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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Weekly Stoppages By Miners Until Claims Are Granted

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Central Council of the Miners Federation to-day decided to call one-day-a-week stoppages of miners in New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria, commencing…

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Last Warning to Miners

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thur.--A last minute warning of the Government's determination to act against any stoppages on the coalfields was issued to the miners by the…

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Action On Miners Federal Affair McGirr

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Premier (Mr. McGirr) placed the responsibility for handling action on the proposed miners' one-day-a-week strikes, on the…

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English Firm to Mine Open Cut Coal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--An open-cut mine to produce 10,000 tons of good quality coal a week, will be opened on the Ben Bullen…

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Cabinet Moves Fast Against Miners

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.--Swift action by the Acting-Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) followed the decision of the Miners' Federation to-day to persist in calling weekly…

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Votes by Thumbs for First Gold Coast Poll

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 1

ACCRA (Gold Coast), Sunday (A.A.P.).--Four million residents of the Gold Coast, mostly natives, will vote to-morrow to eiect their first Parliament--the first major step towards self-government by Africans in a British…

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Minesweeper Hits Mine

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Mon. (AAP). --Four of the crew were killed, four are missing and seven are wounded in the loss of the…

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Action Against Miners Leaders

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.-- Summonses were issued out of the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, charging three leaders of Miners Federation with contempt of…

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Three Mines Work In Queensland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday. -- Three mines in Queensland to-day produced coal in spite of the one-day…

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Gold Coast Election

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 5

ACCRA, Tues. (AAP).--Gold Coast natives voted with bird and animal symbols yesterday to elect candidates for the first…

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Coal Shortage Stops Picnic

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 2

The annual picnic for railway employees between Grafton, South Brisbane and Murwillumbah…

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Ready To Co-operate On Coal Crisis

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. -- Leaders of the Miners' Federation to-day told the Interstate Executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions that they were prepared…

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French Miners Killed

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

PARIS, Thursday (A.A.P.).-- Eleven French miners were killed and seven iniured. two seriously, in an underground…

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Bonalbo Coal Tests

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 5

Tests on use of Bonalbo coal for the railways may have proved it unsuitable. District locomotive engineer,…

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Tin Mining Methods

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 6

INVERELL.--New England Producers' Association is to approach the CSIRO requesting that it undertake experiments in…

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Evatt Appears For Miners' Leaders Contempt Denied

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Dr. Evatt, K.C., said to-day that the leaders of the Miners' Federation could not be guilty of contempt of the Federal Arbitration Court,…

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Strike Control By Miners Rebuff To A.C.T.U.

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation to-day refused to h and over control of the coal dispute to the Australian Council of Trade Unions. THE Central Executive of…

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"Might Get Somewhere" On Coal Strike

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday--When miner's leaders meet A. C. T. U. to-morrow in an endeavour to settle the coal strike, "there is a possibility of getting somewhere," the Miners' Federation Secretary (Mr…

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No Solution Yet Reached Coal Crisis

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--A two-and-a-half hour conference in Sydney this afternoon failed to find a solution to the coal crisis. The conference adjourned until 9.30…

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Church Intervention In Coal Dispute

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 1

MENANGLE, Tuesday.--There were genuine industrial grievances and unresolved anomalies in Mr. Gallagher's incentive bonus award, the Superintendent of the Waverley Methodist Mission (Rev…

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