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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

73 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 4

Prime Minister Appeals to Miners

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 September 1948 · page 2

The Prime Minister. Mr. Chifley, told coalminers at Cesenock and Kurri Kurri on Sunday, that any miner who failed to do his best…

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Port Holds Gold Cup

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 4

Continuing on their winning vein, the Port Macquarie Cup team successfully withstood a strong challenge from the Upper Hastings League…

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Manure As Valuable As Gold

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 5

Manure was spread everywhere about the countryside in England, said Mr. M. R. Buttsworth, dairy farmer member of the Rural Bank…

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Miners Want State Strike Latest Cables and Telegrams. The "Macleay Argus is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. Steel Workers Suffer 1000 Lose Jobs 1,400 to Follow Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 5

The miners leaders last night decided to recommend a Statewide coal strike as a result of the refusal by the Australian Iron…

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Current Topics. COAl, Strike Will Affect Delivery of Christmas Mail

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 5 November 1948 · page 2

The coal strike, if it continues, is expected to seriously affect the delivery of Christmas mail. The local Postmaster, Mr. F. Carthew, was…

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General Coal Strike Latest Cables and Telegrams. The "Macleay Argus" [?]s a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. Condemned by Trades Council Drastic Cuts in Services Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 November 1948 · page 5

General unemployment and stand-downs will follow the drastic coal-rationing plan announced by the Joint Coal Board last night…

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General Coal Stoppage Severe Rationing Restrictions

The Northern Champion · Saturday 6 November 1948 · page 2

The coalminers of N.S.W. decided this week to extend the dispute which his held up work on the Kemeira tunnel, on the South Coast, for several weeks,…

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Coal Strike Drastic Rationing Restrictions Announced

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 November 1948 · page 2

Under drastic rationing restrictions decided by the Joint Coal Board on Thursday use of power for industry is to be restricted to two…

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Coal Strike Ended

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 2

The council of the Miners' Federation called off the general strike of coal miners at 1 p.m. yesterday and instructed all its members to…

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End Of Coal Strike

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 2

The people of Australia should feel thankful that the coal strike has ended, if ever there was a devilish attempt to start industrial war in…

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How the Coal Strike Affected Gloucester

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 4

The affect of the Coal Strike was drastically felt in Gloucester where it caused some unemployment and led to the closing down of the heavy…

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Coal Strike Ends

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 November 1948 · page 2

The coalminers returned to work on Tuesday. Non-Communist union officials said on Monday night that the…

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Coal Strike Settled

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 10 November 1948 · page 2

Following a meeting on Monday the Miners' Central Council called off the State-wide coal strike, and recommended that all mines resume work on…

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