COLLIE, Fri: Collie coalminers today adjourned their mass meeting on the national coal strike to a date to be fixed. Then they will be addressed by a representative of the Miners' Federation Central Council. This was decided by what was probably a record crowd for a meeting of miners. They packed the Mechanics' Institute to, overflowing, heard reports from district officers on proposals that had been placed before the executive. ...
Article : 217 wordsSYDNEY, Fri: Vital union talks in Sydney today are not likely to settle the coal strike, now in its ...
Article : 179 wordsLONDON, Fri (AAP): A 7ft. wall of water swept through a Forest of Dean (Gloucestershire) coalmine yesterday trapping 178 miners 400ft. underground. All were rescued but five "lost" men had to struggle four ...
Article : 187 wordsWITH a no-power existence comes improvisation. This city beauty salon, for instance, is in a basement which means that all waste-water must be pumped up to street-level. In normal conditions, this is done by an electric ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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COLLIE, Fri: Communists, who have been active in the town since the nation-wide coal strike ...
Article : 66 wordsMELBOURNE, Fri: Carrying samples of hair and blood taken from a cap worn by the missing man, a prospector will set off from Foster today to search Wilson's Promontory for 63-year-old Alfred Howie. ...
Article : 176 wordsSYDNEY, Fri: Miners' officials of the Cessnock and South Maitland coalfields have retaliated against the Federal Government's freezing of union funds by daring "black" 36,000 ...
Article : 189 wordsA Social Services Department spokesman said today that he was puzzled by the few claims made for unemployment benefits. "With thousands laid off ...
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Advertising : 153 wordsJohn Lawrence Sullivan (12) of 9 Preston Point-rd., East Fremantle, has been missing from his home since 5 p.m. ...
Article : 79 wordsMELBOURNE, Fri: Members of the New Housewives' Association marched through Melbourne streets to the ...
Article : 42 wordsROTTERDAM, Fri (AAP): Sixteen of 71 monkeys destined for the Rotterdam zoo had to be ...
Article : 45 wordsThough supplies were almost exhausted in Perth, no pressure and oil lamps or primus and oil stoves would be brought from country shops, according to most city stores today. Said one manager: "We know that there are plenty of ...
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The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955), Fri 1 Jul 1949, Page 1
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