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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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BLUE & Gold Ball Countrywomen Score Big Success

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 6

Members of the Taralga branch of the C.W.A. have good reason to feel proud of their first Blue and Gold Ball, which was largely…

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Minister, Miners And Arbitration

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA: The Acting Attorney-General Senator McKenna, said today that if Sydney reports that the…

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13 Miners Killed By Snowslide

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 3

LIMA, Peru, Monday: At least 13 miners were killed and [?] a believed to be still trapped in a huge snow…

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Wonthaggi Miners Go Back

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE: Striking miners returned to work at midnight at the Wonthaggi State mine after an order had been issued…

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Inferior Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 5

The black-out which occurred last night over the southern towns including Goulburn, was due to the use…

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"Enemies of Australia" Those Who Use Coal Question For Political Purposes

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 5

"Anyone who used the question of coal for political purposes and is prepared to inflict hardship on any section of the community is…

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Miners And Time Lost

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: Northern colliery proprietors were not compelled to pay miners for time lost during pit top meetings, the Coal…

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Man-made Inferno Using Coal At Its Source

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 8

NEW YORK: Every year, millions of tons of coal are laboriously mined (at costs averaging two and a half dollars…

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Dangerous Mine Shafts

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 2

The Dept of Mines has told the Bland Shire Council that the proposal of the engineer (Mr. J. J. Spence) to fence off…

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Steel, Coal Shortages Affect Housing

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 1

Mr. K. G. Healing, past president of the Electrical. Radio and Telephone Manufacturers' Federal Council, said…

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Talks About Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation is meeting in Sydney to-day to consider its approach to new…

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Change in Colours Black And Gold Next

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 1

Goulburn's representative team will take the field wearing new guernseys in the game against North…

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New Coal Mines To Open At Lithgow

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 2

LIGHTGOW: Two new coal mines, one produce not less than 2000 tons per day and the other 1,500 tons per shift, will…

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Threat of Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: It was believed that other unionists would exert pressure on the Miners' Federation at the conference to-day of…

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That Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA: The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, said to-day that every endeavour was being made to prevent…

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Striking Miners Hurl Dynamite At Bolivian Troops

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 5

LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, Tuesday: Strikers hurled dynamite from hilltop redoubts yesterday in a battle with Bolivian troops trying to keep order in the wake of the week-end rioting in Andean tin mining area,…

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New Coal Cutting Machine

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 1

With the installation of a new trackless coal cutting-loading machine unit, Hermitage Colliery—one of the two most…

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Curse The Press: Tolerance: Postal Charges: Coal Famine

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 4

It, has been said that when a lawyer has a bad case he resorts to abuse of the other side. He has to make some sort of a show for the money he gets. With politicians it is slightly…

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Some Notes on Current Topics Curse The Press: Tolerance: Postal Charges: Coal Famine

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 4

It has been said that when a lawyer has a bad case he resorts to abuse of the other side. He has to make some sort of a show for the money he gets. With politicians it is slightly…

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Prime Minister and Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA: The Federal Government is doing everything possible to prevent any loss of coal production, the Prime Minister…

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