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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

112 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 6

Open Cut Holds Millions of Tons of Coal

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 4

Mining engineers estimate that there is more than 2½ million tons of first-quality coal in the Muswellbrook open cut field--the…

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Miners Vote to End Strike Sydney, Tuesday, 3 p.m

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 5

Aggregate meetings of miners on the southern and western coalfields to-day rejected a resolution from the…

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Miners Meetings Sitting Latest Cables and Telegrams The "Macleay Argus" is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. Hopes to End Strike Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 5

Miners on the southern and western NSW coalfields and in Victoria are holding meetings today which may end the coal stride,…

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Crucial Meetings of Coal Miners Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 2

About 3000 miners attending a Wollongong meeting were carefully checked by officials before entering the Crown Theatre, where a…

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Open-cut Coal Permits Resumption of Many Jobs

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 1

Coal won by Servicemen from the open-cut mines has brought a speedy turn for the better in the in.dustrial position, and 70,000 Sydney…

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The Coal Miners Go Back To Work Next

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 2

After gaining nothing and causing untold hardship by their senseless strike, the coal miners will resume work next Monday. This is good news…

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Upper Hastings Lucky to Retain Gold Cup

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 6

In a game which produced brilliant football only solid defence by Upper Hastings enabled them to force a draw with Port Macquarie to retail the Gold Cup at die Wauchope foot-ball ground on Sunday last…

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Coal Strike Ends— Back to Work on Monday. Power Supply Position

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 2

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation last night ordered resumption of work in all coal-mines next Monday, thus ending…

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Back to Work on Monday Latest Cables and Telegrams The "Macleay Argus" is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. Order of Miners' Federation Follows Vote of Miners Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 5

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation last night ordered resumption of work in all coal-mines next Monday, thus ending…

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Coal Strike Ends Miners to Resume Work on

The Northern Champion · Saturday 13 August 1949 · page 2

The Control Council of the Miners' Federation on Thursday night ordered resumption of work in all coalmines next Monday, thus ending the seven…

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The Coal Strike Work To Be Resumed On

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 August 1949 · page 4

Coal miners will resume work on Monday next, after their disastrous seven-weeks' strike. The Central Council of the Miners' Federation on…

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Miners Strike Again--want Their Coal First Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 5

The miners at Bellbird, and the Government owned State mine, both big producers went on strike today--only two days after the…

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Two Mines Idle Over Supplies for Miners' Homes Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 17 August 1949 · page 2

Miners at Bellbird and the Government owned State Mine, both big producers, went on strike to-day—only two days after the nation-wide strike had…

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The Coal Strike

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 August 1949 · page 2

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation on Thursday night ordered resumption of work in all coalmines, thus ending the seven weeks'…

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Greater Mechanisation to Boost Coal Production

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 August 1949 · page 3

Coal miners of NSW, returned to work on Monday morning, and coal was on the move in good quantities during the day. The Railway Dept…

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Open Cut Coal

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 2

The volume of publicity devoted to this question during the recent coalfields trouble suggested a new and revolutionary discovery, instead of in…

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Industrial Unrest Could End Labor's Rule— Communists Still—dominating Coal Industry

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 1

Public reaction to recent industrial and political developments may profoundly affect the result of the Federal elction now looming on the…

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Echo Of The Disastrous Coal Strike

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 2

Coal Cliff colliery, which normally produces about 800 tons of coal a day, was Idle on Monday because one mine worker would not go down the mine…

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Miners Granted Long Service Leave

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 September 1949 · page 2

Coal miners have been granted the long-service leave claims for which they applied some time ago. The Coal Industry Tribunal…

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Coal Strike Aid to States

Macleay Argus · Saturday 10 September 1949 · page 1

In his budget speech on Wednesday, the Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, said the Commonwealth Government proposed to pay the States a coal strike emergency grant of £8,000,000. Mr. Chifley said the coal strike was created…

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