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Mining & the mines, 1951

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"Australia Strangled for Want of Coal"

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 2

Mr McDonald, Premier of Victoria, stated on his return from Queensland recently that the coalfields of…

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Nsw Miners Discuss N.z. Dispute

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation did not discuss the Gallagher attendance allowance order at today's meeting. The council suspended standing orders to deal…

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"Actu Should Join Miners' Discussions"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Members of the A.C.T.U. should attend the current miners' leaders talks in Sydney to discuss the Gallagher attendance allowance, the secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant)…

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Miners May Send Money to New Zealand

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Central Council, of the Miners' Federation decided today to ask miners to pay a fortnightly…

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Miners' Federation Want A.c.t.u. at Discussions

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — Members of the A.C.T.U. should attend the current miners leaders talks in Sydney to discuss the…

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Ardlethan Tin Mines May Boom Again

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 6

Present indications are that mining will be soon booming again in the Ardlethan district, following the visit of officials from the Mt. Isa (Qld.)…

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Miners Will Hold Meetings on Attendance Award

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Aggregate meetings of coalminers will be held to discuss the Gallagher attendance allowance award. The Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided this in Sydney today…

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Miners to Campaign on Glen Davis

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday The Central Council of Miners' Federation today called on all Federal members to campaign to prevent the closure of Glen Davis shale oil plant…

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How Reds Undermine Minds of Free Men. F.B.I. Chief Hoover On the Gold Case

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 4

How Soviet Russia's police sysstem has been able to undermine the wills and change the very personality of men, so that they…

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Four N.s.w. Mines Are Idle

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Only four mines were idle in N.S.W. to-day. Production loss was 2,150 tons…

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Miners to Meet in Protest on Bonus Award

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation today decided to call aggregate meetings of coalminers throughout Australia next week to discuss the Gallagher attendance bonus award. THE council will ask two other…

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The Miners' Award

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 2

There seems little doubt that the only real objection the Miners' Federation has to the Gallagher bonus award is of a political nature, and in no sense can be considered to be an industrial grievance…

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Freighter in Difficulties Over Coal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: The 6000 ton freighter Korda is trying to reach safe anchorage on the Queensland coast before her coal…

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£97,000 in Month From N.t. Mine

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 2

The record quantity of 6,313 oz of cold worth £97,000, was won from the rich Noble's Nob mine at Tennant Creek in April. All that gold, the…

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Football—temora Outclasses, Outplays and Outshines Gundagai Black And Gold Thirteen Defeated 19 Points to 10 Bill Edwards Had to Leave the Field, with Recurence of Knee Injury

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 8

AT Temora yesterday Gundagai’s team suffered its first defeat in this year’s group nine competition, when they went down to a whirlwind onslaught launched by the Temora brigade, to the tune of 19 points to 10…

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Miners' Threat of Action

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Miners' Federation will call for industrial action to resist legislation for court-controlled union…

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Northern Mines Idle Today To Discuss Attendance Allownce Award

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — All mines in N.S.W. northern field are idle today while members of the Miners' Federation and the…

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15-Year Plan to Modernise Coal Production

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 4

A £635,000,000 plan to increase British coal output and reduce costs has been proposed by the National Coal Board. The plan takes the form…

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Miners Want Repeal of Crimes Act

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The Central Executive of the Miners' Fed­eration today asked the A.C.T.U. to call a conference of Federal…

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79 Miners Trapped Behind Rubble by Blast in British Mine 20 Bodies Recovered; One Survivor Brought Out

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (A,A.P.): A coal-face explosion trapped 79 miners behind a huge wall of thousands of tons of rubble at Easington Colliery, Durham, at dawn today. Rescuers have since found the bodies of 20 men, 58 are still missing, and…

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