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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Mines Will Work

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 20

A BRITISH company controlling the Kallan mines in North China, now overrun by Chinese Communist troops, announces that it will go on…

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Talks On Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 6

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) has called a compulsory…

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Star Letter of the Week Prizes for Coal Miners, Wharfies to the Editor of "The Land."

The Land · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

Sir,—I have read with interest that the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) is interesting himself in the problem of getting more butter…

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Gold Stolen From Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday. —Three bars of gold, valued at £700, were stolen to-day from a parked car in Little…

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Miners Determined To Win New Coal Deal In 1949 Miners—

Tribune · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 3

The men whose swear, blood and very lives make the nations’s present boom prosperity possible—have decided that this is showdown year for a new deal on the…

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'Centipedes' Invade U.S. Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 7

NEW mechanical methods of winning coal are revolutionising the American coalmining industry…

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Mine Stoppage Order in U.s

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--A twoweeks' stoppage by all mine workers east of the Mississippi, starting on Monday, has been called by the United Mine Workers' Union…

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Lancashire Miners’ Solid Strike Vote LONDON

Tribune · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 2

Lancashire miners, by 28,484 to 3,634 have voted to strike on March 26 following the National Coal Board’s refusal to grant…

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Mine Stoppage Order in U.s

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--A twoweeks' stoppage by all mine workers east of the Mississippi, starting on Monday, has been called by the United Mine Workers' Union…

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Mine Stoppage Order in U.s

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--A twoweeks' stoppage by all mine workers east of the Mississippi, starting on Monday, has been called by the United Mine Workers' Union…

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Mine Stoppage Order in U.s

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--A twoweeks' stoppage by all mine workers east of the Mississippi, starting on Monday, has been called by the United Mine Workers' Union…

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Mine Stoppage Order in U.s

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--A twoweeks' steppage by all mine workers east of the Mississippi, starting on Monday, has been called by the United Mine Workers' Union…

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Big Lead Bonus for Broken Hill Miners

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Saturday.--Broken Hill mine employees will receive the same lead bonus for April as that being paid…

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Fortnight's Strike in U.s. Mines Urged

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers' Union, has called on all coalminers…

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More Gold to U.S.A. Flow In 1948

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 6

Gold imported into the United States in 1948 was worth the equivalent of £A625.4 million, against…

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Deputies' Strike Coal Threat

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 13 March 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. —Mine deputies employed in northern collieries have endorsed proposals for a…

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Big Slump in Gold Market

Truth · Sunday 13 March 1949 · page 52

LONDON, Saturday.—For the first time in eight years there is a slump in the price of gold on the world's "free markets" and experts are worried about its significance…

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U.S. miners strike against Australian New York

The Sun · Sunday 13 March 1949 · page 2

MOST American miners will stop work on Monday in protest against the appointment of Australian Dr. James Boyd as Federal Bureau of Mines director…

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Plans to Ship More Coal Loading In Sydney

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 13 March 1949 · page 3

The Joint Coal Board plans to step up shipment of New South Wales coal to other States. By 1952, it hopes, an additional million tons a year will go to Victoria and South Australia…

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Stoppage by U.S. MINERS New Appointment Opposed Staff Correspondent

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 13 March 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, March 12.— Miners in the United States are opposing the appointment of Australian-born Dr. James Boyd…

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