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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Mine Picnic Trains £3/1/6 Fare Wanted

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 5

Representatives of the various mine picnic committees and the B.I.C. arrived back from Adelaide on Wednesday evening after meeting the…

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Army Betters Miners' Production Rates Second Day Of Operations

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

Sydney, August 4.—Ten thousand tons of coal was on the rail, destined for [?] services, by the end of the second day's operation of open…

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A.W.U. And Coal Senator Ashley Comments

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

Sydney, August 4.— The Minister for Fuel (Senator Ashley) said today that he would not oppose any move by the A.W.U. to seek permission of…

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Govt. Gets Report On Mechanised Mines May Work Ten

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

Sydney, August 4.—A survey of at least ten machanised underground mints on the New South Wales coal-fields is being made by the Federal…

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Gas Unions Council Recommendation Not To Use Open Cut Coal

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

Sydney, Aupgust 4.—A Council of unions with members employed in the gas Industry in N.S.W. has decided to recommend that coal produced by troops…

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Overseas Wool Buyers Anxious About Supplies Coal Strike May Cause Delay in Shipments

Western Grazier · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 3

[?] and Continental firms whose wool stocks are not heavy are anxious lest the Australian coal strike should delay the arrival of Commonwealth wool…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

Maxwell Jeffery (Globe Timber Mills) was treated at the Hospital yesterday for injured toes. He resides at 128 Wills Street…

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Inter Mine Tennis

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 6

I. Ralph—W. O'Malley receive a forfeit from F. Boseence—E. Flanagan…

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South Mine Picnic

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 6

The South Mine Picnic Committee: will holet its first picnic since 1941 at the Zinc Oval on September ll…

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Inter-Mine Tennis

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 4

The Inter-Mine Tennis Association'conducted tournament matches this morning. Resulta were:- B Grade Singles: Cutting d…

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"She's Mine And"—

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 6

Melbourne.—"She is my wife— and she kept me waiting for 20 minutes." A constable told the City Court…

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Men on Mines

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

The Mining Managers Association has issued the following statement showing the number of men employed by the various Mining Companies (Including…

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Coal Output in June

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 8

United Kingdom, coal production showed a fall last month due to Whitsun holidays the weekly output averaging Just under 4,100,00 tons compared with…

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Can Communists Prolong the Coal Strike?

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 4

Sydney. — With the outcome of tomorrow's crucial meeting; of the Miners' Central Council still in doubt, Moderate union leaders are taking; the line that the Communist leaders have virtually conceded…

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Labor Man Scathing on Claims of the Miners

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

I am one of a quarter-million unionists deliberately thrown out of work by fellow-unionists of the Miners' Federation. For many reasons members of my. union and the A.L.P. took for granted that I would be able to tell them the real facts behind the…

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Working of Mechanised Underground Mines Announcement Made by Minister Decision On Date Expected

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 1

Sydney, August 5.—The date for the working of eight mechanised underground mines by Army labor is expected to be fixed in Canberra on Tuesday by the Prime Minister…

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Stop Press Coal From Africa

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 8

Sydney—The Premier (Mr. [?] (Gi[?] said today that the open [?] were producing enough c[?]l [?] meet emergency ra[?] [?]…

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Aggregate Miners Meetings To Be Called Tuesday And Wednesday Negotiation Motion To Be Put

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 1

Sydney, August 7.—The Central Council of the Miners Federation today decided to call aggregate meetings of N.S.W. miners on Tuesday in southern and western-fields and on…

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Mine Machinery

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 1

Adciaide.— Two 1,500 horse, power electric motors. weighing a total of 152 lons, will be unloaded from the Cumberland Which…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 1

J. R. Heley, South Mine, sustained laceration to the third finger of the left hand yesterday. After treatment he was, taken home to 309 Patton Street…

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