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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

202 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 11

Miners to Hold Stoppage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Wed. — South Coast miners will hold a 24-hour stoppage to-morrow in defiance of a no-strike order…

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Threat Of Coal Shortage

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A shortage of coal to general industry and essential services next week is feared unless flood conditions on some sections of the New South Wales coalfields ease in the…

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Mine Stoppage Expected

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 3

BROKEN HILL, Sun.—A general stoppage by members of the Workers' Industrial Union which controls mining…

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Begin Coal Rationing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—A Joint Coal Board spokesman said to-night that unofficial rationing of coal to essential…

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Year's Coal Output Could Be Record

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY Fri.-- Joint Coal Board figures issued today showed that if N.S.W. mine workers maintained the…

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South Grafton Races Gold Valley Looks Strong Chance

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 July 1950 · page 5

Gold Valley, which performed well at the ton racing carnival two years ago, looks a strong chance to-day in the Hawthorne Handicap, chief race, at the South Grafton J.C.'s fixture…

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Not Discussed By Miners' Federation

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.--The general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. G. Grant, said in Rockhampton to-day that the…

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New Chairman of Coal Board

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--Mr. S. Cochran, new chairman of the Joint Coal Board said to-day that the job of providing more…

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Frank Talk on Coal Problem

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--Miners' leaders to-day had a frank talk on the coal industry with the hew Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. D. Cochran)…

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Reds Get Coal From Man In Black Through Window

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--A man threw an 81b. lump of coal through a plate-glass window at the William street…

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Miners Reject Pact Proposal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--Rank-and-file Australian miners are be lieved to have rejected a proposal to form an "Industrial…

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Coal Industry May Have Fewer Industrial Disputes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Joint Coal Board believes that the coal industry in N.S.W. is likely to be comparatively free from…

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Machine To Win Coal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 3

The Samspn Stripper, a new all-British machine, which wins 100,000 tons of coal yearly--with only five men at the face--…

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Idle Mines May Hit Steelworks

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Fri.--If idle B.H.P. coalmines do not resume on Monday drastic slowing down in production at the…

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Comara Unloads Cargo Of Coal

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 2

The N.C.'S.N. Co.'s steamer Comara brought a full cargo of coal to the Clarence this week…

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Miners Hurt When Skips Overturn

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wed.--Three miners were admitted to hospital, seriously hurt, and a number of others treated for minor injuries, when a line of skips overturned at the B.H.P.'s Burwood colliery…

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Miners' Council Wants Revival Area Committees

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Miners' Central Council to-day decided to recommend the reviving of area…

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Miners Reject Alliance Move

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday-- The Miners' Central Council was told to-day that rank and file miners had overwhelmingly rejected a proposed alliance with seamen and waterside workers…

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£17,000 Coal Hoist At South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 2

An American pattern Holman coal hoist is being erected at the South Grafton railway yards at a cost of £17,000. The District Locomotive…

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Miners Cable Stalin On Korea

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Sun. (AAP). -- A cable to Premier Stalin yesterday on behalf of 100,000 Durham miners…

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