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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1954

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Miners Willing To Resume Talks

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. -- The Miners' Federation is willing to resume talks with mineowners on the…

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Miners to Hold Special Meeting

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--Central Council of the Miners' Federation will have a special meeting on Wednesday to…

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Gold Standard Return Hailed

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.-- Britain's return to the gold standard puts Australia in a Very promising position, president of the Rural Bank (Mr. C. R. McKerihan), said…

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Mines Minister Selected As Agent-General

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. --State Cabinet to-day selected the Minister for Mines (Mr. F. P. Buckley) for the…

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Gold Scheme For Handicap Run

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Mon.--Trainer L. Ellis, plans to start New Zealander, Gold Scheme, in the mile Murwillumbah…

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Increase In Gold Price

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 7

LONDON, Tues.--London's gold market, which re-opened yesterday after a 15-year suspension, fixed…

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Ex-Mines Minister Now Unemployed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Mr. Joshua George Arthur, former State Minister for Mines, said to-day he was unemployed and his only income was his…

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Basketball Gold Diggers and Surf Club Enter Grand Finals

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 9

Gold Diggers (men) and Surf Club(women) were victorious in last Monday night's finals in the summer basketfull…

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McKenzie arid Hobbs Retain Gold Fedthers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 2

Saturday, April 3.—Accepting a challenge from Dayhew and Boreham the holders of the Gold Feather, McKenzie and…

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Princess Down Coal Mine

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Princess Margaret went down, a coal mine and emerged an hour…

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Federation To Order Miners Back

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues--The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher), was to-day given an unconditional…

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Gold Scheme Won With Sprained Leg

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday. -- New Zealand stayer. Gold Scheme won the Sydney Cup at Randwick to-day, with a badly sprained leg. The injury, caused when…

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Gold Scheme's Injury Improved

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tues.--Mr. L. J. Ellis, trainer of Sydney Cup winner, Gold Scheme, expects the horse to be…

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Death Of Former Miners' Secretary

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--Albert Charles Willis, former Agent-General in London and former secretary of the…

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Visit to Mine

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 4

Princess Margaret, wearing white overalls and a miner's helmet, emerges from the cage after her visit to the Calverton coal mine, where she watched miners at work on the coal face…

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Coal Cheaper From June 7

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. -- The price of all N.S.W. coal will be reduced by 1 a ton from Monday, June 7…

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Claim 600 Died In Mine Disaster

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 3

VIENNA, Thurs.--A mine disaster at Chorzow, Poland, on March 21 had killed about 600 people, not 45…

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Gold Price Increased

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Commonwealth Bank has increased its buying price for gold by 28 per fine ounce,…

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Shot Down in Gold Blood

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 3

PARIS, Tues.--A French High Command report from Hanoi says that Vietminh rebels besieging Dien Bien…

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Mine Explosion

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 1

ROME, Wed.--Death roll in the Ribolla brown coal mine disaster reached 18 this morning…

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