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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

10 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Increased Pensions for Coal Miners Higher Government Contribution Urged

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 3

Speaking in the Legislative Assembly on the Bill to increase the rate of pensions to coal miners, Mr. B. S. Vincent (C P., Raleigh), a farmer…

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Proposed Coal Mine at Robertson Residents Approach Minister

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 2

Representations were recently made through Mr. Howard Fowles, M.L.A., to the Minister for Mines (Hon. J. M. Baddeley) for the establishment…

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Proposed Coal Mine at Robertson Residents Approach Minister

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 2

Representations were recently made through Mr. Howard Fowles, M.L.A., to the Minister for Mines (Hon. J. M. Baddeley) for the establishment…

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Urge Probe on Communists Liberals Want Ban, Too Says Redo Forced Coal Crisis

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 4

The annual convention in Sydney of the State division of the Liberal Party called on the Federal Government to…

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Communists and King Coal Federal and State Governments Must Govern or Get Out

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 July 1948 · page 2

Coogee and Kogarah election results alone will not get coal. They may, however, simulate reluctant Federal…

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Government Policy Towards Strikes Different Treatment for Firemen and Miners

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 2

Failure of the State Government to take a firm stand against the forces that were causing constant strikes on…

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Fitzroy Iron Mines Their Early History

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 2

A century ago there came along the Great South Road to Mittagong two men of somewhat undistinguished nomenclature who were…

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The Coal Strike The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 6

Sir,—After reading your mis-statement of facts in the Four Mails I was much surprised. You any that most of the coal miners are not…

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The Coal Strike The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 10

Sir, — All men working in commines are not Commos. We of the Miners' Federation consider the Kemeira tunnel is Federation work. I…

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What Others Think Names of writers must be known to the Editor before publication. Patriotic Miners The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 7

Sir,—I do not care for your statement in last week's editorial that 75 per cent. of the men working on the Kemeira tunnel were ex-servicemen…

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