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Mining & the mines, 1954

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Plea for Cohesion in Gas Coal Industries

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 2

ALBURY, Tuesday: An appeal for continued co-operation between the gas making and the coal-mining industries in Australia was made yesterday by the National Development Minister (Senator Spooner) in opening the Australian Gas…

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To Tour Coal Fields in U.k. and France

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The general president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) will leave Sydney…

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Mine tragedy inquiry terms wide

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thurs.: Terms of reference tor the Royal Commission into the Collinsville mine tragedy were wide…

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Qld miners may stop work

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thrus.: The Queensland Government's decision to hold a Royal Commission into the…

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Coal under streets

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday: Nearly 20-million tons of coal will be dug from under the streets of Nottingham, big industrial…

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Subsidy for production of gold

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Legislation to assist the gold mining industry throughout Australia and New Gunea is…

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Turning Sand Into Gold—success Story of the 90-Mile Desert

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 9

When Ernestine Hill wrote her memorable book on the River Murray, “Water Into Gold”, few Australians thought of the possibility of a parallel type of story affecting South Australia’s 90-mile Desert” country…

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Gold Thefts

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 7

NEW YORK, Tues.: Two men were charged in Oklahoma City yesterday with Illegal possession of gold…

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Mines Dept inquiry on deaths

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.: Mines Department inspectors will investigate the deaths of three miners in accidents…

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Mine Tragedy

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 2

NAGPUR (Central India), Sunday (A.A.P.): At least 64 miners at Newton Chikhall colliery at Panda were feared…

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Marginal increases for miners

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Galiagher) today granted as much as 7 1/2 per…

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Coal Consumption Recor During 954

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Coal consumption in 1954 reached a new record the chairman of the Joint Coal Board' (Mr. S. F. Cochran) said today…

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'No threat" to coal industry

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday: Minister for National Development (Senator Spooner) tonight explained the concern which had arisen in some quarters…

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Coal Expansion

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Definite prospects existed for expanding the Australian export coal trade by concentrating on coal…

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