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

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Miners Object to Red

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 August 1949 · page 5

GUNNEDAH: Miners to-day refused to work with a man they claimed is a Communist and threatened…

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Big Railway Loss Due to Miners' Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 August 1949 · page 1

Last month was a disastrous one for the Railway Department at Goulburn, the loss of…

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More Trouble at Mine

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY:. Miners at the Steelworks Colliery in the western districts again refused to work to-day. They alleged…

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Lithgow A.l.p. Wants Inquiry Into Coal Board's High Offers for Homes

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 4

Following a lengthy debate, Lithgow branch of the A.L.P. will conduct a full enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the acquisition of cottages and land in the district by the Joint Coal Board and the State Mines Control Board,…

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Coal Losses by Deaths

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: A Joint Coal Board spokesman said that miners should review the custom of stopping work…

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Bishop's Views on the Strike Wrong To Brand Miners As "Bad Lot"

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 4

The Bishop of Goulburn, Rt. Rev. E. H. Burgmann, in his diocesan letter deals with the coal strike. The letter was written before the strike had actually ended…

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Survey of Coal Output Strike And After Effects

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A striking increase in the quantity of coal produced from open cuts in New South Wales immediately prior to the miners' strike is disclosed in figures released…

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Britain's Coal Output

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

United Kingdom coal output last month totalled 14,616,000 tons, just over half a million tons more than in July. 1948…

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Mines Idle in England

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 2

London, Tuesday: As a result of the pit-winders' strike in Yorkshire, 63,000 miners in the Yorkshire area are idle…

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Coal Strike and Petrol

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: Sydney service station owners said yesterday that petrol sales—which rose by 20 per cent. during the coal…

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Letters to the Editor The Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 4

SIR, The Bishop considers that the strike was of a premature character and also it was probably unnecessary owing to the fact…

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End of Coal Mines?

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Within 20 years, no large-scale coal mining in Australia would be necessary, Professor H. S. W…

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Snyder Hopeful of Money Talks But Will Not Pay More For Gold

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: The Secretary of the United States Treasury, Mr. John Snyder, is "definitely hopeful" that good results will come from the tripartite dollar crisis talks between…

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Gold Coast Mounted Police

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 5

The Governor's Escort of the Gold Coast Mounted Police, she have been attending funcions in London in connection with Colonial Month, recently paraded in their full dress at Erse Guards Parade, London. This picture shows one of the…

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Gold Price

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 4

General Smuts, South African Opposition Leader, said yesterday that the dollar price for gold was not…

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Bishop Burgmann on the Recent Coal Strike Wrong to Brand Miners as a “Bad Lot” “Foolish to Ban Communists or Any Political Party”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 4

THE ANGLICAN Bishop of Goulburn diocese, Rt. Rev. E. H. Burgmann, who is regarded as one of the deepest and most astute thinkers of our time, makes some interesting observations on the recent coal strike…

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Burragorang Coal Country Council Seeks Lease

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: The chairman of the Sydney County Council, Councillor J. O. Cramer, said last night the council had asked…

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Miners' Claims for Long Service Leave Decision To Be Given To-morrow

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. Gallagher, will give his decision to-morrow morning on miner's claims for unconditional long-service leave. He announced this yesterday after he had reported…

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Article About Miners

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. G. W. S. Grant, complained to the Coal…

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Miners Get Long Service Leave, But

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, to-day granted long services leave…

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