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,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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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