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Mining & the mines, 1951

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Effort to Avert Mine Stoppages Over Glen Davis

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY. Monday: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today intervened in an attempt to prevent stoppages by Western miners on the Glen Davis issue…

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All Western Mines to Be Idle Today

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: All mines in the Western district of ? New South Wales ?will be idle to-morrow as a protest against the…

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Closure of Glen Davis Western Miners Stop Work Today

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — Western miners stopped work today as a protest against the closure of Glen Davis, but other…

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Blue and Gold Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 2

All members of the Cootamundra branch of the Country Women's Association are co-operating in the final arrangements for…

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7 Miners Killed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Seven miners were killed and two seriously burned in a colliery explosion in County Durham early today…

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Miners To Stop Over Glen Davis?

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The Miners' Federation has called for one-day stoppages next week of all unionists in coalfield areas to protest against the proposed closure of the Glen Davis shale oil plant…

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Mangoplah Blue and Gold Jubilee Ball

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 6

Visitors from Wagga, The Rock, Holbrook, Harefield and surrounding districts attended the Mangoplah C.W.A. Blue and…

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Miners' Talks on Glen Davis

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Further action by N.S.W. miners on the Glen Davis issue depends on the outcome of a conference of…

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U.k. Miners' "20 Million Man Hours"

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 2

An extra 63 million tons of coal were produced from UK mines during the first 22 weeks of this year as the result of…

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Blue and Gold Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 2

Mrs. Maitland, president of the Hume Group of the Country Women's Association, has kindly consented to come to…

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U.k. Miners "20 Million Man Hours" by Extra Shifts

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 4

An extra 6.3 million tons of coal were produced from U.K. mines during the first 22 weeks of this year as the result of miners working Saturday…

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Murdered Man's Body Found in Mine-shaft

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Friday: A man was murdered this week and his body dragged 400 yards through the bush and dumped into a…

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Youths in Coal Mines to be Called Up?

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.: The Federal Government should state definitely whether youths in the coalmining Industry are to be…

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Kandos Miners Protest on Immigration

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Miners at Kandos colliery, on the Western N.S.W. field, came out to-day in protest against…

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Miners and Call-up for Army Training

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday: Members of the Miners' Federation are likely to refuse to fill vacancies caused by the call-up of miners…

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The Blue and Gold Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

Next Wednesday night will sec all supporters of the Country Women's Association Bothered at the Town Hall for the first Blue…

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1600 Zinc Miners Walk Off

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Monday : About 1600 men walked off the Zinc Corporation and new Broken Hill consolidated jobs…

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The Yellow in the Pumpkin Is Gold

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 1

Productivity of the land in the Young district was recently revealed by Mr Lance Bruber of Murringo, who…

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C.w.a. Blue and Gold Masked Ball

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 2

The CWA Blue and old Masked Ball, held in the Town Hall, Cootamundra, last night, was an outstanding success…

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Sugar Shortage Coal Board Prepared to Help

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — The Joint Coal Board was doing everything possible to help the colonial Sugar Refining Company out of…

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