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Mining & the mines, 1949

629 stories in Murray's papers · page 28 of 32

Miners Stop Work Against Sharkey’s Gaoling SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 3

STOPPAGE at eight N.S.W. coal mines, involving 2500 men, took place today as a protest against the three years’ gaol .sentence imposed on the general secretary of the Australian Communist Party, Laurence Louis Sharkey, by Mr. Justice Dwyer yesterday…

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7600 Tons of Coal Lost

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed: Coal losses from stoppages on the NSW coalfields today totalled 7600 tons. Unless production can be increased…

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Petrel Shortage Hay Halt Open-Cat Coal Output

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 14

SYDNEY Wed: The petrol shortage will probably hold up production from western NSW open-cut mines before the end…

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President Truman May Seize Mines, Steel Mills New York, Wednesday (A. A. P.)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 1

GRAVE threats to United States economy are seen in the American steel and coal strikes as the slowly expanding- mantle of idleness spread by the strikes more and more touches consumers'…

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Christmas Coal Shortage Unlikely Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 9

A COAL shortage at Christmas is unlikely, providing N.S.W. mine workers continue the present rate of production. It was revealed today that all…

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ONLY 12 to Valley Gold Cup Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 15

TWELVE horses today accepted for the Moonee Valley Gold Cup to be run over 13 furlongs on Saturday. The field is the smallest since Yours Truly won in 1941. Turf officials said undoubtedly the heavy scratching for the Gold Cup were brought about…

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Miners Asked to Cut Holidays

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri: The Joint Coal Board today asked NSW mineworkers to reduce their holidays at Christmas from three…

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Queensland’s Bright Coal Prospects

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 9

BRISBANE, Fri: Two German scientists who inspected Callide and Blair fields believe Queensland’s coal future is the brightest in the world,…

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Carbon Copy At Odds On For Moonee Valley Gold Cup MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 19

CARBON Copy is at odds on for the Moonee Valley Cup tomorrow, and his admirers expect him to score convincingly and thereby bring his stake winnings to £36-343. His rider, A. Breasley, believes that…

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Coal Miners Unlikely to Cut Their Holidays Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 3

“MEMBERS of the Central Executive of the Miners’ Federation have made quite clear that they will not support any reduction in mine-workers’ holidays, and…

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Miners to Stop Work

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon: The Northern Miners’ Board of Management this afternoon decided to call stopwork meetings…

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Miner’s Ordeal, Lost for Two Days

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 1

DARWIN, Mon.: A Tennant Creek miner walked 35 miles in circles in scrub country without shade or water for…

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Government's Hopes on Coal

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 October 1949 · page 20

CANBERRA, Tues: Within two years the Federal Government, through the Joint Coal Board, would be producing enough coal to meet all Australian…

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Queensland Faces An- Other Coal Strike

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 October 1949 · page 19

BRISBANE, Tues: Queensland faces the prospect of another coal strike because because of the coalowners' refusal to acent a decision of the Coal Reference…

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13 of Crew Missing, Ship Strikes Mine

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 October 1949 · page 16

AMSTERDAM. Tues.: Thirteen of the crew of the 2219 ton Danish freighter. Ivar, were reported missing last night after the ship…

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Threatened Stoppage of Northern N.s.w. Mines Averted

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday : THE threatened stoppage on Thursday of all northern NSW mines, which would have caused…

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Women Worked in Russian Coal Mines

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 9

VIENNA, Wed.: Twenty-one Austrian women prisoners of war who returned from the coal mines of Russia yesterday said that they…

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All Miners to Receive Leave

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed : Central Coal Reference Board chairman (Mr H. Gallagher) today, in granting long service leave to…

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"Miners Biting Hand That Feeds Them"

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wed.: Bill to authorise granting of long service leave to coal miners and a bill to impose excise duty on coal…

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Miners Return to Work

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 14

SYDNEY, Thursday : Miners at Elrington colliery who had been idle for the past 12 days as a protest against the quality of sand…

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