Federal-state Cabinets Will Put Troops Into Open-cut Mines
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3
CANBERRA: Federal and State Cabinets are expected to endorse almost unanimously today the two Governments' joint plan to work open-cuts with troops. Federal and State Ministers…
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The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3
SYDNEY: The Coal Mining Unions' Council, when it meets the A.C.T.U. officials in Sydney tomorrow, faces a grim decision—whether to accept the A.C.T.U's settlement formula, or to allow the collapse of the strike to come from within the unions…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday.—Thirty thousand tons of South African coal is on its way to New South Wales…
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The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 6
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).—A delegation of six, representing the Scottish area of the National Union of Mineworkers…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 4
"There has been nothing so silly in industrial history," Mr. L. Hayten, M.H.R., said of the coal strike yesterday…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 4
NORTHERN District Executive officers of the Miners' Federation yesterday appealed to members not to split the…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Victor an Secretary of the Seamen's Union (Mr. Bird) advised tugmasters to-day that all oversea…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An early end of the coal strike may depend on the outcome of a meeting of the Coalmining Union's Council in Sydney to-morrow…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 4
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Senator J. J. Arnold and Mr. F. H. Hawkins, M.L.A., who have been directing the A.L.P. campaign in Newcastle…
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The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY: A.C.T.U. officials conferred with the Coal Mining Unions' Council for more than an hour this afternoon and then retired while the C.M.U.C. decided its attitude to the settlement proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Brief Firemen Prefer Brown Coal U.S. Mayor Foiled Kidnappers
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 6
South Australian Commonwealth Railways firemen say they never want to work again on black coal from N.S.W. after using Leigh Creek open-cut soft coal, treated with oil, in their…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1
LONDON, July 27. A.A.P.—A delegation of six representing the Scottish areal of the National Union of Mineworkers will leave…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 2
Three thousand tons of coal held in reserve at Newcastle Steel Works were shifted yesterday by the railways for Sydney gas companies…
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The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 2
A consignment of coal from the western field is expected to arrive in Newcastle today to replace coal at rail depots being…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 3
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Coal trains loaded up and moved out of Ben Bullen and Renown siding coal dumps to-day hauling 2300…
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The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY: The Miners' Central Executive, after a meeting today, issued a statement that it would not recommend the adoption of the Combined Mining Unions' Council decision for aggregate meetings to the Miners' Central Council which meets on Saturday…
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The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1
TOKIO, Thurs. (O.S.R.): Japan has received an urgent request from Australia for the purchase of coal. This request is now being considered by the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minmi Mining May Be Delayed
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 2
Open cut coalmining at Minmi may be delayed by a big washout in the road leading to the open cut…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 2
THE public, suffering severe economic and personal inconvenience due to the coal crisis, was staggered by the statement that…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1
LONDON, July 27.—The British steamer Stankeld (4956 tons) sailed last night with 8500 tons of the best quality coal for Melbourne…
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