelke to judge on Bjelke coal
BRISBANE: Location of a new electricity plant is shortly to be decided by the Queensland Government. The indications are that the Country Party will settle on Nanango,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Israel Mining Team’s Visit Here
A top executive team of the Timna Copper Mines in Israel made a flying visit to Australia last week to investigate new treatment possibilities…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tassy tin miners work-in win
BURNIE (Tas): At one of Australia's largest tin mines, Renison Bell, on the west coast of Tasmania, ten AMWU members "worked-in" for a week, even though they…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal Digger Heads for Kandos Record machine in Holroyd
A revolutionary designed underground coal mining machine —the first ever built in Australia—has been completed at a factory at Smithfield…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Utah Miners on Strike
About 900 Combined Mining Unions members at all Utah mines in Queensland are in a strike battle against this US-based international giant…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Utah Grabs Q.'ld Coal
One of the chapters of Pete Thomas' new booklet "Up for Grabs" begins: "With enormous self-righteousness, Qld. Premier Bjelke-Petersen said in 1969: 'There is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners fear closure
WOLLONGONG: The Combined Mining Unions Committee at the Huntley Colliery has written to the NSW Mines Minister, Mr. W. Fife, exposing the manner in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners on Strike Over Dismissals
Over 100 Miners' Federation members have been battling Australian Iron & Steel (BHP's NSW South Coast subsidiary) in a strike which has already lasted from September 4…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bar of gold to help the battle
PARIS: A Frenchman walked into the Israeli Embassy in Paris, laid a bar of gold on a table…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners work-in, fight sackings
A work-in, with workers producing coal without a boss; a mass deputation to Parliament House in Sydney, and various strikes at mines in NSW and Queensland: these are some of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bernie Gold in Vic Squash Team
Another former Sydney sportsman will compete for Victoria in next Maeeabi Sports Carnival. Bernie Gold has been…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Saving Aust. energy: miners' plan
Moves that can lead to radical changes in control and rational use of Australia's energy resources (principally coal and oil) have been initiated by the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hakoah Launches Gold Star M'ship
Hakoah's new $1000 “Gold Star” membership is off to a good start after its official launching last week. The scheme, which offers a limited 100 membership, was…
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