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Mining & the mines, 1948

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32,000 Tons of Coal From "Back"

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—About 32,000 tons of cool were produced by miners working "back" Saturday shifts on the northern and…

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Our Open Column Argalong Mining Syndicate (To the Editor)

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 4

SIR.--My attention has been drawn to your insertion (14.9.48) of the operations of the Argalong Mining Syndicate. While appreciating you…

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All South Coast Coal Mines Idle

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—All South coast mines were idle yesterday for a loss of 10,000 tons of coal, while miners decide…

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U.k. Coal Exports

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday: Exports of 16,000,000 tons of coal will not be enough in 1949, according to the Minister for Fuel (Mr. Hugh…

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Effort to Avert Extension of Coal Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Joint Coal Board is conferring to-day with miners' leaders in an effort to avert the extension of the…

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Effort to Avert State-Wide Coal Strike

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Joint Coal Board has called a conference of miners' leaders in Sydney…

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"State House Should Control Coal"

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

Mr. Charles Cutler, Country Party member for Orange, said in Sydney that control of the coal industry within N.S.W…

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All N.s.w. Mines May Close

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Unless the stoppage on the southern coalfield in N.S.W. is settled by to-morrow, the central executive…

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May Urge Closing of All N.S.W. Mines

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: Unless the stoppage on the southern coalfield in New South Wales is settled by Wednesday, the…

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Coal Strike Threat Vital Secret Ballot

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday — Hopes that a State-wide coal stoppage next week will be avcited arz centred on a meeting in Sydney…

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French Rail Strikes Collapsing But Miners Still Out

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 1

PARIS, Wednesday — Although the French railway strikes, organised by the communist Party, seem to be…

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May Urge Closing of All N.s.w. Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 2

Unless the stoppage on the southern coalfield in N.S.W. is settled by today, the central executive of the Australian…

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South Coast Coal Strike Dispute Will Extend

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — Prior to the conference today in an endeavor to settle the south Coast coal strike, the general…

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Call for General Coal Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Miners' leaders last night called for a general strike on the New south Wales coalfields after a…

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Move for General Coal Strike

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Miners' leaders tonight called for a general strike on the New South Wales coalfields after a…

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Efforts to Avert Coal Hold-up

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.—Prime Minister Chifley said, in the House of Representatives to-day, that negotiations were actively…

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Big Split Threatened in British Unionism Over Miners' Sec

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): A major crisis in the British trade union movement is expected, following the return from France yesterday of Mr. Arthur Horner, secretary of the British Mineworkers' Union…

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Company Ignores Coal Board Order; Wide Stoppage Feared

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: The South Coast coal strike may extend to the whole State, following the refusal by Australian Iron and Steel Ltd. to obey the order by the Joint Coal Board to cease work on the Kemira…

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Troops and Guards Seize French Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 1

PARIS, Tuesday.—More than four thousand French soldiers and security guards took over coal mines in Central France…

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General Coal Strike Looms; Union's Stand

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The central and N.S.W. District Executive of the Miners' Federation today decided to recommend a State-wide coal strike later this…

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