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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1947

10 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Coal Miners' Health Bruxner Condemns Government Delay

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 2

When the new Goal Mines Regulation (Amendment) Bill was under discussion in the Legislative Assembly, the…

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Control of Coal Industry Loss of State Powers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 2

When the Coal Mines Regulation Amendment Bill was under discnssion in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. R…

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Dusted Miners

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 5

Questioned at Campbelltown as to his policy for dusted miners, Jeff Bate, M.L.A., said that in May, 1946, the Minister for Labor and Industry…

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Berrima Colliery Wins Trophy May Day, Wollongong

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 4

Miners from Medway Colliery, Berrima with their wives and families and friends to the number of 140, went to Wollongong by special…

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Berrima Colliery Wins Trophy. May Day, Wollongong

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 2

Miuers from Medway Colliery, Berrima, with their wives and families and friends to the number of 140, went to W ollongong by by…

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Miners Help Food for Britain Collection on Pay-day

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 7

A collection was taken up by the miners at Medway Colliery, Berrima, last pay-day (Friday) for the Food for Britain Fund. The sum of £8…

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Dust in Coal Mines

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 2

AFTER a thirteen weeks tour of coal mines in New South Wales, Professor T. D. Jones, a Welsh mining expert, is…

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Fool's Gold

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 4

Bill Boyd plays the familiar role of Hopalong Cassidy in "Fool's Gold." Hoppy and his pals (played by Rand Brooks and Andy Clyde)…

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The Mail What Our Editor Thinks Miners' Leaders Stop Strike

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 2

THE ACTION of the Northern Miners' Management Board in advising wheelers in a mine at Cess-nock who had gone on strike that…

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Miners Support Nationalisation Meeting of Medway Lodge

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 November 1947 · page 9

At its meeting on Monday night, the members of Medway Miners Lodge passed a resolution supporting the nationalisation of banks. The…

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