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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Our Canberra Letter Coal Strike Hits Primary Producers What May Have to be Stored in Country

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 10

Reports reaching the Government in Canberra from the State capitals daring the four weeks of the coal strike have indicated…

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Open Cut Coal

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 4
Also in Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder

Comparison of the effect of the coal strike on New South Wales with that in other States has drawn public comment at our lack of open…

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Cessnock Miners to Meet To-day (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 1

A message from Cessn[?]ck states: Miners at Cessnock will hold a special meeting late to-day to…

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Northern Miners Call for Mass Meetings Muswellbrook Men Attack leftwing Leaders

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

MORE than 400 miners, at a mass meeting in Moswellbrook yesterday, called on the northern branch of the Miners' Federation to consult the rank and file of the Union on the questio[?] of weather the strike should continue…

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Tallimba Team Holds Gold Cup

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 6

In a good fast game of football, Tallimba team successfully held the Tallimba Gold Cup against Ariah Park on Sunday…

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Soldiers' Great Mining Feat More Electricity for Homes, Industry

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

Servicemen were now winning coal at the rate of 33,000 tons a week, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers) announced…

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Shots Fired at Coal Train Crew?

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 2

Detectives are investigating a report that two bullets fired into Lithgow railway yards on Saturday morning passed close to…

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Gold Cup

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 3

Gold Cup match 21st August at Cowra…

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Miners Will Return to Work Next Week (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 1

New South Wales miners will return to work early next week. This will follow their four to one rejection of the Central Council's…

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Senior Cadet Notes No Camp Because of Coal Strike

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 7

An unfortunate side issue of the coal strike is the inability of the Senior Cadet Brigade to accommodate country units in camp during the…

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Coal Strike Likely to End To-Day Men Have Been Ordered Back to Work by C.M.U. COUNCIL

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 1

TT has been announced that the seven weeks' old coal strike will end this week. The C.M.U. Council has ordered the men to go back to work next Monday…

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Number One Coal Getter

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 2

"When it comes to chopping chunks off Britain, oven the sea has nothing on Ted, Greenslade, a Welsh miner who has just set up another…

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Miners Back to Work To-day Troops Left Open-cuts Last Night; Govt. Will Unfreeze Funds To-morrow (By Wire). Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 1

The worst coal strike in the history of Australia officially tended to-day, when miners went back to work. Decision to work was a victory for Federal and State…

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Atom Will Replace Coal (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states: The Australian Nuclear Fishing expert, Professor H. S. W. Mashey, said last night that…

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Gold Coast Mounted Police in London

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1

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

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Gold Coast Mounted Police in London

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1949 · page 4

The Governor's Escort, of the Gold Coast Mounted Police, who have been attending functions in London in connection with Colonial Month, recently paraded in their full dress at Horse Guards Parade, London. During their parade the police were filmed by the Colonial Film Unit,…

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Coal Strike Cost Farmers 1s 7d BUSHEL

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 29 August 1949 · page 2

The recent coal strike had cost wheatgrowers 1/7d. a bushel, but there is little they can do about it. This was revealed at a…

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Gold! Does This Mean Anything to Grenfell

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1949 · page 3

During the past six months mining experts connected with the South Broken Hill Mining Company have been active in Parkes and…

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N.S.W. Is O.K.; Thousand years of Coal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 6

There are some 11,688,-000,000 tons of coal reserves beneath the around in New South Wales—sufficient on…

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