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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

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Rain and Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Coal production in New South Wales yesterday was cut by 7,817 tons, mainly because of rain in northern, and western…

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The Gold Rush

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 7

How exciting it must be to find a gold mine in your back yard, as so many people seem to be doing these days. Gold…

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Wedderburn Gold Prospectors' Rush Sets In

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE: A rush of gold prospectors has set in at Wedderburn, following the discovery of still another…

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Tribunal Permits Mechanisation in All Coal Mines

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: The Industrial Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, to-day granted coal owners permission to mechanically extract pillar coal from mines in N.S.W., Victoria and Queensland…

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Gold Found in Flat

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 5

ANTWERP, Friday: The Customs officials who yesterday found gold worth £167,000 sterling hidden in…

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Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Four coal mines were idle to-day as a protest against the decision of the Coal Industry Tribunal to permit…

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She Wore Shoes and Gloves of Gold, 2500 Years Ago

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 5

CAIRO, Friday: Egyptian archaeologists yesterday unearthed the body of a woman who lived 2500 years ago. The body, which was found…

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Pillar Coal Decision Vital

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 1

The decision of eh Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) recently, authorising the mechanical…

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Miners To Protest Against Bill

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Pit-ton meetings will be held throughout Australia to-morrow to discuss the Federal Government's anti-Communist legislation. Meetings were called by the…

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Price of Coal Board’s Administrative Expenses Not Passed On

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 3

At a recent Municipal Council meeting it was stated that the operations of the Joint Coal Board had a lot to do with the increase…

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Mines To-day at Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: New South Wales mines idle yesterday as a protest against the Anti-Communist Bill, were working…

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14 Miners Killed

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 2

BRUSSELS, Friday: Fourteen miners were killed, and four seriously injured and are still trapped at Trazegnies, near…

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Open-Cut Mines "A Menace"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 8

Open-cut mines in the district are becoming so chaotic that they are a serious menace to life and health in addition…

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Mine Disaster In Germany Death Roll Grows To 66

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 5

DUSSELDORF, Mon.: The death roll in Darlbusch coal mine explosion on Saturday rose to 66 with the deaths of two…

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Two Trains Collide Fireman Buried Under Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 5

A fireman was buried under an avalanche of coal, and other members of the crew of the two engines had…

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"Miners Have Us All Begging"

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 5

Mr Justice Foster declared in the Federal Arbitration Court recently that Australians were all on their…

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Gold Will Plead Guilty to Espionage Charge

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 5

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday: The appointment of a defence lawyer, "whose patriotism is unimpeachable," was sought by Harry Gold, chemist, in the Federal Court yesterday…

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Gold Mine at Orange to Be Re-opened

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 5

The Ironclad gold mine at Cargo, which has been idle for sixty years, is to be re-opened soon. A company, which has been floated for £50,000 by an…

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Mine Pay

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 3

The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. Gallagher, yesterday granted pay increase to all members of the Miners'…

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New Mine Venture

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 June 1950 · page 4

Manager of the State Mine for the past three years, Mr. A. G. Pellow has accepted a transfer to Burragorang Valley,…

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