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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

491 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 25

Miners Charged With Assault

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 1

LITHGOW, Fri.—Arnold Samuel Clew, 38, miner, and member of the communist-dominated Lithgow Miners'…

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Defer Prosecution Of Miners

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.—There had been no "backing down" by the Government in its decision to defer issuing of summonses…

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Talks To-Day To Decide On Mine Meetings

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—Attempts will be made by communist supporters at to-morrow's meeting of the Miners' Central Council to delay the holding of aggregate meetings on…

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Sir Earle Page's Plan To Win Coal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 3

LISMORE, Fri.—"The A.C.T.U. tentative terms of agreement, being sedulously driven into the public mind, do not offer much hope of a permanent solution of the coal trouble, nor provide reserves to prevent another crisis," said Sir Earle Page,…

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Miners' Meeting

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--To-night, rank and file members of the Miners' Federation at Cessnock decided to hold a special meeting…

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Division at Mining Union Meeting

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Hopes of an early end to the coal strike were dashed to the ground to-day when the acting chairman, Mr. W. Blair, and four other moderate delegates walked out of a meeting of the Coal Mining Unions' Council called to fix a date for…

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Mine Conference On Meetings

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--A special conference of Northern Miners' Lodge delegates will be held in Newcastle on Wednesday to discuss requests from many…

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More Queensland Miners Resume

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.--Three of the largest Caledonian mines west of Ipswich commenced production this morning…

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Casey Attacks Miners' Decision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Attacking the decision of the Combined Mining Unions Council's decision not to call aggregate…

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Coal Cutter--Loader

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 3

More than 400 tons of coal a shift is a normal output from this simultaneous cutter--loader which has been installed in British coal mines. An all British machine it does away with shot firing in…

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First Day's Coal Tally

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—Army and Air Force labour produced more than 7000 tons of coal in their first day's operation in New South Wales open-cut mines…

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Worried by Coal Move

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Communist organisers on the New Souths Wales coalfields are making strong attempts to prevent a break in the coal strike front…

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More Queensland Miners To Return

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tues.—New Whitwood miners in the Ipswich district decided to-day to return to work next Monday, and not to…

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Soldier-miners Live in Comfort

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 3

LITHGOW, Tues—Even Interstate draught beer is available at Marrangaroo "coal cap," where service personnel…

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Seeks Importation of Power Coal

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.— Advocating the importation of coal, the chairman of Sydney County Council, (Councillar Cramer) to-day said…

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Says Owners Should Drive Coal Trucks

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 3

SIDNEY, Tues.—The Road Transport Workers' Union has asked the Federal Government to allow drivers of vehicles…

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Winning Coal Letter to the Editor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 2

Sir,--When I read the headline on your story of Sir Earle Page's speech at Lismore ("Sir Earle Page's Plan to Win Coal") I…

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HOCKEY. Coal Strike Cancels State Team Visit

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 5

Clarence River District Hockey Association last night received a letter from the New South Wales Hockey Association, stating that…

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Army May Man Underground Coal Mines

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Federal Government may operate a number of the big B.H.P. mechanised underground mines…

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Tasmanian Miners Favour Return

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 1

HOBART, Wed.—Striking miners at St. Mary's East Coast to-day adopted a resolution favouring a general return to work…

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