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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

629 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 32

Wonthaggi Miners Expected to Reaffirm Strike Decision Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 3

WONTHAGGI miners at a mass meeting tomorrow morning are expected to reaffirm their decision to stay on strike until the local wages board resstores the adjustment in its recent award. Meanwhile, the Central Council of the Miners' Federation has threatened a nation-wi[?]e…

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Reds Blamed For Wonthaggi Miners Strike MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 3

THE Minister for Transport (Mr. Kent Hughes) said to-day lie had positive evidence that the Communist dominated executive of die Miners' Federation in…

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13 Miners Killed

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 1

LIMA(Peru), Tues.: A huge snow-slide, which crashed down a mountainside in the Andes into a mining camp…

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Girls Seek Mine Jobs

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 15

LITHGOW Tues, Tree unemployed girls from Portland have applied for jobs in opn cut mines on the western field…

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Miners Call Off Strike

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tues. : Miners at the State coal mine at Wonthaggi returned to work at midnight tonight following an order…

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A.l.p. Executive Concerned at Miners' Threat

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 10

CANBERRA, Tuesday : A special sub-committee -of the Federal executive of the ALP was appointed today to Investigate…

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CONFERENCE of Mining Unions" Demands

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 15

SYDNEY. Tnes.: A conference has been arranged on a log of claims by all coal mining unions, a dispute over…

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Mining Engineers' Stop-work Threat

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Toes.: Mining engineers at 29 mines en the northern NSW coalfields hold stop-work aggregate…

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Coal Mining Mechanics to Stop Work

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Wed. : Coal mining mechanics will hold aggregate stopwork meetings on the three NSW coalfields on Monday to…

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WONTHAGGl Miners at Back

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Following an order by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr Gallagher). Wonthaggi miners leave…

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A.l.p. Executive Rebuffs Miners

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wed.: The Coal Mining Unions' Council's ultimatum on arbitration today was flatly opposed by the Federal…

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Finish Of Wagga Gold Cup

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 12

Collisun (T. Mullane) easily winning the Wagga Gold Cup yesterday for the second successive year. Bolivia was…

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Conference to Avert General Coal Strike Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 9

COAL Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) has called a. conference for to-morrow on a dispute which threatens .to throw most N.S.W. mines idle on Monday…

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Steel, Coal Shortages Affect Housing

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 May 1949 · page 18

Mr K. G. Healing, past president of the Electrical, Radio and Telephone Manufacturers’ Federal Council, said…

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"Conference Break-down with Miners Could Cause Crisis" Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 1

ANY break-down of the conference between the Miners' Federation and Federal and State Government representatives next Thursday could produce an industrial crisis, said Mr. J. Martin, of the southern district of the Miners' Federation, this afternoon…

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Vital Talks on Coal To-day

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr Gallagher) said today that he hoped agreement would be reached at…

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Austral Pictures "Mine Own Executioner" This Week-end

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

Excellent adult dramatic fare is offered by the British production "Mine Own Executioner," starring Burgess Meredith and…

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Threat Of Nation-Wide Coal Hold-up Eased SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 3

A FURTHER conference on the mining unions’ log of claims will be held Sydney on Tuesday, which means that threat of a nation-wide stoppage has now…

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Miners' Central Council Threatens Strike Action Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

THE Miners' Federation Central Council to-day threatened strike action unless there is a satisfactory settlement of the mining unions' log of claims. The Central Council's decision…

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Coal Board Intervenes in Mining Unions Claims Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 3

THE Joint Coal Board intervened in a conference today on the mining unions' log of claims with proposals aimed at providing a settlement. Decision on these proposals slanding in mines. and a new will be and a further conference service leave…

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