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

Mining & the mines, 1950

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Emmco Saving Coal Supply

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 2

Flooding of N.S.W. coal mines has already resulted in Emmco Company having to reduce the consumption of its present stocks…

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30 Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: Thirty-one mines are idle on the Newcastle and north fields for the loss of 12,500 tons of…

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Coal Situation Grim

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 June 1950 · page 5

NEWCASTLE: The coal situation had never been grimmer, a spokesman for the Newcastle Coal…

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Western Mines Face Crisis Due to Weather

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 2

Should the wet weather continue, underground mines on the western field may have to close down because…

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Code of the Coal Miner

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 1

SPEAKING BEFORE THE GOULBURN ROTARY REV. W. J. DOUGLASS GAVE SOME SIDELIGHTS ON LIFE IN A GREAT INDUSTRIAL CENTRE IN THIS CASE GREATER NEWCASTLE, WITH ITS POPULATION OF ABOUT 140,000…

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Heroism of Miners in War Time

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 4

Mr. R. V. R. Johnson, manager of the Lithgow State Mine, paid tribute to the heroism of the British coal miner during…

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In Possession Of £6000 In Gold

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 2

PERTH: Sentence of 12 months' imprisonment and a fine of £100 were imposed on Frederick Herbert Reid, 37,…

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Minister on Miners

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 5

MR. HOLT, Minister for Labor, in the anti-Labor Menzies Government, has been down a coal mine. Sydney Daily Telegraph reports:…

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Coal Production

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: The. coal production for the first six months of this year has been a record despite floods and the wet…

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Blue And Gold Bridal Scheme

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 2

With the bride wearing a beautiful gown of white lace over satin, the bridesmaids in pale blue sheer, and the flower girl…

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Royal Ascot Opens: French Horse Wins Gold Vase

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 6

The Royal Family attended the opening day of Ascot in perfect racing weather. They saw Baron C. de Waldners FASTLAD win the Ascot Gold Vase. Their Majesties the King and Queen, who were staying at…

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From Everywhere Open Cut Mines

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 4

Recovering slowly from the battering received during recent heavy rain, western open cuts are being brought…

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Coal Member's Death

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY Robert Parker Jack, a member of the Joint Coal Board, died early to-day. Mr. Jack, who was 52 years…

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Skip Went Wrong Way Miners Tossed Out Three Badly Hurt

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 5

Newcastle: Three miners were seriously injured and about 20 more slightly hurt when they were thrown out…

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Miners Reject Tie-up with Other Unions

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Miners have overwhelmingly rejected the Communist plan for a proposed alliance with the…

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£3000 Gold Find

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 5

KALGOORLIE: Two prospectors have recovered £3000 worth of gold from an abandoned mine near Kalgoorlie…

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Riverina Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 8

New coalfields at Oaklands, in the Riverina, 30-miles north of the Murray may be developed by open-cut mining…

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Coal Board to Help

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 1

The Joint Coal Board will assist the City of Greater Wollongong Council in its plan for beautification of the city by the…

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Sudden Speed-Up In Uranium Mining Operations Frantic Drive In East Germany

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 5

BERLIN, Thurs.: Soviet authorities in East Germany have ordered a speed-up of work in the East German uranium mines on a scale hitherto unknown in peacetime. To keep pace with the demands of the Soviet directors of uranium…

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Poor Coal—Engine Crew Had To Gather Wood

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 August 1950 · page 4

A passenger train on its way from Temora to Griffith recently, was held up for a considerable time due to the low burning…

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