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Mining & the mines, 1950

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Coal Again

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 4

Lockhart Hospital Board has had some difficulty in securing an adequate supply of firewood. Secretary Fred Winnell was pleaed…

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Blue and Gold Ball Successful Gilmore Function Officially Opened by Mrs. G. L. Brooks Tumut C.W.A. Hostel to Benefit

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

The first C.W.A. Blue and Gold Ball held at Gilmore on Friday night last proved a very successful function, both socially and…

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New Coal Board Chairman

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Queensland Electricity Commissioner (Mr. S. F. Cochrane) has been…

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South Coast Miners to Defy Order

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday South Coast miners will hold a 24-hour stoppage tomorrow in defiance of a no-strike order…

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Summons Issued Against Miners by Coal Owners

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A summons was issued to-day against the Southern District of the Miners' Federation for allgerc[?] holding an illegal strike today. The State Industrial Registrar issued the…

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Minted Gold Coins to Keep Craftsmen in First Batch Will Not Be Seen by Public

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 7

A London bank manager, Mr. R. J. Marin, told B.B.C. listeners of an ancient ceremony which still takes place in the city in…

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Grim Coal Position Unofficial Rationing Begins

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday — A Joint Coal Board spokesman said last night that unofficial rationing of coal to essential services and…

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Coal Position Grim; Unofficial Rationing Begins

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A Joint Coal Board spokesman said tonight that unofficial rationing of coal to essential services and general industry' had already begun…

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From White Mice to Gold Fish. Amy of Exhibits at Junee Pet Show

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 6

An interesting and entertaining Pet Show was held by the Mothers' Club at the Junee Infants School on Friday afternoon…

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At the Montreal Theatre "Mine Own Executioner"

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 7 July 1950 · page 2

"Mine Own Executioner," coming to the Montreal Theatre, Tumut, to-night, follows the latest dramatic trend in picture-making has a…

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Miners May Break Record

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Joint Coal Board figures issued today show that if the New South Wales mineworkers…

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Miners' Leaders and "Hand Off Korea" Policy

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday - Miners' Federation leaders are trying to form a triple front with the Seamen's union and the Waterside…

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Coal Board Members Meet

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 1

THE NEW CHAIRMAN of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochrane) being welcomed by Mr. A. E…

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Harry Gold Pleads Guilty To Spying for Russia

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

PHILADELPHIA, Friday— Harry Gold 39-year-old biochemist, yesterday pleaded guilty to atomic spying for Russia…

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Britain's Coal Industry

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 2

During 1949, Britain's coal industry, in its third year of public ownership, increased its output and exports compared with…

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Why Not Try and Get Some Money For Coal Strike Losses (To the Editor)

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 1

Sir: After the Premiers' conference the Federal Government made a grant of £3,2617,000 to the Near South Wales State…

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New British Coal Machine

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 2

The Samson Stripper, a new all-British machine which was 100,000 tons of coal yearly-with only five men at the face—is to…

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New Machinery for Winning Coal

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 6

The Sumson Stripper, a new all-British machine which wins 100,000 tons of coal yearly—with only five men at the face—is to be used on a…

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Miners Reject Pact with Other Unions

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Rank-and-file Australian miners are believed to have rejected a proposal to form an "industrial…

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Despite Floods and the Stoppages Half Year's Coal Figures Set New Record

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY: Coal production for toe first six months of this year Mas been a record, despite flooding and wet weather…

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