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Mining & the mines, 1950

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Albury 1950 Gold Cup Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 1

Nominations for the Albury Gold Cup meeting to be held on Wednesday and Thursday, 19th and 20th April, close on Tuesday next;…

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Lack of Water Holding Up Tin Mining at Mullengandra

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 5

Absence of an adequate water supply is holding up the mining of badly needed tin at Mullengandra. Five leases are being operated with rain water. Mr. H. J. Udall, who with his…

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Gold Production Statistics

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 11

CANBERRA, Monday : Production of gold during January, 1950, was 64,471 fine ounces valued at £1,015,806,…

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A “Homely” Interpretation of What Coal Losses Mean

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY. Tues.: The Joint Coal Board is circulating among N.S.W. coal workers a booklet interpreting coal losses in terms…

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Steep Rise in Coal Costs

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 13

The alarming rate at which coal costs are mounting was revealed at the Board of Reference gas inquiry at Albury…

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Coal Deliveries to East Germany Stopped

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 5

BERLIN, Sunday : West German trade authorities said yesterday that they had now stopped coal deliveries to East…

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Near Record Coal Production Expected

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY, Mon.: Near record production is expected on the NSW coalfields tomorrow when mine-workers resume after their…

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Boys’ Alleged Attempt to Fire Mines

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 5

LITHGOW, Tues.: Police today charged three Lithgow schoolboys with attempting to set fire to pit top buildings at two coal mines…

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Coalowners Critical of Joint Coal Board SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 9

Coalowners today made a strong attack on the Joint Coal Board, which controls the coal industry in N.S.W. They accused the board of having made “a most misleading…

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Coal From Wallerawang

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 3

LITHGOW, Wed.: Wallerawang colliery recommenced production today following the flood last week…

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Important Judgments to Miners

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: The coal industry tribunal (Mr F. H. Gallagher) tomorrow morning will deliver two important reserved…

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Miners Are Likely to Consider Strike Action if Coal Owners Use Machines SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 3

The Miners’ Federation is expected lo consider general strike action if coal owners attempt lo mechanically extract pillar coal from mines. The Miners’ Central Executive…

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Gold Fever Grips Parson

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday : Wedderburn’s Presbyterian minister has been gripped by the town’s gold fever and…

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Fears “Betrayal” of Promises to Miners

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.: The Commonwealth Government, by its inaction, might cause a betrayal of promises made to the miners…

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Benalla Races Can Gold Lad Win Tenth Race on End? ( By “ Columnist”)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 16

Although he will carry a penalty for winning of Albury on Monday, Gold Lad looks like scoring his 10th successive win for Wangaratta owner-trainer Hal Hoysted in the North-Eastern Plate at Benalla St. Patrick’s races…

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Smuggled Gold

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 2

ANTWERP, Friday.: Customs agents yesterday found gold worth £107,000 hidden in a cargo of cooking fat aboard the…

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Albury Gold Cup Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 20

All records should be shattered by the Albury Racing Club’s Gold Cup fixture on Wednesday and Thursday next. The nominations are excellent…

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Warning Issued by Miners’ Leaders Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 1

Miners’ leaders today made plans to prevent coalowners from using machines to extract pillar coal from underground mines in three States. They decided that a…

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Coal From W.a. for Eastern States

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 14

ADELAIDE, Sun: The Federal Minister for Fuel (Senator McLeay) said tonight on his return from a visit to West Australia that…

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India Wants to Sell Coal Here

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday : India is looking to Australia as an ever-increasing market for its ample coal supplies, the manager of the…

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