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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Disgrace To Mine While Water Wasted

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 2

BELLINGEN.—It was a disgrace white men should be asked to go down into the earth to dig coal to give…

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Coal Output for Quarter Increased

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Coal production in the first three months of this year exceeded 1948 first quarter production by…

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Miners' Leaders Face Censure

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Notices of a motion expressing no confidence in the national leadership of the Miners' Federation will be discussed by the Central Council in Sydney next week. The left wing-controlled…

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Queesland Coal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.—The State Government intends buying 30,000 tons of coal from Qeensland to meet the needs Of the State…

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Strike Coal Losses Lower

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Fri.—Coal lost because of strikes in New South Wales collieries amounted to 6730 tons for the last week…

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Need Coal Stocks Boost For Winter

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mineworkers would have to work on every possible day from now on to produce enough coal to meet the demand during the winter months, the chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. K. A. Cameron) said to-night…

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Split In Miners' Federation

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--A split has developed in the central executive of the Miners' Federation. The miners' general secretary…

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Strike Threat By Victorian Miners

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY. Tues.--The Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided to-day to call a general strike of Victorian Miners…

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Miners Threat If Legal Action Against Officials

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Miners Central Council decided to-day that rank and file stopwork meetings of Australian miners…

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Collieries Challenge

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Miners' Central Council declared to-day in a resolution that the Miners' Federation "never has and never…

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Miners Stop Work

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—Wonthaggi miners at a stop-work meeting to-day decided to ask the Miners Federation Executive…

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Men Trapped in Mine

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thurs. (AAP).—Rescuers are standing by at Girardville, Pennsylvania yesterday ready to enter the shaft…

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Miners Found Dead

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK. Fri. (AAP).--Four miners Who were trapped in a burning coal mine at Girardville, Pennsylvania, since last…

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Miners Against Incentives

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Miners' Central Council to-day decided to oppose any form of incentive payments in that Australian…

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Miners Will Discuss Issues

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--The Coal Mining Unions' Council will meet in Sydney next Tuesday to discuss action to be taken on issues that are threatening trouble on the…

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Rich New Coal Seam At Inverell

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 1

INVERELL, Fri.--The NorthWest County Council intends to open a mine as soon as the extensive new coal seam…

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Miners Support Claims Log

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--The Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday adopted and pledged full support to the…

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Charged with Gold Breach

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--An alleged attempt to send gold out of Australia without the written permission of the Commonwealth…

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Miners Killed In Snowslide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 3

LIMA (Peru), Tues. (AAP).-- At least 13 miners were killed and some others are believed to be still trapped in a huge snowslide which crashed down an Andes…

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Committee to Consider Miners' Claims

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tues.--A special sub-committee of the Federal Executive of the ALP was appointed to-day to investigate…

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