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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

C. Hall (South) was X-rayed at the Hospital yesterday for a probable fracture of the right foot. He…

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Mishaps on Mines

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

M. G. Woods, of Williams Street was taken home from the North Mine today with a contused right arm…

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Man Killed in W.a. Mine Blast

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

Perth: Leonard Carl Madsen (31), a miner, of Norseman, was killed and five others were injured, two of them seriously, in an explosion in the Iron King Pyrites…

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Mines to Continue As Usual on April 8 Bic Direction: Intervention by Conciliator

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

Yesterday the Industrial Registrar intervened in the dispute between the mining companies and their employees over the…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 1

From the Zinc Mine yesterday H. C. Nott of 193 Chloride St. was taken home with a strained left knee…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 1

J. Colbert (Zinc) also suffered abrasions to the left arm, forearm, and shoulder. He was treated at the…

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Union Man Told To Leave Mine When Addressing Pit Top Meeting

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 1

Wollongong, April 2.—Australian Iron and Steel Ltd. yesterday ordered the president of the Southern…

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Zinc Mine Officials Abandon Rockets

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 2

The proposed third attempt with a non-explosive rocket ro dislodge the large stone which is thought to be the cause of the blockage in the pilot shaft of the No…

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Zinc Mine Officials Abandon Rockets

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 2

The proposed third attempt with a non-explosive rocket to dislodge the large stone which is thought to be the cause of the blockage in the pilot shaft of the No…

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The Barrier [?] Saturday, April 4, 1953. Mines Dispute Hopes

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 3

INTERVENTION of the Industrial Registrar in the mine dispute is good news for Broken Hill people. The registrar has summoned a compulsory conference for…

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The Barrier[?] [?] Saturday, April 4, 1953. Mines Dispute Hopes

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 3

INTERVENTION of the Industrial Registrar in the mine dispute is good news for Broken Hill people. The registrar has summoned a compulsory conference for…

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Miners' Homes Crash Into Mine Workings

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 8

Sydney—Families fled in panic as ten homes belonging to miners crashed 15ft. into part of the Pelaw Main mine workings near Kurri Kurri on the northern coalfield,…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

H. K. Craven (South Mine) yesterday was taken to Hospital for an X-ray, which revealed a strained…

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Families Warned To Leave Mine Area

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 5

Sydney: Three more families were warned by police to leave their homes in the Pela[?] Main cave-in area. They took that action when fissures in the area…

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Mines Agreement Talks Meeting With Conciliator Today

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

Representatives of the B.I.C., M.M.A. and mining unions will meet this morning before…

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Parties Resume Talks on the Mines' Agreement

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 2

When the conference on the claims o f the unions in the mines' log was resumed today Conciliator Read suggested that the parties get down to something definite about the outstanding points. yesterday the parties met in camera and in opening today's talks, which…

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No Agreement Yet Reached Mines Dispute Talks Continue Today

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

Although representatives of the Mining Managers Association, Barrier Industrial Council and affiliated unions on the line…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

At the CPS yesterday T.Balton of Nicholls Street suffered a brulsed high and was taken home after…

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New Proposals at Mines Conference Talks Continue Today

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

Although certain new propositions were put forward by the parties yesterday, no decision has has yet been made on the new…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 April 1953 · page 1

K. Richardson (South Mine) was treated by a doctor yesterday for a strained wrist…

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