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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

58 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

The Coal Crisis Supplies Being Lifted SYDNEY, -Friday

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 1

At 6 a.m. to-day the lifting of coal from northern coalfields began is estimated about 2,000 tons Will carried to Sydney for use in…

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Fordson Major Tractors Orders Being Fulfilled Dspite Coal Strike

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 4

Motor Tractors Pty., -Limited, of 369-385 Wattle Street, Ultimo, Sydney, the N.S.W. Distributors of Fordson Major Tractors, advise that…

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Political Manoauvres To Escape Coal Strike Responsibility Government's Diversion Move Fails

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 3

Hard pressed by constant public demand for firmer action to end Australia's present industrial crisis caused by the Coal Stride, the Federal…

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Political Manoeuvres To Escape Coal Strike Responsibility Government's Diversion Move Fails

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 4

Hard pressed by constant public demand for firmer action to end Australia's industrial cr'sis caused by the Coal Strike, the Federal…

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Nationalisation No Cure for Coal Crisis What Happened at Coalcliff Colliery

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 4

Nationalisation of the mines, which had been advocated by the Minister for Housing (Mr. R. Evatt) would not solve the present problem of the…

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Coal and the Economic Crisis Double Threat To Our Living Standard

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 3

On top of the drastic cut in production caused by the general coal strike, Australia now faces added hazards arising from the world…

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Coal Strike Inaction Fadden Attacks Chifley Government

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 3
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

"Though in the title- of its strike' Legislation, the Chifley Government. admitted the existence of a of national emergency-, it has…

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Coal And The Economic Crisis Double Threat to Our Living Standard

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 1

On top of the drastic cut in production caused by the general coal' strike, Australia now faces added hazards arising from the world economic…

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Labour Recognition of Communist Menace "Gaolings All Right, But We Must Get Coal," Says Bruxner

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 3

"The role of the Communist Party as the agent of a foreign power actively working to wreck the economy of this country and its democratic system of…

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Britain's New Mining Machines

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 4

Many new machines which will help in the further mechanisation and expansion of Britain's coal industry were recent'y placed on show…

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Coal Strike Hits Primary Producers Government's Half Measures Criticised

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

Reports reaching the Government…

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Unparalled Bungling Chifley Government and Coal Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1

"Hundreds of thousands of Australian unemployed, and those suffering in other ways because of the strike, should realise that, months before the…

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Chifley's Guilty Men Fadden on Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1

"Even at the height of the war, the Japanese were never able to do to us what the Communists have done in the past three weeks," said the…

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Coal Strike Hits Primary Producers Government's Half Measures Criticised

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1

Reports reaching the Government in Canberra from the State capitals during the four weeks of the coal strike have indicated significant reactions to…

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Coal Lack Hits Primary Production Liberal Conference Suggests Subsidy on Imports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 4

Grave concern at the disastrous effects of the coal strike upon all branches of primary production was expressed at the opening sessions of…

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Coal Being Won Army and Air Force Men in Action SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

The first train, load of army won open-cut coal is now' on its way from the railhead at Army and Air •…

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"Socialism and Communism Blood Brothers" Country Party Chairman Assails Governments on Coal Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

"Throughout the whole period of my public life, I have appealed to the Governments of Australia to deal with Communism before it became strong…

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Appeal to Governments to Get Coal "Only Way Out of Disaster," Says Cutler, M.L.A.

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

Mr. C. B. Cutler, M.L.A. for Orange, declared this week that there was only one way out of the disaster brought on Australia by the general strike in the…

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Troops Get the Coal Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 1

In the 24 hours ended at midnight night last night, New South Wales open cut mines produced nearly 11,000 tons of coal…

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