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Mining & the mines, 1949

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Threat of Coal Strike Easing Right Wing Victory Over Communists

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A further conference on the mining unions' log of claims will be held in Sydney on Tuesday, which means that the threat of a nationwide stoppage has now eased…

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Coal Industry in Britain

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 2

Although the United Kingdom coal output last month was adversely affected by the Easter holidays, the actual production…

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Man Killed at Colliery

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

LITHOOW, Monday: Before horrified workmates, a young married man was crushed to death beneath a heavy…

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Man's Death at Colliery

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

LITHGOW, Tuesday—Before horrified workmates a young married man was crushed to death beneath a heavy tipper…

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Pamphlet Misleads on Coal

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 3

Wide comment has been aroused by a circular which the Miners' Federation has had printed by the Communist Newsletter Printery…

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Another Coal Strike Looming

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon: The Miners' Federation Central Council today threatened strike action unless there was a satisfactory…

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Another Coal Strike Threat

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Federation Central Council yesterday threatened strike action unless there was a…

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Miners Defer Stoppage

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation today deferred strike action on the…

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Nationwide Coal Stoppage May be Called

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Mines' Federation Central Council today decided to call nationwide stop-work meetings next Thursday if a settlement is not reached on the mining unions' log of claims…

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Thinks Coal Crisis Can Be Averted Miners'secretary on Proposed Strike

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) said tonight that he did not think the present threatened coal…

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Treatment to Cut Down Miners' Disease

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Aluminium powder treatment, together with improved ventilation and dust control, would contribute…

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Crisis Can Be Averted? Miners' Secretary on Proposed Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) said last night that he did not…

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Coal Mines Log Talks Break Down

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The Miners' Central Council will meet tomorrow to decide on strike action, following the…

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150 Killed in Bolivian Mine Clash

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

LAPAZ (Bolivia), Monday (A.A.P.): At least 150 people hare been killed in fighting between soldiers and strikers at the…

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Americans Killed in Bolivia Fierce Battle at Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

LA PAZ (Bolivia), Tuesday—I Some young American engineers were killed and four other, Americans and a number of…

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Miners' Dispute Stopwork Meetings Postponed

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Miners' Central Council today, by the narrow majority of eight votes to seven, decided to…

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Britain's Coal Production Big Rise in Costs

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 1

The cost of coal production in Britain has risen considerably in the last generation, and has by now become a problem in the…

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Govt. Hopes on Coal Mines Log

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: Hopes are held in Canberra that it will be possible to reach some agreement on the miners' log of…

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Migrant Labor May be Used in Open-Cut Mines

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday: The Minister for Immigration (Mr. Calwell) said today that, as a first step towards the…

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Gold Fever Rises in South Africa

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

JOHANNESBURG, Sunday (A.A.P.): Crowds, gripped by gold fever following the report on Friday of "the world's…

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