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Mining & the mines, 1949

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Meetings Indicate Miners’ Stand Hardening

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 3

Meanwhile, a hardening of min[?] for the strike as the result of the Government’s free[?] of funds legislation and the…

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Nationalisation of Mines Unlikely Albury Rugby Players Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 3

The Albury [?] was twice called to the Albury [?] ground yesterday to [?] to injured players…

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Lang Calls On Chifley To Meet Miners SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 3

“THERE has been a lot of talk about freezing funds, ordering the miners back to work and even about dollars; but what does the Chifley Government propose to do to bring a…

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“NSW Govt. May Try To Shift Coal At Grass” SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 1

SECRET talks will be held in Sydney this week on how to move 36,000 tons of coal now being picketed on N.S.W. coalfields. State Cabinet will meet to-morrow to discuss whether an attempt will be made to move the coal. Other talks will be held between Government representatives, Joint Ceal Board officials and key transport union officials…

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A.C.T.U. Discusses Ultimatum to Unions to Unload Coal Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 1

THE Emergency Committee of the A.C.T.U. met in Melbourne to-day and discussed the position regarding the unloading of coal from the Haligonian Duke. Victorian Cabinet decided yesterday that coal Lying in the vessel must be unloaded…

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Director Says Report on “Fabulous” Gold Find “Was a Lot of Lies”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 2

JOSEPH MILNE, managing director of the Union Free State Mining and Finance Corporation, yesterday told the Commission inquiring into the alleged gold find at Dank[?] Orange Free State, last night, that the report of the [?] written by Harold Terence Robertson, sub-editor of the South African Press…

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N.S.W. May Import Japanese Coal

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: State Cabinet today decided to place orders overseas for a large quantity of coal…

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New Leaders of Miners to Be Appointed Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 2

NEW leaders of the Miners’ Federation will be appointed this week to replace Mr, Idris Williams (general president) and Mr. George Grant (general secretary), while they are in gaol. A special meeting of the…

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Mining Men to Meet in Australia

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Monday : The Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, which opened in London today, accepted an invitation from…

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Two Views on Mine Ownership (To The Editor.) Private Ownership

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 5

Sir,—With Marx House raided it should have been years ago), [?]d most of the head saboteurs [?] the run, as a good comrade…

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Miners’ President, Secretary Sentenced to 12 Months’ Gaol Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 3

JUDGE FOSTER, in the Arbitration Court to-day, sentenced the general president of the Miners’ Federation (Mr. Idris Williams) and the general secretary (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) each to 12 months’ light labor at Long Bay Gaol and fined the federation £2000. He had found them guilty of contempt of Court by refusing to obey an order by the Chief Judge (Judge Kelly) to pay to the Registrar of the…

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Coal Trucks Reach Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.: A record convoy of 97 trucks this afternoon assisted in bringing 1000 of Rosewood coal to…

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Coal Must Be Got

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 2

It often happens: in a major industrial conflict that the cause of dispute is buried in a mass of other issue. So it is now. The-miners have struck because they were not given what they wanted when they wanted it…

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Coal Crisis Government Attacked for Failing to Get Coal Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 3

THE leader of the Country Party (Mr. Bruxner) attacked the Government to-day for failing to produce coal and ease the inconvenience and hardships suffered by the community…

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Japs Would Sell Us Coal

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 3

TOKIO, Tues.: Japanese Minister for International Trade and Commerce (Mr Heitaro Inagaki), today stated that Japan was…

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W.a. Miners Consider Strike Situation

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 3

PERTH, Tues.: After a three-hour discussion of the strike position, Collie coalminers today adjourned an aggregate meeting…

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Victoria’s “Blank Cheque” on Overseas Coal

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: The Victorian Government has given its Agent-General in London (Sir Norman Martin), a “blank cheque”…

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Chifley—McGirr Decide To Shift Coal Pile SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 1

DECISION to move coal held in railway trucks on the N.S.W. coalfields by the end of this week was made to-day. The decision was made at a conference between the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) N.S.W. Premier (Mr. McGirr), and other Federal and State Ministers and A.L.P. leaders. The conference is also believed to have decided that police protection would be provided,…

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Mr Hollway Says “The Duke’s” Coal Will Be Unloaded Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 1

A SPECIAL meeting of State Cabinet was held to-day to discuss the unloading of coal from the Haligonian Duke, but no decisions were announced. The Premier (Mr. Hollway) made it clear to-night that the Government’s ultimatum to the unions to unload the coal from the vessel by…

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Artificial Gold

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 July 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday : Gold can now be produced artificially, Professor Sir John D. Cockcroft told the Fourth Empire mining…

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