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Mining & the mines, 1950

286 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 15

Saar Mines Agreement

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 4

SAARBRUCKEN, Monday: The agreement to lease the Saar mines to France had ended all threat of nance's annexation of…

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Conference on Coal Production

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—The Minister for Shipping and Fuel (Senator McLeay) conferred for three hours in Sydney with…

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Cables in Brief U.S. Coal Strike Ends

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday: The worst coal strike in United States history is over, and most of the 370,000 strikers are expected to…

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Miners Demonstrate for Fellow Worker Home Endangered by Open Cut Mine Digging

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE: More than a thousand miners from four pits demonstrated against the management of J. and A. Brown Co. at…

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Miners Demonstrate Over House Eviction

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE. Wednesday—More than 1000 miners from four pits demonstrated against the management of J. and A. X…

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Coal Board Chairman to Resign

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The decision of the chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. K. A. Cameron) to resign will lead to a…

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Metal Industries Alarmed Over Coal Shortage

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Metal industries are alarmed at the fall in steel production because of strikes on the coalfields. The president of the Metal Trades Employers'…

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TWO B.H.P. Mines Resume One on Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—Two big B.H.P. coal mines Burwood and John Darling returned to work this morning after a four-day…

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Miners Strike To Aid Trammen Victorian Dispute May Extend Further

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A stopwork meeting of Wonthaggi mines to-day decided to go on strike in sympathy with the striking Melbourne…

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Move to import Half a Million Tons of Coal

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: Commonwealth Ministers in conference with Victorian and South Australian Minister today…

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Rise for U.S. Miners

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday: A new contract signed today gives the Mineworkers Union hard-coal miners a daily wage rise of 70…

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Albury 1950 Gold Cup Fixture

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 2

£1430 prize money is being distributed by the Albury Racing Club for its 1950 gold cup fixture to be held on Wednesday…

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Riverina Coal Prospects Mentioned In Federal House

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

Repent surveys by the Bureau of Mineral Resources disclosed in Riverina district that there were 50 miles of coal seams of a…

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Stop-work Meetings Halve Coal Production

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday — Miners' deputies held stop-work-meetings on the South Maitland coalfield today, throwing idle all mines…

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Deputies in Mines on Strike

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Maitland mine deputies, who caused 39 coal mines to be idle today, when they held a…

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Killed in Fall of Coal

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.: Austin Alfred Finley, 44, Normandy Road, Fairfield, was killed when be was crushed beneath seven tons…

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Albury Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 8

A total of £1430 prize money will be distributee by Albury Racing Club for its 1950 Gold Cup fixture, to be held on…

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Gas Rationing for Sydney and Newcastle Big Cut in Coal Supplies

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—The Joint Coal Board last night ordered an immediate 25 per cent. cut in the use of Coal…

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Gas Rationing Soon in Sydney and Newcastle Strike Forces Big Cut in Coal Supplies

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Joint Coal Board tonight ordered an immediate 25 per cent cut in the use of coal supplies held by Sydney and…

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Gold Fever Returns to Mining Town

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Gold fever has returned to the old mining town of Wedderburn, near Bendigo, since local…

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