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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

No Slush Fund for Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 21

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.-- "I do not propose to establish any slush fund as was used in the early part…

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Miners Warned 'No Slush Fund'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.-- "I do not propose to establish any slush fund as was used in the early part of the war to bribe miners' officials," the Minister of Fuel and Supply…

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No Slush Fund for Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.-- "I do not propose to establish any slush fund as was used in the early part…

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Miners Warned 'No Slush Fund'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.-- "I do not propose to establish any slush fund as was used in the early part of the war to bribe miners' officials" the Minister of Fuel and Supply…

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No Slush Fund for Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.-- "I do not propose to establish any slush fund as was used in the early part…

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Coal Strikes "Could Defeat Labour"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Monday.—The Federal Minister for Supply and Shipping, Senator W. P. Ashley, told a meeting of miners at Cessnock to-night that unnecessary coal strikes could wreck the Chifley…

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Trams held up--by coal

The Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 3

Tram traffic at King's Cross was disrupted today when seven tons of coal spilled from a lorry on tram lines at the top of William Street. More than 30 trams banked up on inward and…

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Miners Put Ban On Kemira Job

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 3

The Combined Mining Unions Council yesterday reaffirmed its "black" ban on work at the Kemira…

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Best Coal Output Today for Weeks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 18

MORE than 54,000 tons of coal should be won in N.S.W. today. Northern output is the best for many weeks…

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Best Coal Output Today for Weeks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

MORE than 54,000 tons of coal should be won in N.S.W. today. Northern output is the best for many weeks…

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Worse Power Cuts If Coal Fails

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 7

The special committee on power has warned the State Government that even more drastic cuts than those it has proposed might be necessary…

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Decision For A.W.U. In Mine Dispute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 4

The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission yesterday granted, an application by the…

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U.s. Coal, Gas, Oil Running Out Fast May Disappear in 20 Years, Warns Official

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 11

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.-- The United States is using its energy in natural resources so fast that they may be exhausted in 20 years, according to Oscar Chapman U.S. Under-Secretary of the Interior…

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U.s. Coal, Gas, Oil Running Out Fast May Disappear in 20 Years, Warns Official

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 11

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.-- The United States is using its energy in natural resources so fast that they may be exhausted in 20 years, according to Oscar Chapman U.S. Under-Secretary of the interior…

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'Showdown' Threatened by Western Coal Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 14

A GENERAL strike on the western coalfields is threatened from next Monday, unless a strike at Invincible Colliery (on the Mudgee line) is settled previously. A WESTERN stoppage would…

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'Showdown' Threatened by Western Coal Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 14

A GENERAL strike on the western coalfields is threatened from next Monday, unless a strike at Invincible Colliery (on the Mudgee line) is settled previously. A WESTERN stoppage would…

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'Showdown' Threatened by Western Coal Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 14

A GENERAL strike on the western coalfields is threatened from next Monday, unless a strike at Invincible Colliery (on the Mudgee line) is settled previously. A WESTERN stoppage would…

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Queensland Miners Swing Into Drive To Win Coal Demands

Tribune · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 6

The Miners’ Federation Australia-wide drive for improved working conditions went a stage further last week when the Queensland State Convention of the Federation decided to give the Government 28 days…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 6
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SANDY CREEK, February, [?]ated 4,300 cub yards, for 57 oz 5 dwt gold. WHIPPET: Treated 365 tons for 490oz; sands extimated 10dwt; total grade…

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