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Mining & the mines, 1949

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Future Policy of Miners’ Federation Under Review Sidney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 3

FUTURE policy of the Miners’ Federation will be discussed to-morrow by miners’ officials released from gaol to-day by the Arbitration Court. These officials will confer with the acting Miners’ Central Executive, which held office while they were in gaol…

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U.s. Has 25 Billion Dollars of Gold Buried

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 August 1949 · page 1

PERTH, Wed.: America bad 25 billion dollars’ worth of gold of Fort Knox and was not anxious to accumulate…

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Miners’ Leaders Condemn A.l.p

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The miners general secretary (Mr G. W. S. Grant) today opposed a decision by his central…

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Clue to Missing Gold Bullion

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Detectives investigating the disappearance of £3100 worth of gold bullion while in [?] from…

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Miners Decide to Return to Arbitration SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1

THE Miners Federation decided to-day to re-submit claims which caused the seven-week coal strike to the Coal Industry Tribunal. This means that the Communist miners’ leaders have completely capitulated to the stand taken by the Federal and N.S.W. Labor Governments…

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“All Soldier-miners to Get Bonus”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 12

SYDNEY, Fri.: An army spokesman said today that all soldiers sent to coal areas during the strike had been credited…

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Coal in Crippled Ship Still Smouldering

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 3

PERTH, Fri.: Coal in the hold of the British freighter Avismoat is still smouldering, and the captain has radioed Fremantle port…

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Red Documents and Gold Stolen From Train? Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 3

A COMMONWEALTH Bank official told the Royal Commission on Communism Ho-day that he believed documents relating to Communist Party transactions were stolen when £3160 worth of gold…

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Miners’ Claims Before Tribunal

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr Gallagher) decided today to reopen the hearing of the miners’…

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Oil Industry in Coal Strike

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 2

It is fitting that the general public should know what the oil industry has done to maintain them in a state of reasonable comfort during the…

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Alleged Gold Smuggling Attempt “Mug of the Piece” Released on Bond

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Mon.: A man who was arrested while attempting to [?] of gold out of Australia was released on…

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Russian Mines Impress Scottish Visitors

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 14

LONDON, Tues: Mr William Pearson, a member of the Scottish miners’ delegation which is visiting the Soviet Union, last night gave hi…

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Coal Strike Costly to Sydney Council

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Power restrictions during the coal strike reduced the Sydney Council’s revenue by £283,000, the…

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Four Open Cut Mines May Be Abandoned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: The Joint Coal Board decided today to investigate early next week whether four open cut mines…

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“No Present Intention of Closing Wonthaggi Mine” Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 10

THE Government had no present intention of closing the State coal mine at Wonthaggi, but would watch further developments carefully to see whether the mine was worth retaining, the Premier (Mr…

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Coorabin Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 3

A vast field of first class coal, but neglected because of Interstate jealousy, was how Mr. K. L Webster (Clear Hills) recently described the…

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Miners May Withdraw M.L.A.’s Membership of Federation

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 September 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: A recommendation that Mr. George Booth, MLA, be deprived of his membership of the Miners’…

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Decision on Miners’ Claim on

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 10

SYDNEY, Mon.; A decision on the miners’ claim for long service leave will be given by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr…

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Baddeley Gets Mines Job

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 3

SIDNEY, Tues.: State Cabinet today decided to recommend to the Governor-in-Council the appointment of…

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All Mines at Work

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tues.: Output of the NSW coalfields today was about 55,800 tons, all mines having worked. There was a abort stoppage…

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