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Mining & the mines, 1948

309 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 16

Mine Manager Committed for Trial Charged With Having Placed Chains Across Road Defendant Pleads Not Guilty, Reserves Defence

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 2

Edwin James Guiton, 32, mine manager, was committed for trial at Armidale Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge that on or about August 5, 1948, he did place across a road near Hall's Peak, an engine, to wit, a set of chains, being an engine calculated to…

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Mine Manager Committed for Trial Charged With Having Placed Chains Across Road Defendant Pleads Not Guilty, Reserves Defence

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 2

Edwin James Guiton, 32, mine manager, was committed for trial at Armidale Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge that on or about August 5, 1948, he did place across a road near Hall's Peak, an engine, to wit, a set of chains, being an engine calculated to…

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Heavy Loss of Coal 11 Mines Idle On Maitland Field Men Blame Manner SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 2

A total loss of 10,000 tons of coal occurred today when 111 mines were idle…

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Days Coal Loss 10,000 Tons

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A total loss 10,000 tons of coal occurred today when 11 mines were idle…

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10,000 Tons Of Coal Lost To-day

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A total loss of 10,000 tons of coal occurred to-day when 11 mines were idle…

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Football Crushing Defeat for Inverell Reps. in Gates Gold Cup Game

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 2

At Guyra yesterday, Inverell representative football team received its biggest hiding this year, went down 27-5 in a drab game and failed in a challenge for the Gates Gold Cup…

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Disabled Miners Rehabilitation Centre at Jervis Bay

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 10

Disabled New South Wales miners are attending the Jorvis Bay rehabilitation centre under a provisional agreement…

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Olympic Pool Proprietor Awarded Gold Medallion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 15

Mr.T. G. Monckton, proprietor of Armidale Olympic Pool, has been awarded a gold…

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Disabled Miners Rehabilitation Centre at Jervis Bay

The Uralla Times · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 7

Disabled New South Wales miners are attending the Jervis Bay rehabilitation centre under a provisional agreement…

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Gold Seized on Freighter

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 1

PERTH, Friday.—In a lightning raid on the freighter Gorgon before she sailed for Singapore yesterday, members of the…

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Rugby League Gates Gold Cup Retained by Guyra

Guyra Argus · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 2

Guyra A grade team rounded off its successful season by decisively withstanding a challenge…

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Gold Bars on Motor Ship

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday — When a British motor ship docked in Hongkong on her last voyage from Sydney revenue officers seized…

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Gold Seized on Ship Raid by Revenue Officers SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 1

When a British motor ship docked in Hong Kong on its last voyage from Sydney, revenue officers seized dozens of…

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Don't be Such a Foot in Future" Judge's Warning to Mine Manager Acquitted On Charge Of Placing Chains Across Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1948 · page 7

"Don't be such a fool in future," a mine manager was told by the Judge in Armidale Quarter Sessions to-day after he had been found not guilty of a criminal offence…

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France’s Mine Workers Out in General Strike

The Inverell Times · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 1

PARIS, Monday.—A general strike of most of France’s 350,000 coal miners starts today. This was announced yesterday by the Communist-controlled…

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FRANCE'S 350,000 Miners Strike General Stoppage Expected Troops Confined to Barracks PARIS

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 12

A general strike of most of France's 350,1500 coal miners starts to-day. This was announced…

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Move to Avert Coal Strike Board Conferring With Miners' Leaders SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 1

Hie Joint Coal Board is conferring to-day with miners' leaders in an effort to avert an…

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Miner’s Strike

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. — The Joint Coal Board is conferring today with miners’ leaders in an effort to avert an…

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France Facing Industrial Chaos Miners' Strike Develops Into Battle Between Government, Communists Paris

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 1

Striking French railwaymen yesterday occupied the railway station at Chalons-Sur-Marne, half way between Paris and Strasbourg, causing mainline traffic to be diverted and slowed as…

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Stalemate in French Coal Strike Difference in Temper of Men PARIS

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 16

Although French railway strikes organised by the Communist Party seem to be collapsing,…

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