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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 5 of 25

Girl Refused Work in Mine

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 5

The Miners' Federation has refused to let an attractive young woman work as a miner in an open cut at Lithgow. The…

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Coal Conference to Avert Strike

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) has called a conference for to-morrow on a dispute which threatens to throw most New South Wales mines idle on Monday…

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Miners Will Press Log of Claims

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation, in a statement tonight, said the attitude of the…

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Coal Output

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--Joint Coal Board officials estimate that coal production from N.S.W. mines this week will probably be the…

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Vital Mining Conference

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—Any break down of the conference between the Miners' Federation and Federal and State Government representatives next Thursday could…

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Mining Unions' Log of Claims

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A five-hour conference to-day called to discuss the mining unions' log of claims did not reach agreement…

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Coal Output Up

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Coal production on the N.S.W. fields last week was the highest this year, official figures released to-day by the Joint Coal Board…

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Miners' Log Of Claims

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--A further conference on the Mining Unions' log of claims will be held in Sydney on Tuesday, which means that the threat of a…

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Miners' Strike Threatened

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--The Miners' Federation Central Council to-day threatened strike action unless there is a satisfactory settlement of the fining Unions' log of…

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Developments In Coal Talks

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. The Joint Coal Board intervened in a conference to-day on the Mining Unions' log of claims with proposals aimed at providing a settlement…

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Coal Output Higher

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed--Coal output for the first four months of the year was the highest for the same period since 1943. The average…

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Miners Defer Strike Action

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday,--The Central Council of the Miners' Federation to-day deferred strike action on the mining unions' log of claims pending further consideration of the Joint Coal Board proposals…

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Man Charged With Illegal Gold Export

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--A Customs officer said in the Special Federal Court to-day that a barman had admitted having hidden gold…

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MinersTo Call Stop-work Meetings

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Miners' Federation Central Council to-day decided to call nation-wide stop-work meetings next Thursday if a settlement is not reached on…

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Change to Avert Coal Crisis

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--The general secretary of the Miners Federation (Mr. G.W.S. Grant) said to-night that he did not think the present threatened coal crisis was without a basis for some solution satisfactory to both parties…

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Next Move by Miners?

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon--The Miner's Central Council will meet to-morrow to decide on strike action following the breakdown of a conference to-day on the Unions'…

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Bolivian Tin Miners. Troop Clash

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

LA PAZ (Bolivia), Mon. (A.A.P.).-- At least 150 people have been killed in fighting between soldiers and strikers at the Patino tin mines at Catavi…

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Americans Killed In Tin Mine Clash

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 1

LA PAZ (Bolivia), Tuesday (AAP).—Two American engineers were killed and four other Americans and a number…

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Move for Nation-wide Coal Strike

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—The Miners' Central Council to-day moved for a general strike on the Australian coalfields…

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Miners Defer Stoppage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Miners' Central Council to-day by eight votes to seven decided to postpone for two weeks the nationwide stop-work meetings set down for…

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