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Mining & the mines, 1951

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U.S. coal strikes to stop

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.): Coalminers are under order from their leader (Mr. John L. Lewis) not…

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Christmas coal talks collapse

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: A conference today between mining unions and the N.S.W. Mining Co. on a Christmas holiday coal lift collapsed. The unions insisted that…

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Miners Oppose New Act

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Miners' Federation has asked the N.S.W. Government not to proceed with…

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Protest on Coal Bill

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: State Cabinet tonight instructed the Premier (Mr. McGirr) to wire a protest to the…

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State Govt. Protest on Coal Bill

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — State Cabinet last night instructed the Premier (Mr. McGirr) to wire a protest to the Prime Minister…

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Gold smuggling from N.T. to East Indies

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1951 · page 4

DARWIN, Friday: Police are inquiring into the theft of considerable quantities of gold from Tennant Creek…

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King Solomon’s Mines

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 3

Tomorrow night (Tuesday), Wednesday and Thursday the local theatre presents “King Solomon’s Mines”, filmed in…

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Xmas Coal-lift to Prevent Gas Ration Miners' consideration

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Christmas holiday caol-lift is likely to take place as a result of agreement reached at a conference of the Jo Coal Board and mining unions today…

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Coal Production Record Expected

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: N.S.W. miners are tipped to set a new coal production record on Monday. Figures Issued by the Joint…

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Miners Vote Against Machine Coal

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Monday,—Miners voted unanimously against the mechanical extraction of pillar coal at aggregate…

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Miners Vote Against Machine Goal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Sun.: Miners voted unanimously against the mechanical extraction of pillar coal at…

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Coal Production Record Due to Higher Open-Cut Yields

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—By overtaking last year's coal yield of 12,798,200 tons, N.S.W. coal miners today established a…

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Coal Output Record in N.s.w

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: N.S.W., miners today set a new coal production record. They passed their previous…

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20-Year Reign Ending? Red control of miners may end on Dec.31

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Communist control of the Miners' Federation Central Council may end on December 31, following an announcement today of the result of the Northern miners' annual ballot…

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Montreal Theatre Attractions King Solomon's Mines

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 4

"King Solomon's Mines," H. Rider Haggard's spellbinding novel of a white woman who penetrated darkest Africa in…

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Sales of Gold

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 December 1951 · page 7

CANBERRA, Friday: The Commonwealth Government has arranged for the sale of gold on overseas premium…

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Judgment reserved on coal challenge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 December 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: The Full High Court today reserved judgment on a challenge to the authority of the Central…

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Machine Raises British Coal Output

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 December 1951 · page 5

Increased coal output following the installation of a revolutionary new machine is reported from a big English…

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Dangerous Open Mine Shafts Near Scenic Drive Route Engineer Suggests They Be Filled In

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 2

In his report to last week’s meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council the Engineer (Mr Bernard Smith) stated that mineshafts on Mount Parnasus constitute a danger now that the sctnic drive has been completed, and made a strong…

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Miners' president attacks report

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) tonight offered to debate…

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