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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Coal Output Higher Miners May Get Full Holidays

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.-- The Joint Coal Board will now not ask the N.S.W. miners to cut their Christmas holidays from three to two weeks if the present coal output is…

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Wangaratta Paved With Gold

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 1

Well-known Coffs Harbour resident, Mr. R. C. Bray, on a visit to his home town of Wanaratta. Victoria, last week,…

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Output Governs Miners' Leave

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--In a letter to the Miners' Federation to-day the Joint Coal Board stated that the holiday period to be taken by miners at Christmas depended solely on production for the remainder of the year…

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Debate Coal Board Report

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 November 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Wed. (AAP).--To-morrow's important debate on the last report of the National Coal Board shall be staged on a…

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Rail Coal Stocks Need Building Up

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan), said to-night that the Railways Department had 54,713…

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Miners Would Fight for Coal Tribunal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Miners' Federation would fight for the retention of the Coal Industry Tribunal, the general…

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Salt Mine Escapee Arrives In Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--A Ukrainian watchmaker who escaped to Germany in 1944 after serving 15 years in the Siberian salt[?]…

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Price Of Gold In U.S.

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Fri. (AAP).--President Truman told a press conference here that the price of gold in the United…

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High Coal Production

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Coal production in New South Wales has been at near record lever since the end of the coal strike, a Joint…

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Coal Resources Of Clarence

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 2

The speaker at last night's meeting of the Rotary Club was Mr. J. Liddel. manager of the Nymboida Colliery Co., who…

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Setback To Communists In Miners' Ballot

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Labour Party supporters may gain control of the Miners' Federation from the Communists in the new year as the result of ballots for official…

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Collapsed In Mine

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Thursday.-- Two mine officials collapsed and died yesterday when they descended into a pocket of deadly…

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Handed Over Coal Dispute

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AAP)--The Federal Mediation Chief (Mr Cyrus Ching) has turned the deadlocked coal dispute over…

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Does Not Expect Coal Rationing

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Research Service, an organisation maintained by many organisations, including the Employers' Federation, does not anticipate any drastic coal rationing over Christmas and the new year…

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Rifle Shooting Gold Cup Challenge

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 6

A most difficult task for the local team will take place at Dorrigo on Sunday, 20th, when the powerful Graf ton Rifle team…

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Miners Affiliate With W.F.T.U.

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Miners' Federation has decided to affiliate with the Mining Department of the Communist- dominated…

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Miners and Police Clash

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 3

LAGOS (Nigeria), Mon. (AAP)--Eighteen were killed and 31 hurt in clashes between Police and coalminers and their, wives…

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Complimented Miners On Coal Production

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 November 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--A Joint Coal Board spokesman to-day complimented New South Wales miners on recent production…

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High Coal Output

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Wed. (AAP.).-- The coal output in Britain last week-- 4,520,300 tons-- was only slightly below the highest weekly…

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Coal By-products

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 November 1949 · page 5

There are about 200,000 byproducts derived from bituminous coal in the United States, the National Coal Association…

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