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Mining & the mines, 1949

629 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 32

Soldiers’ Stay on Coalfields May Be Short Withdrawal At Once If Miners Return To Work CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3

MINISTERS said to-day they were still hopeful that the coal strike would be settled before the scheduled time for moving troops into the open cut mines. If miners agreed on Monday to return to work by August 2 or soon after, it was stated the Government would immediately direct the removal of military forces…

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Million Settlers in Murray Valley Conference Told Of 350 Million Tons Of Coal At Oaklands Swan Hill

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 5

CONFERENCE of Murray Valley Parliamentarians, organisations and councils with the Murray Valley Development League to-day decided to urge upon [?] Governments concerned in the Murray Valley…

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Airmen to Help Win Coal

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 14

SYDNEY, Fri: Nearly 200 members of No. 2 Airfield Construction Squadron had been called on to help work open-cut mines…

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Plans to Work Open Cut Mines Completed Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 3

PLANS for working open cut mines with army labor are almost completed, and unless there is a speedy end to the coal strike the troops will start work on Tuesday…

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Wonthaggi Miners to Be Prosecuted No Backing Down By Government— Mr. Hollway MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 2

THERE had been no “backing down” by the Government in its decision to defer the issue of summonses against striking Wonthaggi miners, the Premier (Mr. Hollway) said after a special meeting of State Cabinet tonight…

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Mr Chifley Says No Cheap Open Cut Labor Soldiers To Be Paid Miners’ Wages CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 3

THE Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) said today that service personnel working in open cut mines would be paid at a rate not less than the usual payments to miners for this class of work. “We intend to go on with open cut mine work on Tuesday and to continue those…

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Miners Demonstrate Againse Use of Soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: Over 500 miners travelled from Cessnock and Karri to attend a demonstration at Minmi against the…

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Rank and File Miners to Meet

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: Tonight rank and file members of the Miners’ Federation at Cessnock decided to hold a special meeting…

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A.c.t.u, Attacks Miners

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 3

A statement issued by the president of the ACTU (Mr Clarey), and the secretary (Mr Monk), was as follows:…

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Moderates Walk Out Of Meeting Of Mining Unions’ Council Hopes Of Early End To Strike Dashed SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 1

HOPES of an early end to the coal strike were dashed to the ground to-day when the acting chairman, Mr. W. Blair, and four other moderate delegates walked out of a meeting of the Coal Mining Unions’ Council called to fix a date for aggregate meetings of strikers…

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More Queensland Miners Working

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.: Three of the largest Caledonian mines west of Ipswich commenced production this morning…

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Coal Moving Troops on Job

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Coal won by Army and Air Force personnel is already on its way to Sydney and Newcastle from northern and western open…

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A.c.t.u. Leader Attacks Miners

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Mon.: The illogical action of miners going on strike before the process of arbitration had taken its course had…

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Chifley's 'Guilty Men'; Fadden on Coal Crisis

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 3

"Even at the height of the war, the Japanese were never able to do to us what the Communists have done in the past three weeks," said…

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Troops Begin Work In Open Cut Mines SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 3

PREPARATIONS are complete for full scale operations by troops in open cut mines in N.S.W. to begin shortly after midnight to-night. By daybreak to-morrow the first consignments…

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Nor [?]Tball Notes [?]Eniliquin Brilliant Narrow Win Over Nathalia Blue and Gold High Flyers Carry the Day

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 3

[?]ENILIQUIN concluded the season with a brilliant three point win over Nathalia at the sports ground on [?]urday. Poor shooting could have cost Deniliquin the game,…

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Coal and Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 15

Says “The Bulletin”:— What with the coal strike and the International Wheat Agreement wheatgrowers aren’t too sure…

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More Miners Returning to Work

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.: New Whit wood miners in the Ipswich dis[?] decided today to return to [?] work next Monday and not to…

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Pilot on Gold Possession Charge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tues.: A Quantas Airways pilot, remanded In the Special Federal Court today until August 22, had been found…

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A.W.H. Fights Miners Over Union Membership Issue

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tues.: An application by the Australian Workers’ Union to restrain the Miners’ Federation (Western District)…

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