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Mining & the mines, 1951

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Wagga Gold Cup Presented

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1951 · page 1

RIGHT: The presentation of the Cup by Mr. J. 0. Cox to Mr. T. W. Crowe, with Mr. Gordon Drummond looking on…

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350 Attend C.w.a, Blue and Gold Ball

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1951 · page 2

About 350 people attended [?] C.W.A. Younger Set Blue [?] Gold Ball in the Kyeamba [?] Hall last night…

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Record Crowd At Wagga Gold Cup NEARLY 1000 More Than Last Year

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1951 · page 1

What was, by general consensus of opinion, one of the best Gold Cup meetings ever to take place at Wagga, was held yesterday before a record crowd of…

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Miners' Remarks Quoted in Award Case

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A statement by a min[?] urging attendance allowances was quoted by Mr. R W. Davie, secretary of the Combined Colliery Proprietors' Association, before the Coal Industry…

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Finish of 1951 Wagga Gold Cup

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 1

SHINING RAY (N. McGrowdie) DEFEATING PHOTON (A. Bannon) BY A NECK IN THE WAG GA CUP ON TUESDAY. Blue Ocean (T. Mullane) was third, followed by Bahram's Double (D. Franklin) and Campus (A. Podmore)…

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"King Solomon's Mines" Op[?] at the Roxy To-night

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 2

One of the most breath-taking thrills over pictured on a motion picture screen was caught by the Technicolor cameras in the terrific…

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Miners' Election Donations

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.: The Miners' Federation has decided to donate £300 to the A.L.P. and £200 to the Communist Party…

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Flood Destroys Mine

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

WELLINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.- Reuter): The largest anthracite mine in New Zealand has been wiped out by recent South…

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"King Solomon's Mines" New Supporting Programme

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

As big and thrilling as the vast stretches of Dark Africa in which it was filmed is M-G-M's "King Solomon's Mines," remarkable adventure…

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Mine Disaster Awards

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: Two men who played a big part in the rescue of 115 man entombed in the underground disaster at…

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Big Drop in Gold Output

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

Australia’s gold production has dropped by nearly half since 1939, according to figures issued by the…

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Miners' Wage Decision "Unsatisfactory"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Attendance allowances to miners for con­tinuity of work are to continue, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr…

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Joint Coal Board Losses

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Losses aggregating £350,441 incurred by the operations division of the Joint Coal Board in 1949-50…

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Coal Shortage a Big Problem More Being Used by Western Countries

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 6

Shortage of coal is a problem that is common to the whole of Europe that the coal mines in…

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Miners' Chiefs to Confer on Glen Davis

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) and the secretary (Mr. Grant) will…

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Miners' Leader Warns of Unrest Over Award

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: The president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) warned tonight that industrial unrest would follow the refusal of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to alter the…

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Miners May Hold Pit=Top Meetings To Voice Protest

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Next Friday will give the miners their first opportunity to discuss the contentious Attendance Allowance award. Miners Federation officials expect pit-top…

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Land-Mine Disaster

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 5

BARI (Italy) Wednesday:— Four children were blown to pieces near here last night when a land-mine they were…

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Miners Posted Court Order

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: The Joint Coal Board today posted to 13,000 mineworkers in New South Wales a copy of the Coal…

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Indian Coal for Australia

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 4

NEW DELHI, Friday: The Indian Government has given Indian exporters permission to spend up to £800,000 sterling…

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