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Mining & the mines, 1948

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“Miners Now Producing More Coal Per Man” Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 3

When the A.C.T.U. met in Melbourne this afternoon to discuss the coal position, the Federal president of the Miners’ Federation (Mr. I. Williams) presented the miners’ point of view on the crisis…

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Precious Coal for Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 1

This train-load of coal from N.S.W.—the first this week—left Wodonga yesterday for Melbourne. Coal at the moment is one of the most precious and sought after commodities in Australia and lack of it is giving Cabinet Ministers in all States nasty headaches…

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Coal Assured to S.a

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: The Joint Coal Board tonight assured the South Australian Premier (Mr Playford) that it would supply…

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“Must Share Imports” Coal Board Tells Victoria

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed — The Joint Coal Board announced today that if Victoria imported coal from overseas, industries in all…

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Queensland Coal for Victoria

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thurs.: Seven thousand tons of coal will be hauled 70 miles by road from Collide field and stock-piled for…

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More Gold Weather Coming

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Little hope for easing of the cold, wintry snap over the State was held by Weather Bureau officials tonight…

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Coal Discussions Follow Interstate Protests SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3

Miners’ leaders will hold a special conference with members of the Joint Coal Board in Sydney to-morrow to discuss the coal crisis. All aspects of coal production and causes of…

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Miners to Discuss 35 Hour Week

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday : A 35-hour working week for miners will be one of the proposals discussed at a special conference…

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Liberals Say Reds Forced Coal Crisis

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 3

The annual convention in Sydney of the state division of Liberal Party called on the Federal Government to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the activities of Communists and "other persons advocating or practising subversive, or seditious doctrines."…

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Consumers Told to Be Careful with Coal

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Monday : Although no industrial consumer would be satisfied with the amount of coal which would be allocated by the…

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Coal Miners Get Pay Increase

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tues.: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr F. H. Gallagher) today in a reserved judgment awarded miners at five…

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Miners’ 35 Hour Week Claim

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Hearing of the claim by the Miners’ Federation for a 35-hour week in the Australian coal…

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MR. McGIRR and Coal

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

A favorite dodge of these Labor leaders, when faced with the appalling results of their own weakness and ineptitude, is to throw off something about the way things were before Labor came to power. Thus they drag forward the bad days…

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Bonus of £10 a Week For Miners

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tues.: A record bonus of £9/17/6 for each full week worked in August will be paid to employes in mines in the…

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New Coal Mine Opened by Premier

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. : The Awaba coal mine, which is one of the three new State mines the Government: intend to to develop…

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Huge Loss by National Coal Mines

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Wed. : Commenting on the report of the National Coal Board which revealed a loss of £23,255,586. on the first…

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Meeting Wants Mines Nationalised

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wed.: More than 1500 people at a public meeting tonight, organised by the Miners’ Federation, called for the…

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Miners’ Nice Gesture to Widow

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed. : Mineworkers at the Commonwealth open cut mine at Lithgow, on the western NSW coalfields, worked…

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35-Hour Week And No Overtime—Miners SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 3

The miners’ general president (Mr J. Williams) told the Coal Industry Tribunal in Lithgow today that NSW miners were not going to be asked to work overtime…

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Italians for Australian Coal Mines? Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 3

The Federal Government was investigating the possibility of bringing Italian coal miners to Australia for employment in the industry here, the Prime Minister said to-day…

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