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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Coal Losses By Miners' Demands

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Mon.--Introduction of the 35-hour week in the coalmining industry would reduce the effective working force in the…

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Asks Miners to Return

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--The Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, issued a statement to-night, recommending the miners to go back to work…

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Miners Defy Power Regulations

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Mon.--If miners in the Cessnock mining district thought they could go on defying the regulations, the town would…

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Ipswich Miners On The Job

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.--Protected by 12 members of police force, six Queensland coal mines in the Ipswich area, were…

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Check On Use Of Coal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--Officers of the Joint Coal Board are making a State-wide check on coal supplies frozen by the board's…

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Opposition Plan To Settle Coal Strike

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--The Leader of the State Opposition (Mr. V. Treatt) will submit a four-point plan to settle the…

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Millions Of Tons Coal At Ashford

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 2

It was estimated that 3,000,000 tons of coal in a seam under test, were revealed by boring operations at Ashford…

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No Moves on Coal at Grass

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.--Federal Government will not initiate an immediate move to transport to the industry 36,000 tons of coal lying at grass on the New South Wales coalfields…

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CHIFLEY'S Earning to Miners

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, said today if reason and understanding did not prevail…

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American Miners Back At Work

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues., (A-AP).--America's coalminers ended their 10-day vacation to-day and returned to the pits, under orders…

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Ten Mines Produce In Queensland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE,Tues.--The total number of mines in production since the strike was increased to 10,when three mines in the…

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Miners' Leaders May Meet for Review

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday-- Miners leaders are considering calling a meeting of their Central Council to review developments in the coal strike…

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Japan May have Coal to Spare

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 3

TOKIO, Tuesday (AAP).-- Japan might be able tp supply coal to Australia if requested, a S.C.A.P. official said to-day…

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Premier's Appeal To Coal Miners

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Premier (Mr. McGirr) in the Legislative Assembly to-day, called upon the miners to…

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Miners' Official Sent To Gaol

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday--The secretary of the Western District of the Miners' Federation, John H. King, was to-day sentenced to a month's gaol by Chief Judge Kelly, of the Arbitration Court, for refusing to say what he had done with £4500 drawn from a…

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Constant Study Of Coal Crisis

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.--A special sub-committee of the Federal Cabinet has been appointed to maintain a constant study of…

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No Bartering To Settle Coal Strike

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Federal Government did not propose to engage in any bartering, arrangement to settle…

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Coal From Casino

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 2

LISMORE, Thurs.--Coals are literally coming to Newcastle from the north coast of N.S.W. to-day. A special goods train of…

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Miners Not Eligible For Benefits

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs.--Persons associated with the mining industry would not be eligible to draw unemployment benefits, the…

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Question On Secret Ballot For Miners

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs.--Provision by the Government before the session ended of machinery to enable miners to…

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