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Mining & the mines, 1950

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Australia Wins 34 Gold Medals at Games AUCKLAND

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 11

THE Empire Gaines concluded tonight, and with a farther magnificent run of successes during today’s and tonight’s events, Australia, the champion country, finished the festival with a total of 34 gold medals,…

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Coal Still Short

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon: Although coal deserves are small, there is no immediate danger, a spokesman for [?] Joint Coal Board said today…

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Gold Key to Lithgow

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 1

LITHGOW, Tuesday: Champion Australian sprinter, Marjorie Jackson, received a tumultuous welcome from…

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400,000 U.s. Miners Idle

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 5

PITTSBURGH, Tues.: Roving pickets yesterday made sure that every major soft-coal mine in the US remained idle. They also…

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9000 Tons of Coal Lost

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed: Because of disputes or flood damage, 18 coal mines were idle in NSW today for a loss of 9000 tons of coal…

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S.a. Finds More Coal

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wed.: The Premier (Mr. Playford) announced today that an extra 3,000,000 tons of coal, suitable for open-cut working had…

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“Major Calamity” Threatened by Coal Owners’ Application on Miners’ Holidays SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

THE first shot in what might very easily prove to be a major industrial calamity has been fired with the application by coal Owners for restoration to the list o f their suggestion that miners’ holidays be made dependent on continuity of work…

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John Lewis Sends Miners Rack Again

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Sat: Mr. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers’ Union, yesterday ordered all striking coal miners…

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Coal Strike Threat

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.: To avert a threatened strike at 10 mines known as the J. and A. Brown group, the Coal Industry Tribunal,…

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Cold and Coal Strike Grip America

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Tues.: The Government yesterday won a 10-day extension of the court order banning the coal strike, but 370,000…

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Coal Talks’ Mixed Results

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wed.: A compulsory conference before the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, in Sydney today failed to settle…

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Violence in U.S. Coal Strike Pittsburgh

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

Firemen yesterday fought their way through strike pickets to put out a fire at a coal mine at Tipple, near Brookville (Penn.). Pickets, however, stoned another fire-fighting company and…

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Mine Idle After Settlement

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Richmond Main, one of the biggest mines on the northern coalfields of NSW, was idle again today,…

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Sheep Do Have Gold Teeth! Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 9

Another instance of sheep with gold-coated molars has been reported from. Portland, in the Western District, hut it was subsequently found that the sheep originally came from St. Arnaud, in the…

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Coal May Be Imported

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Sun.: In order to build , up a reserve of coal and to help make up the deficiency between-industries’ needs and home…

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Coal Stocks Low

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon.: A Joint Coal Board spokesman said today that it was “an overstatement” to say that a state of emergency had…

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Minister Wants More Coal

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday : Colliery proprietors had had a raw deal over the last few years from Governments and…

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Mines Will Be Freed of Dust Danger

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 9

SYDNEY, Tues.: Most miners would not be harmed by “dusting of the lungs” if the methods of dust control now advocated and…

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Coal Potential of Riverina

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wed. : Recent surveys by the Bureau of Mineral Resources has disclosed that in Riverina district there were…

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Home Scheme Will Save 140,000 Tons of Coal a Year

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.: A saving of 140,000 tons of coal yearly would be made if the Hume Hydroelectric Development Construction…

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