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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Coal Available In Japan If Requested

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1

TOKIO, Tuesday (AAP-Reuter).—Japan might be able to supply coal to Australia if requested, a S.C.A.P. official said today. However, Australian officials in Tokio stated they had received no official…

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Union Withdrawals: Watersiders Joined in Court Order on Miners And Ironworkers

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Justice Kelly to-day adjourned the "union funds case" in the Arbitration Court until tomorrow to await the outcome of proceedings in the High. Court…

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The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Wednesday, July 6, 1949. Coal Strike Threat To Export Trade

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 4

SO MUCH EFFORT and interest is concentrated on attempts to. end or shorten th coal strike, and the…

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Coal From India

Northern Star · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 1

PER[?]H, Wednesday.—The Westrn A[?]stralian Government will [?]rder 10[?],000 tons of coal from India, [?]here, it is understood, good…

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All Rosewood Mines Will Work

Northern Star · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday. — All Rosewood coal mines will be fully manned and working on Monday. At a meeting near Rosewood…

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Sawdust Used With Coal at Murwillumbah

Northern Star · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 5

MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday. —Sawdust is being burnt at Murwillumbah powerhouse by Tweed Shire Council in an effort to…

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Opponents Foe Bennett Delayed by Coal Strike

Northern Star · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The importation of opponents for Australian bantamweight champion, Elley Bennett, has been held up by…

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Miners Demand Release of Official Before Strike Settlement Talks

Northern Star · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Miners' Federation will demand the release from gaol of one of its officials, John H. King, before it will discuss any settlement of the coal strike. King, who is secretary of the Western Miners' District, was to-day sentenced to a month's gaol for contempt of court…

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Coal Mine Site Pegged At Duck Creek

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 6

Last Saturday, at Duck Creek, a resident pegged out claims to mine coal. A company will be formed and the coal will be mined as soon…

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Really Sending Coal To Newcastle

Northern Star · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—A special goods train 12 trucks loaded with about 200 tons of coal at Casino station this morning left for Newcastle. Although the official destination…

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No Agreement With Miners on Owners' Terms

Northern Star · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday. —A claim that an agreement had been reached between the Miners' Federation and the majority of the…

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Mining Staffs Not Eligible for Benefits

Northern Star · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Persons associated with the mining industry will not be eligible to draw unemployment benefits, the Minister…

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Reclamation Work in Flooded Mines to Be Cut to Minimum

Northern Star · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Combined Mining Unions' Council executive has directed that all reclamation work in a number of flooded mines on N.S.W. coalfields should be "cut to the absolute minimum." Requests for the withdrawal of safety men from mines have been…

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U.S. Has Three-Fifths of World's Monetary Gold

Northern Star · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP).—President Truman's midyear economic report will "slap hard" at the idea that the United…

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5000 Tons Indian Coal on Way

Northern Star · Saturday 9 July 1949 · page 5

CALCUTTA, Friday (AAP).— Five thousand tons of coal were in board the Indian freighter, West Bengal, which sailed- from…

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Hardening of Miners on Strike Issue

Northern Star · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—A hardening of miners for the strike, as the result of the government's freezing of funds legislation and the…

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Secret Talks on Way to Move Picketed Coal

Northern Star · Monday 11 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Secret talks will be held in Sydney this week on how to move 36,000 tons of coal now being picketed in New South Wales coalfield areas. The State Cabinet will meet tomorrow to discuss whether an attempt will…

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Coal at Grass

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 1

Nine thousand tons of coal at grass at Ben Bullen railway siding, near Lithgow. It was obtained from…

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Coal Strike Still Unsettled

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 1

There is no evidence as yet that the coal strike is likely to be settled at an early date. Yesterday, the situation became…

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4 More Mines in O'land Working

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.—Four more mines, employing 80 men, were operating in the Rosewood district this morning…

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