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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Coal Stocks Will Tide Lismore Over Holidays

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 November 1949 · page 6

The Lismore gas undertaking has sufficient coal to cover the period coal miners will he on holidays and until deliveries are resumed. This was reported to a meeting…

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Drastic Coal Cuts Unlikely

Northern Star · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Research Service, an organisation maintained by many organisations, including the Employers'…

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Gas Kills Two Mine Officials

Northern Star · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Thursday. — Two mine officials collapsed and died yesterday, when they descended into a pocket of deadly "black damp"…

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Miners To Affiliate With W.F.T.U.

Northern Star · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Miners' Federation has decided to affiliate with the mining department of the Communist dominated World…

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Coal Board Move to Keep Night Shifts

Northern Star · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Joint Coal Board is seeking to restrain the Federated Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Association from directing its…

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Night Shifts for Miners to Stay

Northern Star · Saturday 19 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday. — Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association officials, at Lithgow, to-day agreed to recommend to their…

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Reds Ousted From Northern Miners' Management Board

Northern Star · Saturday 19 November 1949 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—A.L.P. supporters have captured control of the Miners' Northern N.S.W. Board of Management, which is the governing body of 10,000 of Australia's 18,000 miners. Communists and their supporters,…

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Coal Production Would Ensure Christmas Stocks

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 November 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Joint Coal Board spokesman today complimented N.S.W. miners on recent production…

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Mine Danger to Shipping Very Small

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Monday (AAP). —With the greatest minesweeping operation in history drawing to a conclusion, European maritime nations…

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30,000 Tons Coal Awaiting Trucks

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—About [?]0,000 tons of coal are now lying at grass on the western N.S.W. coalfields, because the Railways Department…

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Highest Coal Production in 7 Years

Northern Star · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Coal, produced by N.S.W. mineworkers on five working days last week was the highest in seven years…

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Mr. Menzies Guarantees Coal Needs

Northern Star · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A Liberal-Country Party Government would get coal reserves, even if it had to import them, the Leader of…

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Case For New State. Victoria to Mine Coal in N.S.W.

Northern Star · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 5

ARMIDALE, Friday.—"If any justification were needed for the existence of the New England New State Movement it could be found in…

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New Soviet Zone Mine Disaster

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, Monday (AAP).—A new Soviet zone uranium mine disaster, in which 340 miners were killed, is reported by the British licensed…

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Coal Awaiting Trucks Now 60,000 Tons

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Coal eld in dump near Lithgow has risen to more than 60,000 tons, because there are not enough railway trucks to…

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New Recod Coal Production

Northern Star · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—New South Wales mineworkers last week made a new record when they, produced 307,919 tons of coal on the five…

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Coal Trucks to Move Timber Stacked on N.C.

Northern Star · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The N.S.W. Railways Department will divert coal trucks during the Christmas holidays to shift timber…

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Coal Output Near Record

Northern Star · Saturday 10 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Coal output from N.S.W. mines this week is expected to almost equal the production record established last…

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Judgment on Miners' Claim

Northern Star · Saturday 10 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) will deliver his reserved judgment on the Miners'…

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Bridesmaid's Frock of Gold

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 2

A bridesmaid frocked in gold attended Heather May, youngest daughter of Mrs. J. Herne, of Eden Creek, via Kyogle, and the late Mr…

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